Dried Prunes - September 18
The Actors Temple
Who's Who
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Pooya Mohseni*
as Nancy Devereaux
Pooya Mohseni is an award-winning Iranian American actor, writer, filmmaker and transgender activist. She made her Broadway debut in Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer winning play "English" at the Roundabout Theater. Her stage credits include an obie winning performance in "English"'s off-Broadway run (Atlantic Theater Company & The Old Globe Theater), "The Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot" (Playwrights Horizons) "The Sex Party" (Menier Chocolate Factory) in London, "Hamlet" (Play On Shakespeare Festival), "She,He,Me" (National Queer Theater), "Our Town" (Pride Plays), "Galatea" (The WP Project), "The Good Muslim" (EST), "White Snake" (Baltimore Center Stage), and the Audible production of "Chonburi Hotel" & "The Butterfly Club" (Williamstown Theater Festival). Her film and television credits include "Law & Order: SVU," "The Walking Dead: Dead City," "Big Dogs," "Falling Water," "Madam Secretary," "Terrifier," "The Arrival" and "See You Then."
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Christine McBurney*
as Judy Moorehead
Christine McBurney is an award-winning multi-hyphenate. Selected film & TVcredits: THE ALTO KNIGHTS (Barry Levinson, director), FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD (Director), FBI: Most Wanted, Fleishman is in Trouble. Favorite stage credits: The Metropolitan Opera, Cleveland Play House. Selected directing credits: a NYSCA/NYFA-funded opera, Moon in the Mirror, and Greenhouse Ensemble, Mamai Theatre Co. She was a 2024 finalist for the inaugural Tina Packer Women of Will Directing Fellowship at Shakespeare & Co. Currently, she is writing a short film and solo show about finding her Italian father. She is a private acting coach and a teaching artist for Hudson Valley Shakespeare and ARG Studio, and former university professor. Member: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), SDC Observership Class 2019-21, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Directors Lab West, Directors Lab North, SAG-AFTRA, AEA. www.christinemcburney.com.
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