BIOGRAPHIES

Michael Raynor
www.michaelraynorproductions.com
Michael (Author/Performer) studied his craft in New York with Fred Kareman, Bobby Lewis, Wynn Handman, Tim Phillips and George Morrison. His theatre credits began in a Greenwich Village basement cabaret with James Gandolfini, and continued on to Off-Broadway as he originated characters and many new plays for emerging New York writers.

His film credits include leads in SHADOW BOXING, THE WAITING GAME (with Will Arnet), TRIP FALL (opposite Eric Roberts and the late John Ritter), REUNION, THE FIRST MAN (opposite Leslie Ann Warren and Heather Graham), A BROTHERS KISS

(opposite Cathy Moriarty and Rosie Perez), FEDERAL HILL (Deauville Film Festival Winner, Critics Award and Audience Award) as well as Allison Eastwood’s, RAILS & TIES, THE PAVILLION, SONIC IMPACT (with Ice-T), THE TAX MAN (with Joe Pantoliano and Michael Chiklis) and Mike Nichols’ WOLF.

His television work includes the Tom Hanks/Imagine/HBO produced Emmy Award winning mini-series, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (as Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden), BELLA MAFIA (opposite Jennifer Tilly), and IN THE LINE OF DUTY: HUNT FOR JUSTICE (opposite Nicholas Turturro, Adam

Arkin and Melissa Leo) as well as guest starring roles on COMPANY MAN (pilot), CSI, ER, LAW & ORDER, COLD CASE, SHARK, NYPD BLUE, BROOKLYN SOUTH, BRIMSTONE, EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS, and MY OWN WORST ENEMY.

Michael developed and directed Butch Hammett’s comic one-man show, SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT, which was invited into the prestigious Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles, and voted Critics Choice in Prague, Dublin and Edinburgh. He also co-wrote the screenplay version, which Chad and Carey Hayes (William Morris Endeavor) are attached to produce.

In addition, Michael developed and originally staged Kathryn Graf’s SURVIVING DAVID, winner of OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW- New York International Fringe Festival. He developed and directed Fia Perrera’s SWIMMING NAKED, and worked extensively with Jay Sefton, winner of LA Weekly’s BEST ACTOR IN A SOLO PLAY for THE MOST MEDIOCRE STORY NEVER TOLD. Raynor’s screenplays include the adaptation of Mark Kriegel’s award-winning novel BLESS ME, FATHER, as well as PROUD HARRY, WILDING, THE RUN and DEAD WEIGHT.

For more information: www.michaelraynorproductions.com

 

Larry Moss
Larry Moss (Director) studied his craft with Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner and Warren Robertson. He began his performing career at New York’s famed cabaret Upstairs at the Downstairs and went on to appear on Broadway in numerous productions including Joe Layton’s DRAT! THE CAT!, Neil Simon’s GOD’S FAVORITE, Burt Shevelove’s SO LONG 174TH STREET, Gerald Freedman’s THE ROBBER BRIDGEGROOM, and Gene Saks’ I LOVE MY WIFE.

After teaching in New York at Julliard and Circle in the Square, he moved to Los Angeles and founded The Larry Moss Studio. It was here that he directed and developed Pamela Gien’s THE SYRINGA TREE, which had its world premiere at ACT in Seattle. THE SYRINGA TREE opened in New York in September 2000 and won the OBIE AWARD for BEST PLAY of 2001, the DRAMA DESK AWARD, the OUTER CIRCLE CRITICS AWARD for OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE, a DRAMA LEAGUE HONOR and a nomination for the John Gassner Playwriting Award. THE SYRINGA TREE has played to sold out houses and critical acclaim around the world, including London (The National Theater), Toronto (Can Stage), where it won the DORA AWARD for BEST ACTRESS and BEST PLAY of 2005. Moss directed the TV version that was filmed by Trio Arts Network and most recently, Pamela and Larry, and their producer Matt Salinger, took THE SYRINGA TREE on a profound journey of the heart, home, to South Africa to the Baxter Theater.

