Richard Seidman

Screenwriter, Producer, and Assistant Director

Richard Seidman was a winner of the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition, a top-ten finalist for the PAGE Awards, and a finalist in the Screencraft and Stage 32 Animation competitions. He has written two novels for children, "World Cup Mouse" and "The Secret of Ebbets Field," and a non-fiction book for adults, "Oracle of Kabbalah: Mystical Teachings of the Hebrew Letters," first published by St. Martin’s Press. Richard founded and led the nonprofit tree-planting organization, Friends of Trees, in Portland, Oregon. He now lives in Ashland, Oregon and works as a grant writer for the Center for Popular Democracy.

Peter Alzado

Director and Actor (Professor Zerner)

Peter Alzado has several decades of acting and directing experience. He was a resident actor at La MaMa Plexus in New York, and has performed on Broadway, Off Broadway, and at the American Shakespeare Theatre-Stratford, New York Public Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, and New Phoenix Repertory Company. 

Peter has an MFA in Directing from the University of Montana, and has studied with many legendary actors and teachers, including Joel Zwick, Mira Rostova, Stella Adler, and Michael Moriarty. 

He has appeared on TV in “Portlandia,” and has had featured roles in several soap operas. Peter served as Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Talent and as Founder of Oregon Stage Works. His recent performances include: Matt in "Talley's Folly," Mark Rothko in "Red" (which he also co-directed), Ulysses in "Annapurna," Joe Keller in "All My Sons," and Torvald in "A Doll’s House, Part 2." He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Marvin Walder

Director of Photography and Editor

Marvin Walder is a recent Southern Oregon University Digital Cinema program graduate and the owner of Marvin Walder Media LLC. He has worked on numerous short film projects as cinematographer and camera operator. Marvin also has experience in commercial video production, photography and remote editing. He is currently working on "Seeking Beauty," a documentary about Ashland, Oregon cellist, Daniel Sperry. Marvin will be utilizing his Canon Cinema camera setup as well as his editing and color grading expertise to help bring "Schmendrick" to life.

Anthony Heald

Actor (Archibald Sneed)

Anthony Heald portrayed the late, great Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Red Dragon,” and has performed in “8MM,” “The Client,” and “The Pelican Brief.” On television, he portrayed Vice Principal Scott Guber in “Boston Public,” and appeared in “Boston Legal”, “Cheers”, “Frasier”, “The X-Files”, and many other shows.

On stage, Tony has acted with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for twelve seasons, playing such roles as Shylock, Timon of Athens, Iago and Shag in “Equivocation.” He has appeared in many plays on Broadway and Off Broadway and has received two Tony Award nominations for outstanding featured performance, two Obie Awards, and a Theater World Award. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Tyrone Wilson

Actor (Father Anthony)

Tyrone Wilson is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama where he received his MFA in Acting and Middlebury College earning BA Honor Degrees in Theatre and Psychology.

He has appeared in several films including “Privilege,” directed by Yvonne Rainer, “The Super” with Joe Pesci and “Stone Soup” with Grace Zabriskie.

Theatre audiences have seen Tyrone in the European Tour of “Ajax” directed by Peter Sellars, on Broadway in “Lettice and Lovage” with Maggie Smith and the US Tour with Julie Harris. Off Broadway he performed with the Theatre for New Audience, New York Public Theater and Circle Repertory Theatre. Tyrone has also performed at numerous regional theatres. 

In 30 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mr. Wilson has performed over 70 roles in nearly 60 productions. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Barret O'Brien

Actor (Maximillian Johannson)

Barret O'Brien is an actor and author committed to creating work that is gentle on Earth's natural resources. A graduate of Yale School of Drama, Mr. O'Brien has acted in over 80 theater, television, and film productions across the country and abroad. He is currently starring in the Gary Lundgren film "Above the Trees "and the Duplass Brothers TV series, "The Long Long Night," which premiered at this year's Tribeca and SXSW Film Festivals. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.

Monica Cortez

Actor (Professor Bruria)

Monica Lynn Cortez is an actress and filmmaker. She studied acting with Terry Knickerbocker at the William Esper Studio, and has performed on numerous stages in NYC, including INTAR and the Director’s Company.

When an acting role led her to the Sundance Film Festival, she was motivated to expand her storytelling skills to the screen. She graduated from NYU's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, where she studied all aspects of filmmaking.

Deborah Rosenberg

Costume Coordinator

Deborah Rosenberg has been a professor at Southern Oregon University for over twenty years. She came to SOU from New York where she worked as faculty costume designer and costume shop supervisor at Ithaca College and SUNY Brockport, as well as guest draper at Cornell

University and resident designer at Niagara University. Professional costume design credits include the Alley Theatre, Player’s Theatre Columbus, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Shakespeare and Co., and theatres internationally. At SOU, Deborah teaches costume design and stage makeup. She holds a BA in anthropology from Trent University in Ontario and an MFA in costume design from North Carolina School of the Arts.