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2002 Conference

June 10 - 23, 2002 at the Alpine Playhouse in McCall Idaho (map)

The 2002 Plays

A LITTLE TIME IN THE FALL (Bernadine Cockey) Stephanie has the perfect life… or so she thinks. When her step-daughter's caustic, agnostic mother Cassie is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Stephanie's tries to do the “Christian” thing, and help care for her through her illness. Her decision throws her life, her choices and her faith into jeopardy.

FUENTE (Cusi Cram) Soledad thinks she's Alexis Carrington. Chaparro has a broken heart. Esteban has good car. Adela has small ears. Omar likes to watch but he can't anymore. All in Fuente, a place west of any thought you ever had.

MONKEY'S PAW (Kevin Crowley) The Monkey's Paw shares the name of an infamous ghost story. It is a cautionary tale reminding us to be careful what we wish for. This rendition sounds a similar message in a twisted modern fable.

THE TRIP (Monir DeSokey) A touching and surprisingly clear-eyed fable, The Trip tells the story of a boy, his father, and their drive to the family vet to put down the family dog.

VALERIE AND THE BEAR (book by Elise Forier, music/lyrics by Tina Lear) A musical for all ages, Valerie and the Bear is based on an old French legend, it tells the story of a boy raised in the forest by bears, and the brave girl who befriends him.

THE HAUNTING (Lauren Moore) Stories around the campfire turn into revelations as this group of high school seniors fantasize about the future and reveal secrets from the past.

THE HELPING (Molly Shaver) Absurdism meets family drama when a dysfunctional – and accident prone – family learns to help itself by helping each other.

NOCTOURNE (Adam Rapp) Read by the author - “Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.” So begins this acclaimed play, in which a thirty-two year old former piano prodigy recounts the tragic accident that tore his family apart. At once a devastating and elegant portrait of grief and a gripping dissection of the American Dream. Guest playwright Adam Rapp reads his Pulitzer-nominated play.

CRANIUM (Brian Welch) There are no secrets between Will and Jack… except one. A young man faces his worst fears when he reveals to his best friend that he is gay.

The 2002 Company

JAMES ABAR (Director) Jim directed Meet Uncle Casper by Robert Kerr and The Raccoon by Dano Madden at the 2001 Conference . He began his association with the Artistic Director Jeni Mahoney during their misspent youth, directing an infamous production of Dracula on Cape Cod . Since then he has been Associate Director of the Hudson Guild Theater in New York where he directed the premieres of several new works including the OBIE winning The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy and the Drama Desk nominee The Road . He has also directed for the Manhattan Theater Club, St. Clements Theater, The Womens' Project at the American Place Theater, New Dramatist, and the 29th Street Repertory. Regionally he has directed for the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Milwaukee Rep, Indiana Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Pittsburg Public, Pennsylvania Stage, and Florida Studio Theater. He writes for Nickelodeon and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and working on the musical Barnstormer by Cheryl Davis and composer Doug Coen about the life and adventures of the first African-American female flyer, Bessie Coleman. In February he continued his work with Robert Kerr with a workshop of Meet Uncle Casper in NYC at One Arm Red. Jim would like to dedicate this summer to his friend and writing partner Elizabeth Marquis, who died in Tower Two. “Don't forget to dance. Oh, no no. Don't forget to smile. Don't forget to dance. And leave it for awhile.”

 JUDY ANDERSON (Actor) has worked for the Alpine since 1978. She teaches Humanities and Drama at McCall-Donnelly High School . She says she learned about theater from her 6 children and her Pisces husband. Her favorite production was The Little Moon Circus .

VANESSA ASPILLAGA (Actress) The first play she has written, hush , was recently workshopped at INTAR New Works Lab 2002. She has acted on the following stages: The Public Theater, New York theater Workshop, INTAR, Theater For the New City, La Mama E.T.C., Playwrights Horizon, Rattlestick theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Flea, HERE, Repertorio Espanol, The Playwrights Collective, One Dream theater, UBU Repertory theater, New Dramatist, Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, New York Stage and Film, Long Wharf, McCarter theater, Connecticut Repertory theater, Arena Stage, Alliance theater Company, Seattle Repertory, Virginia Stage Company, and The Cleveland Playhouse. Film and TV credits include: Mr. Wonderful , Petty Crimes , Grownups , Pyrite , Stringer , Exiles In New York , Law and Order , Deadline , As The World Turns, and Loving . She is a usual suspect at New York theater Workshop and a member of LAByrinth Theater Company.

ANDY BARSNESS (Actor) lives in McCall and returns for his second season with Seven Devils. He played Deb in The Final Inning by Meghan Barsness. He likes baseball and Donald Duck.

MEGHAN BARSNESS (Actor) plans to major in television communications and minor in theater. She has been in nine plays including the role Moley in Wind in the Willows. She also wrote The Final Inning, which was presented at the 2001 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. She was actively involved in drama program for all four years of high school.

AMY BOONE (Actor) is from McCall. She has been involved in drama and playwriting throughout high school. She just graduated from High School and is going to Ashland , Oregon in the fall.

JEAN BOONE (Actor) has lived in McCall for 15½ years. She is married Daniel and has three daughters: Kim, Amy and Molly. Her theatrical debut was in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever approximately ten years ago. She has also appeared in a Shakespeare in the Park performance of Much Ado About Nothing . For the past eight years, most of her theatrical support has been as a costume designer for M.D. High School drama, Alpine Playhouse and Jughandle Musical Theater group. This is the first time in the Playwright Conference and the experience is awesome and humbling.

JON BOYLE (Actor) I was born in Boise and raised in McCall. I race motorcycles and have fun on the lake. I tried one semester of drama and thought it would a great opportunity to do this with Seven Devils.

SIMON BROOKING (Actor) is co-founder and co-Artistic Director of the id theater Company. He played Wile E Coyote in the inaugural season and Wolf in Sitting on Paradise . Simon is a graduate of the University of Washington 's Professional Actor Training Program. Born in Edinburgh , Scotland , his credits include on Broadway - The Judas Kiss with Liam Neeson, Candida with Mary Steenburgen . International - The Hard Man, Pavilion theater, Glasgow , Scotland . Off-Broadway -; The Roundabout Theater, King Lear ; Primary Stages, Don Juan in Chicago (title role); The Public Theater, Hamlet . Regional credits include Loves Labor's Lost , The Miracle Worker and The Philadelphia Story at the Idaho summer Rep in Moscow.  

AMY BURTON (Actor ) is currently pursuing a BFA in theatrical performance at the Univeristy of Idaho. She had a very busy year perfoming in The Laramie Project on campus and in Bellingham , WA at the American College Theater Festival . She is excited to be taking part in the Seven Devil's conference for a second year.

JARED CONGLETON (Actor) I am the most powerful man in the world. Oh, and Doug Rocks!!! That's it.

CUSI CRAM (Playwright) is of Bolivian and Scottish descent. Her plays include, Landlocked ( South Coast Rep Hispanic Playwrights Project/Pacific Playwrights Festival and The Miranda Theater), The End of It All (South Coast Rep Hispanic Playwrights Project/ Pacific Playwrights Festival), Lucy and the Conquest (Juilliard and The O'Neill Playwrights Conference) and two solo shows, which she also performs, Bolivia and Euripidames (New Georges). Her plays have also been developed and performed at MCC, The Williamstown Theater Festival, Naked Angels, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, The Cherry Lane Alternative, The Women's Project, Here, The Lark Theater, PS 122 and The Dag Hamerskjold Theater at the United Nations. She is a recipient of a fellowship and residency from the Lila Acheson American Playwrights Program at Juilliard, a residency at Marymount College , and the Le Comte du Nuoy Prize from the Lincoln Center Theater Foundation. Landlocked was recently published by Smith and Kraus in their Best Women Playwrights of 2000 and her short play West of Stupid is published in Applause's Best Short Plays of 2001. She has been commissioned by South Coast Repertory, New Georges and theaterworks USA . She is a member of MCC's Playwrights Coalition and of New Georges “kitchen cabinet”. She writes for the children's television program “Arthur” and has been nominated for an Emmy and a Humanitas award for her work on the show. Ms. Cram is a graduate of Brown University . She lives in Greenwich Village with her husband, Peter Hirsch.