Moss has directed Michael Raynor’s WHO IS FLOYD STEARN?; Richard Kalinoski’s BEAST ON THE MOON; Jack Holmes’s RFK (Drama League Award); April Daisy White‘s SUGAR; Richard Vetere’s HOW TO GO OUT ON A DATE IN QUEENS; Richard Hellersen’s DOS CORAZONES; Bo Eason’s RUNT OF THE LITTER; and the World Premiere at The Judy Bayley Theater of a new musical JAM, starring Clint Holmes; John Osborne’s EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON which he recently work-shopped in New York for the first time in fifty years. He is currently directing Josh Jonas’s CAPTURE NOW at the Culture project in New York. He will be directing I LOVE MY WIFE starring Jason Alexander at The Reprise Theater in Los Angeles, a revival of John Patrick Shanley’s BEGGARS IN THE HOUSE OF PLENTY and RELATIVE INSANITY, a new movie which begins shooting next summer.

Additionally, Moss has coached Helen Hunt in AS GOOD AS IT GETS (Academy Award); Hilary Swank in BOYS DON’T CRY and MILLON DOLLAR BABY (Academy Awards); Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE (Academy Award Nomination), Hank Azaria in TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (Emmy Award), Jim Carrey in THE MAJESTIC, Tobey Maguire in SEABISCUIT and Leonardo DiCaprio in THE AVIATOR (Golden Globe Award and Academy Award Nomination); THE DEPARTED (Golden Globe Nomination); and BLOOD DIAMOND (Golden Globe and Academy Award Nomination).

Moss is one of the master teachers on Triple Sensation, whose second season begins this fall on CBC in Canada.

 

Rick Waxman
I met the producer of WHO IS FLOYD STEARN?, Rick Waxman in kindergarten when we were five years old. We went to first, second and third grade together, and I figured out once that he may have actually seen, if not met, the actual Floyd Stearn one day in the schoolyard. In fact, Rick and I were extras together in the third grade class play. They called us Men of the Court. So when it came time to write and create the show I thought of no one else to produce it Off-Broadway other than Rick. I woke up at 4am one night in Los Angeles and wrote him a thirteen page handwritten letter explaining why it would be good for him to produce, even though he was content being an excellent treasurer on Broadway. One thing was certain: I trusted him completely and that peace of mind was worth everything to me, even though Rick had never produced a thing other than two beautiful children. It didn’t matter to me because Rick was always a great friend, son, brother, husband, father, boss, and a two-time Most Valuable Player in the Broadway Show League pitching softball in spite of two back surgeries. In other words, I went with Rick’s character because I learned early on that character dictates plot. Well, the rest is history. For starters, we named our company Men of the Court Productions. - Michael Raynor

 

Mark Travis
Mark Travis (Developer) did his graduate work in directing at the Yale School of Drama and he is the former creative consultant to film director Mark Rydell. His television directing credits include: THE FACTS OF LIFE, FAMILY TIES, CAPITOL and the Emmy Award-winning PBS dramatic special, BLIND TOM: THE THOMAS BETHUNE STORY.

In 1990 he completed his first film, GOING UNDER, for Warner Bros., which starred Bill Pullman and Ned Beatty. In 1999 he directed the documentary, EARLET in 2001, he wrote and directed THE BARITONES, a 30-minute spoof of the hitelevision show, The Sopranos.
Since 1992, Mark has been sharing his techniques on writing, acting, and directing at USA: The Directors Guild, The American Film Institute, UCLA Extension, Pixar, Disney Animation, Hollywood Film Institute; Japan: Film & Media Lab; London: Raindance Institute, Metropolitan Film School, London Film Academy, Lionhead Studios; Germany: HFF Munich, Action Concept, Ukaine: Hollywood School in Ukraine, Russia: International Film Actors Workshop, Amsterdam: Mauris Binger Institute and The Film Farm in Kotla, Poland.

Over the past 20 years Mark has directed over 60 theatre productions in Los Angeles and New York and received over 20 theater directing awards from Los Angeles Theatre, LA Weekly, and Dramalogue, to mention a few. In 1989 he initiated a process of developing and directing one person shows that has generated numerous notable productions including, TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE ALIVE, and A BRONX TALE. Mark is the author of THE DIRECTOR’S JOURNEY: the Creative Collaboration between Directors, Writers and Actors, a Los Angeles Times #1 Best Seller, also available in German and Japanese translations. His second book, DIRECTING FEATURE FILMS, was published April 2002.
Mark is currently writing THE DIRECTOR’S BAG OF TRICKS, and WORD OF MOUTH: THE ART AND CRAFT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING.

 

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