MARY ELIZABETH RAINES
ACTING RESUME

(photos below)

ACTING ROLES (from 1992 to present)

Theater Palisades, Pacific Palisades, CA

Mrs. Durant; Cactus Flower

Riverside Players, Neenah, Wisconsin

Mother Bonney; It Runs in the Family
Miss Hannigan (Principal); Annie
Abbey (Lead); Arsenic and Old Lace

Valley Theatre Company, Fox Valley Theatre, Menasha, Wisconsin

Martha (Lead); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe

Attic Theater, Appleton, Wisconsin

Bessie (Lead); Marvin's Room
Felicia Dantine; I Hate Hamlet
Mrs. Boxington/Street Chorus; My Fair Lady
Emily Whitman; Follies
Harriet Porter/Muriel (Lead); You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running

University of Wisconsin, Frederick March Theater, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Sara Jane Moore (Principal); Assassins
Charlotte Blossom (Lead); Approaching Zanzibar
Miss Cratchitt/Renee; Gypsy
Chorus; 110 in the Shade

Act II Ltd., Sandwich Theater in the Mall, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Sister Lee; Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Friends of Riverside, Neenah, Wisconsin

Mrs. Baker; Come Blow Your Horn

Oakwood Dinner Theater, Waupaca, Wisconsin

Ida (Lead); The Cemetery Club
Madeline Basset (Lead); Subject to Change
Flora Van Heusen; The Matchmaker
Vivian Trachtman; Love, Sex and the IRS

Fly-by-Night Players, Traveling Troupe

Granny (Lead); A Railroad Runs Through It
Mrs. Lovitt (Principal); Sweeney Todd, the Melodrama
Mrs. Lamb (Lead); Miniature Follies
Assorted (Principal); Love on the Subway
Granny (Principal); Hanged in their Own Family Tree

Weyauwega Children's Theater, Weyauwega, Wisconsin

Rose (Principal); Clowns

Grand Theater, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Muriel (Lead); I'm Herbert

Short Film

Granddaughter (Principal); Hazel

DIRECTING and TEACHING

Award-winning Film Short, Hazel, 1993
Drama Director, Weyauwega-Fremont High School, 1990-94
Instructor, Actor's Workshop-Waupaca Fine Arts Center, 1995
Valley Theater Company, Comin' Round the Mountain, 1997
Oakwood Dinner Theater, Subject to Change, 1996
Weyauwega Children's Theater, Music Director, Clowns, 1996
Fly-by-Night Players, A Railroad Runs Through It, 1996
Fly-by-Night Players, Miniature Follies, 1995
Fly-by-Night Players, Love on the Subway, 1998
Attic Theater, Little Women, 1994
Guest Instructor, Torrance Theater Actor's Workshop, 2002
 

TELEVISION BACKGROUND ACTOR

West Wing
  White House Press Corps (recurring role)
  Senator Erdman
Paramount Studios 90th Anniversary
  Stand-in for Patricia Neal
Grounded for Life
  Aunt Betty (featured role)

Family Law	E.R.	American Family
Gideon's Crossing	Seventh Heaven	Any Day Now
The Practice	Dharma and Greg	According to Jim
The Agency	Thieves	Off Center
X-Files	Scrubs	Once and Again
Ally McBeal	Providence	First Monday
E'bdy Loves Raymond	NYPD Blue	Just Shoot Me
The Court	Grounded for Life	The Gilmore Girls
The District	Leap of Faith	Malcom in the Middle

FILM BACKGROUND ACTOR

The Majestic
Serving Sarah
Old School
Like Mike
A Mighty Wind

SCRIPTS & WRITING

Produced four stageplays and short film.
Former news correspondent, Waupaca County Post, Weyauwega Chronicle, Appleton Post-Crescent
Published articles (nonfiction) and short stories (children's) in magazines
Weekly Feature Interview Series, "Neighbors Worth Knowing," Waupaca County Post

AWARDS

Director of Cinematography Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Harris M. Liechti Award ("Hazel") for excellence in communication
Wisconsin Communications Council Video Competition ("Hazel"), First Place
Writers Digest Stageplay Competition ("Comin' Round the Mountain"), Honorable Mention
New Century Writer Screenplay Awards ("Una"), Quarter-finalist

EDUCATION

New England Conservatory, 1965-68
Theatre Workshop of Boston, Acting & Directing, 1971 (Elaine Noble)
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Film Directing Studies, 1992-4

APPEARANCE

Age: 54
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 135
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Variable/Reddish Brown

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