KEVIN CROWLEY (Playwright) was an actor, writer and director at The Second City in Chicago , for nine years before arriving in Los Angeles . While in Chicago he also appeared at the Steppenwolf, Northlight and Victory Gardens theaters. Television credits include: Daddio, The Boys Are Back, Can't Hurry Love, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Grace Under Fire, The Drew Carey Show, Murphy Brown, and Boy Meets World and the ever-popular Love Boat . While you can rent him in Hoffa, Major League, Major League II, The Package, The Fugitive and Suicide Kings . In his other incarnation, as a dramatist, Kevin has written several plays, including Disgruntled Employees , which received the Charles MacArthur Fellow at the National Playwrights Conference in 1997. He is also the author of Earth on a Platter , a one-man show, with a cast of seven, and Hitchhikers May Be Inmates .

BERNADINE COCKEY (Playwright) Originally from Wyoming , Bernadine Cockey has lived in McCall , Idaho for the last twelve years. She has directed plays for the Alpine Playhouse since 1994. Her credits as director include Barefoot in the Park , The Children's Hour , Wait Until Dark and Annie Get Your Gun (with the Jughandle Musical theater). She produced her first original play at the Alpine Playhouse in 1996. Since then she has written and produced Night Among the Hunters , Sweet Vengeance and Party Spirit, along with several one act plays including The Professionals, and An Affair to Surrender. She lives in a cabin in the woods where she has established a secret identity as a gourmet cook, mother of four and wife of Jim Cockey, legendary composer and counter of trees. After years of nagging by well-meaning friends and total strangers, Bernadine and Jim are soon to start work on their first collaborative effort, an opera.

IAN DESMOND (Actor) received his BFA from UNC at Chapel Hill, and his MFA from USIU at San Diego . Ian also studied at HB Studio ( New York City ) and with Shakespeare & Company at Bennington College ( Vermont ). Ian has over thirty years experience as a stage/television/film actor: The Judith Anderson theater, Equity Library theater and The Stage Company (New York City); Ford's theater, and the Shakespeare Summer Festival with Glenn Close (Washington DC); The Lyceum theater (Missouri); The theater in Old Town and La Jolla Stage Company (California); ATC (Arizona); and the Contemporary American theater Festival (West Virginia); Petrocelli, All My Children, Kate and Allie, Nicholas Roeg's Insignificance, 1877: The Grand Army of Starvation with James Earl Jones, and How To Marry A Billionaire: A Christmas Tale for Fox Network TV. Ian was an Equity Guest Artist actor for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Lindenwood University (Missouri), and Northern Kentucky University . Ian loves the creative process for developing new plays. He is equally enthusiastic to work again with Simon Brooking; and Sandra Cavanaugh for whom he teaches at The New Heritage theater Company in Boise. He thanks his mother and his sister.

MONIR DESOKEY (Playwright – The Trip) plays soccer for McCall Donnelly High School . He went to Egypt for the school year in 2001. This is his first play. He played the messenger in Antigone last year.

MELODY DODGE (Actor) teaches first grade in Donnelly , Idaho . This is her first experience with Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, but you may remember her from last November's Woman's Fantasy Night.

