Four American Women by David Mamet at Great Barrington Public Theater

David Mamet (Playwright) is the author of the plays: The Anarchist, November, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American  Buffalo, Race, The Old Neighborhood, Life in the Theatre, Speed-the- Plow, Edmond, Lakeboat, The Water Engine, The Woods, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Reunion and The Cryptogram (1995 Obie Award). His translations and adaptations include Faustus, Red River by Pierre Laville and The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov. His films include The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, The Untouchables, House of Games (writer/director), Oleanna (writer/director), Homicide (writer/director), The Spanish Prisoner (writer/director), Heist (writer/director), Spartan (writer/director) and Redbelt (writer/director). Mamet is also the author of Warm and Cold, a book for children with drawings by Donald Sultan, and two other children’s books, Passover and The Duck and the Goat. His most recent books include True and False, Three Uses of the Knife, The Wicked Son, Bambi Vs. Godzilla, The Secret Knowledge and the shoot-em-up novel of Prohibition, Chicago.

Rebecca Pidgeon* (Dorothy Kilgallen and A Doctor) has starred in the films The Dawning, The Spanish Prisoner, The Winslow Boy, State and Main, Heist, Red, Two Bit Waltz and Allegiant. Her television credits include HBO’s Phil Spector and Jesse Stone: Sea Change. She had recurring roles on The Unit and The Shield and played a regular role on In Justice. She starred in Uncle Vanya for the BBC, and in Samuel Beckett’s Catastrophe opposite Sir John Geilgud and Harold Pinter for Channel 4. Ms. Pidgeon originated the roles of ‘Deeny’ in The Old Neighborhood on Broadway, ‘Claire’ in Boston Marriage at the Geffen Playhouse and ‘Carol’ in Oleanna Off-Broadway. Other theater includes: Sex With Strangers (Geffen Playhouse), The Anarchist (Sheen Center), The Penitent (Atlantic) and The Christopher Boy’s Communion (Odyssey). Pidgeon is also a singer/songwriter whose album Slingshot was nominated for a Grammy Award. Her latest album is Sudden Exposure To Light.

Heidi Sulzman* (An aviator) film credits include the Oscar nominated film Hell or High Water appearing as Ranger Margaret opposite Jeff Bridges. Last year's Adopt a Highway with Ethan Hawke and 2018's 6 Balloons with Abbi Jacobson which was nominated for the Game Changer Award at SXSW. Theatre Credits include One in the Chamber for which she won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Lead in a Play. The play also garnered a Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play by Marja-Lewis Ryan. In 2015 she was honored to perform opposite Rebecca Pidgeon in David Mamet's The Anarchist at the Sheen Center in New York and she is very excited to be back working alongside Rebecca in 4American Women. It has been an ABSOLUTE thrill to get to work on this project with David Mamet and Jim Frangione and delve into the role and real life of Pancho Barnes. What an incredible woman. Thank you for this amazing opportunity, Dave and Jim! I am forever grateful. 

Yolondas Ross* (An attorney) is a two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee and Gotham Award winner for her feature film debut as a leading actress in HBO’s Stranger Inside and John Sayles’s Go For Sisters. Ross, a native of Omaha, Nebraska is recognized from her wide range of work including: Angela Bassett’s Whitney, and Denzel Washington's Antwone Fisher Story. In Television, she's worked on Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet's, The Unit. The two teamed up again on HBO's Phil Spector. Ross has recurred as “Claudia” on How To Get Away With Murder, portrayed the memorable "Ms. Green", in the Baz Luhrmann/ Netflix series, The Get Down, and played a documentary filmmaker in HBO's Treme which inspired her to step behind the camera for her directorial debut, Breaking Night, which aired on VH1 Classics. Ross is also a member of New York's famed Labyrinth Theater Company. Currently, she is featured in the PBS American Masters episode How it Feels To Be Free, about black female trailblazers and as series regular, “Jada Washington” in the critically-acclaimed Lena Waithe Showtime drama The Chi, premiering season four in 2021. Yolonda will be making her feature film directorial debut with her romantic drama, Scenes From Our Marriage, which was chosen for Film Independent’s, Fast Track & Directors’ Lab. Website- YolondaRoss.com

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract