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Mark Dundas Wood
Mark Dundas Wood
Mark Dundas Wood has been the Dramaturg/Literary Manager for New Professional Theatre since 2000. Originally from Oregon, he wrote about theatre for The Oregonianand taught English and writing courses at Portland-area colleges before moving to New York in 1997.
Wood is a regular contributor to the entertainment trade publication Back Stage, where he writes about theatre, film, and television. His writing has also appeared in such publications as American Theatre, Theater Week, Small Spiral Notebook, and Call Sheet (formerly Ross Reports). He worked as associate editor on The Back Stage Actors’ Handbook and as project editor on Performance Anxiety, a workbook about stage fright by Eric Maisel, Ph.D. In addition to his work for NPT, Wood has also served as a literary manager for Broad Horizons Theatre Company in Manhattan. He holds MFA degrees in creative writing (University of Oregon 1987) and dramaturgy (Columbia University 2000).
Vanessa Berben
Vanessa Berben
Vanessa Berben is a self-confessed Shakespeare Nut killing time in the Washington DC area while she plots her comeback to the west coast. She received her BA in English Literature at Southern New Hampshire University, graduating with honors. In addition to her work with Simply-Showbiz.com she is an assistant editor at the Washington Independent Review of Books and a department editor and columnist at Denver’s The Donnybrook Writing Academy where she pens Donnybrook’s “Ask Alistair” – a joke “Miss Manner’s” column. When not subjecting the world to her spaz-induced opinions, she subjects her tiny doggies to handmade outfits commissioned off Etsy.
Stephanie Sharf
Stephanie Sharf
Stephanie Weiss Sharf is a Los Angeles native, attended Emerson College in Boston and graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in English and a Master’s in Library Science. She has been published in humor magazines and has been a stand-up comedian, neither of which paid much, so…Steph is basically known as a nerdy technical writer and editor. Steph lives in Canoga Park, CA where she keeps busy with freelance writing, swimming, reading, and working out. You can follow her on Twitter @stephshar or on Facebook as “Stephanie Sharf” in Canoga Park.
Tom Whitcomb
Tom Whitcomb
Tom Whitcomb was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he attended a high school that turns out juvenile delinquents as often as it turns out scholars. He moved it Chicago in 2009 to attend DePaul University, working towards a major in Screenwriting that will probably never be used and steadfastly maintaining his allegiance to the Milwaukee Brewers. He was blessed with the opportunity to work for The Onion’s entertainment subsidiary, The A.V. Club, which has been and continues to be a surreal experience. He lives in an apartment on Chicago’s north side with four other bachelors and spends far too much time on Reddit.
Sometimes, he performs stand-up comedy if he feels like it.
Michael Roman
Michael Roman
Michael Roman loves everything showbiz, chocolate, vodka (Grey Goose, please!), and Leo & Lucy (his son and daughter, both Coton de Tuléar’s).
Roman has a B.A. in Communications from Columbia College, Chicago, founded Simply-Showbiz.com in 2010 and is a free-lance photographer.
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