ALLISON DEUTSCH (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with Seven Devils. Recent credits include: Songs of Paradise directed by Avi Hoffman and An American Family directed by Eleanor Reissa (Folksbiene Yiddish theater); Unmerciful Good Fortune directed by Max Ferra (INTAR); Macbeth and The Importance of Being Ernest directed by Will Rhys (The theater at Monmouth); No Time for Comedy directed by Kent Paul, The Voysey Inheritance directed by Gus Kaikkonen and August Snow & Night Dance directed by Jonathan Bank (Mint Theater). She wishes to thank anyone who has ever hired her for paying her to do what she can't live without.

DREW EBERSOLE (Actor) Some of Drew's favorite theatrical appearances include leads in Side Man at ACT Seattle, Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Pasadena Playhouse, The Family Miser at The Geffen Playhouse, Romeo and Juliet at theater For A New Audience and Michael Howard Studios in N.Y., Catch at Circle Rep., Possum Play at the Mark Taper Forum, The Architect at the Gascon theater, The Closet at PRT, Dog Days at The Contemporary theater in N.Y., and Boys of Winter, Red Noses, Measure for Measure, The Tempest , and Marat/Sade at Pennsylvania Center Stage. Film credits include Infinity directed by Mathew Broderick, Cry Baby by John Waters, Widows Kiss by Peter Foldy, A River Made To Drown In by James Merendino, and Water Day by Adam Balsam, With leads in the CBS Films What Happened To Bobby Earl , Our Son The Matchmaker , and Garwood. Television credits include guest-starring roles on ER, Dharma and Greg, That 70's Show, Pacific Blue, Diagnosis Murder, Cold Shoulder, Beyond Belief, and Jag. Drew wishes to send love and thanks to his lovely wife and family.

JAMIE FARMER EBERSOLE (Actor) was born and raised in middle Tennessee , where her love of theater began at a very young age in community theater, and where she also interned at Tennessee Repertory theater. Her passion for Shakespeare took her to New York , where she attended The National Shakespeare Conservatory and also studied with Michael Howard's master class. While in New York , she met her husband Drew when they were cast as Romeo and Juliet in an Off- Broadway production. Favorite Off-Broadway and regional roles have included Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (of course), Katherine in King Henry V , Lavinia in Titus Andronicus , Estella in Great Expectations , and Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie . Most recently in Los Angeles , Jamie premiered the roles of Rivkele in The Bride and the Brothel at the Gascon theater, Victorine in Goriot at the CBS Studio Center , and Leah in Asylum at the 2100 Square Ft. theater. She and her husband, Drew have now relocated to Boise , Idaho and are members of The New Heritage theater Company. Jamie is very excited and pleased to be a part of the magic and artistry of Seven Devils. Company. Jamie is very excited and pleased to be a part of the magic and artistry of Seven Devils.

ADAM EDE (Actor) was born in Tennessee , moved to Utah and stayed there for four or five years. It sucked. Then we moved up here and have been here since. I love rock n' roll. I love KISS. For kicks I play bass guitar and swimming. Jim is God.

NICK EREKSON (Actor) Hey I'm Nick and I'm a wrestler. Drama is fun, so that's why I'm here. Jesus Rocks!!!

BRUCE FAULK (Actor) was born & bred in the dirty soil of New York City . Some of his favorite performances include: Francisco in Hamlet on Broadway, Da Voice in Bring In The Noise /Funk at the Public Theater, Austin in True West at Lincoln Center , and Wally in A Movie Star... at Signature theater Company. He is currently the very, very evil voice of Proteus on All My Children. As a playwright he has been a member of writers groups at Primary Stages & Playwrights Horizons- his play, Rhythm I Was Sayin was a finalist for the O'Neill Festival & is being workshoped at Rattlestick Productions w/ the hope of a full production in the near future. Bruce thanks Seven Devils & Ms. Jenidog especially for letting him see how clear and beautiful the sky is in Idaho.

FRANCES FORD (Actor) My husband Earl and I have been enriched by our 19-year relationship with the Alpine Playhouse. Two years ago I war privileged to play Miss Eggars in Bernie's premiere of Sweet Vengeance . Last year was life altering; I retired, participated in the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, and became a member of the McCall Donnelly School Board. I am delighted to be in this production of Bernie's new play.

ELISE FORIER (Playwright) is the author of over fifteen plays, which have been performed across the country, in Los Angeles and New York , and also such far-flung places as Jonesboro , Arkansas and Langley , Washington . She has won numerous playwriting contests and awards and has twice had her scripts developed at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill theater Center in Waterford , Connecticut . In addition to writing plays for general audiences, Elise has written many scripts for young people. Valerie and the Bear is her third wholly magical, dizzying and divine collaboration with composer-lyricist Tina Lear. Elise is thrilled to be attending the Seven Devil's Playwrights Conference, and is deeply grateful to her friends and family, especially Genevieve and Tim, for giving their support and love, even when she whines like a diva and growls like a bear.

ARIANNA JARVIS (Assistant Director) has been involved in school and community theater for nine years doing lights, stage managing, assistant directing and even acting. She plans to attend Purchase College in New York to study journalism and acting. Her favorite playwrights are Shakespeare and David Ives. “If the world is a stage, I want to do the lights.”

TINA LEAR (Composer) Tina's CDs have received airplay on over 100 college, public and commercial radio stations nationwide. She has been a featured artist at the Nashville New Music Conference and at the SXSW conference in Austin , TX . Her ancestral roots are in the theater, though, and her first love is writing music for the stage. Hence her deep gratitude for the sheer dumb luck that threw her into the lifestream with playwright and heartmagician Elise Forier. Valerie and the Bear is their third collaboration, and a delicious and exciting one at that (as both of the previous ones were). What an honor and a joyous adventure it is to attend the Seven Devils Playwright Conference! She wishes to thank Halim for his unfailing insight, wit and support, and Jess, Luke, and Chloe for having survived their early years as her children to become really substantial, remarkable adults.

JENI MAHONEY (Artistic Director) Jeni is also the Associate Director of the Mint Theater Company in New York , a founding member of Quicklybones Artist Collective & an instructor and Head of the Independent Playwriting Program at Playwrights Horizons Theater School/NYU Tisch. Jeni's play The Feast of the Flying Cow…And Other Stories of War was presented at the 1997 National Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill Center, The MidWestern New Plays Festival, The Lark Theater Company, and Rattlestick Productions. Other plays include Mercy Falls , Bad Water Juju, Light-Directions & A Lark and The Martyrdom of Washington Booth (Finalist, 2000 National Playwrights Conference). Excerpts from Jeni's plays can be found in Best Stage Monologues for Men 1999, Best Stage Monologues for Women 1999, and Best Stage Scenes 1999 (Smith & Krause). Throw of the Moon (written with Ben Sahl) and American Eyes can be found in Plays and Playwrights 2001. Jeni has produced, directed, and even acted at theaters in New York and around the country. A native of Maryland , Jeni has an MFA from Ohio University and currently lives in New York City with her husband Ben Sahl, the wonderful man who thankfully introduced her to McCall.

PAULA MARCHIEL (Company Manager) Currently Assistant Company Manager for theaterworksUSA, Paula has worked in various jobs for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and its National Playwrights Conference, New York University, Playwrights Horizons theater School and the Really Useful Management Company. Some stage management credits include: Oigo(I Hear) at the John Houseman Studio theater, Wonderland at the American Place theater, Picasso at the La Pain Agile at the Hangar theater, and The Emperors New Clothes and Doonesbury Flashbacks at both Playwrights Horizons Studio Theater and La Mama etc. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

JESSE McCOY (Actor) grew up in McCall. She has done plays throughout high school. This is her second year acting with the Playwrights Conference.

SHEILA McDEVITT (Co-Artistic Director & Actor) a native Idahoan, is the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of the id theater Company. She has produced, directed and acted in three seasons for id in McCall , Idaho and New York City . Sheila was co-producer for Qwirk Productions in NYC for 8 years. She holds an MFA from the University of Washington 's prestigious Professional Actor Training Program. Directing credits include Manhattan Class Company's "Summer Play Party", featuring plays written by New York City high school students. She also runs workshops in Stage Combat for High School and College students, as well as, Story Book theater and improvisation workshops for younger children. Acting credits: Off-Broadway - Understudy to Miss Carol Kane in In-Betweens . Regional: New England tour - Dancing at Lughnasa ; Jupiter theater, Jupiter FL - Rumours co-starring Bernie Koppell, Bill Christopher, and Gary Burghoff.

ANNIE McMAHAN (Actor) I'm Annie! I love to dance – mostly at home though – not a huge audience. So, here I am – the middle child - nobody and everybody loves me. I'm a recent grad from MDHS – that school haunts me… but so does leaving Molly's house at midnight - I always feel like there's someone in the back seat. It's usually my boyfriend Dough though. Hmmm. Purple waters for my dear friend.

CASEY McMANUS (Actor) I was born; I've lived for 18 years so far. One day I'll die. Somewhere in between I found out about acting & would like to do a bit more.

LAUREN MOORE (Playwright) has been playwriting for two years, drama for four. I'm a recent graduate. I have performed in five different productions since my freshman year. I was told that this biography could “spark” conversation especially if I talked about what parts I have specifically played in past productions. Well, I played the cricket in Pinocchio, I wore bright green spandex and a leotard, I also wore green, 70's inspired bathing cap with antennas. People laughed at me because I talked in a funny voice, I laughed at myself. Does that spark any conversation?

ADAM RAPP (guest playwright) Adam Rapp has been the recipient of the 1997 Herbert and Patricia Brodkin Scholarship, two Lincoln Center Le Comte du Nouy Awards, the 1999 Princess Grace Award for Playwriting, a Mabou Mines Suite Residency, a fellowship to the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, the 2000 Roger L. Stevens Award from the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, and the 2001 Helen Merrill Award. His play Nocturne made its world premiere at the American Repertory theater in Cambridge, MA, where it was named Best New Play by the Independent Reviewers of New England and received the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script. Nocturne was also selected as one of the Burns Mantle Ten Best Plays of the 2000-2001 Season, and has recently been published by Faber & Faber. Nocturne made its Off-Broadway debut at New York theater Workshop and has been produced at Berkeley Rep, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, Naked Eye in Chicago , and is slated for productions at the Studio theater in Washington DC , Seattle A.C.T., and the State theater in Austin. Other plays include Animals & Plants (A.R.T.), Stone Cold Dead Serious (A.R.T.), Ghosts in the Cottonwoods (Victory Gardens - Chicago, the 24th Street theater - L.A., the Arcola theater - London), and most recently Finer Noble Gases (the 26th Humana Festival of New American Plays). Upcoming world premieres include Faster at Rattlestick in NYC and Dreams of the Salthorse at the Encore theater in San Francisco . His one act, Train Story, was recently selected as one of the Best American Short Plays of 2001 and will be published by Applause Books. Also an award-winning fiction writer, Rapp is the author of the novels Missing the Piano, The Buffalo Tree, The Copper Elephant, Little Chicago, and the forthcoming 33 Snowfish. A graduate of Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, he also completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard.

DOUG ROBERTSON (Actor) I am terrified, please refrain from clapping, or making eye contact, there is a real possibility that I will wet myself. Remember to congratulate my girlfriend Annie, I love her because she doesn't hit me anymore, also I truly believe that the fish and the human being can co-exist peacefully. NSYNC rules!

TAMARA RODRIQUES (Actor) is a McCall Donnelly graduate. She was born in Kennewick , WA and moved to McCall in 1993. She is currently a junior at University of Idaho studying Psychology. She performed in the musical Bye Bye Birdie as Rosie Alzarez in 2000. She also performed in a piece called Obsession in Dancers, Drummers and Dreamers at the University of Idaho in 2001. She will be in the upcoming play this July at the Alpine – How I Learned to Drive .

AMY RUSH (Actor) is thrilled to be “home sweet home” for her second summer at the Seven Devils. You may have seen her last year as Vicky in Ben Sahl's Jewels of Denial and Diane in Ethan Ede's A Spider's Web and a Game of Chess . Amy also played Kelly in id theater Company's 1999 production of Sitting on Paradise . Amy is a graduate of the University of Montana and studies in New York with Carroll Fox Prescott and Gary Austin. Recent credits include Darlene in Slight Alterations at the Abingdon theater Company and Shelly in Real Live Sex on Stage at the St. Mark's theater. Amy wishes to thank her family for their love and support and to dedicate her performance in memory of Speed and Lucille Rush.

BEN SAHL (Actor) Ben was pleased to be part of the inaugural Seven Devils Playwrights Conference in 2001, which featured his play Jewels of Denial. Born in Spain and raised in New York City, Ben's work has been seen from L.A. to London . Representative theaters: SoHo Repertory theater in New York; Canal Café in London and West Coast Ensemble in Los Angeles. Representative workshops: Expanded Arts, the Abingdon Theater Company and Rattlestick Theater, where Ben is a member playwright. He has taught writing at Touro College , Columbia University (B.A.), and Indiana University (MFA in playwriting).

AMY SALTZ (Director) Amy Saltz is based in New York City and directs both new and classical plays in New York and throughout the United States and in Russia . She has directed at most of the major theaters in the United States and has long been involved with supporting playwrights and helping to developing new plays and new voices for the American theater. For television, she has directed Another World and Search For Tomorrow. She has served on the theater panels numerous state arts' councils and is a past member of the Executive Board of the Society of Stage Directors' and Choreographers (the directors' union). She has also taught Juilliard, Yale School of Drama, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is presently the Acting Head of the Graduate Directing Program at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers ' University. Amy is happy to be a part of this years 7 Devil's Playwright's Conference.

MOLLY SHAVER (Playwright & Actor) is newly graduated from McCall-Donnelly High. She has two baby chicks named Peetie and a large stuffed leopard. She enjoys eating pasta and fruit, but is allergic to popcorn. This is her second year in the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. She likes to laugh at nearly anything and listen in on other people's conversations. She plans to continue her life in the city of Portland while going to school at Reed College .

KATI SHELDON (Actress) is a senior at McCall Donnelly High School . She plans to go to Central Washington University in 2003, majoring in Vocal Performance. She has been in various productions in high school. She is so glad to be in Seven Devils! It rocks!

CARA THEM (Sound Engineer) is from McCall. She attends Whitman.

ROGER TRUESDELL (Director/Dramaturg) is from Chicago where he currently lives after a three year 'hiatus' in Cleveland , Ohio . While in Cleveland he directed 6 world premiers including Sound Biting (Best New Play-Keifer Award) and Safety (Best Director- Times Newspaper of NE Ohio ; Finalist-Best Production of a New Play-American Critics theater Association; One of the Top Ten Productions of 2001- Cleveland Plain Dealer ). He received his MFA in Directing from Ohio University, and thanks Jeni for this opportunity.

BRIAN WELCH (Playwright) is a humbly bold man.

KOLBY WOOD (Assistant Stage Manager) Kolby Wood- an Emmett, Idaho native, has studied at Boise State University in acting and is currently pursuing a BA in directing at the University of Idaho . He has directed Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin and Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson, All in the Timing by David Ives, and a student original work called The Curious Case of Peter Pentillometer--all at the University of Idaho 's Arena Theater. He has recently been elected the Student theater Organization's new president for the 2002-2003 school year.