Wild Thyme Women is a natural outgrowth
of Wild Thyme Players. It was Diana Finegold's dream to establish a forum in which
women can gather to work on their writing, acting, and production inclinations. They came
informally into existence when the Wild Thyme Players offered a critically-acclaimed
production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues in 2002. The synergy of those
performances continued with the establishment of Wild Thyme Women.
These are some of the women who have been in recent performances. |
Carol
Becker
JoAnn Bromley
Jocelyn Bromley
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Maria
Castagnaro
Sharelle Daniel
Diana Finegold
Dana Froscio |
Jackie
Granja
Marcia Murphy
Nora Soruco |
| CAROL BECKER is a latecomer
to the world behind the footlights and a "wannabe" playwright. She made her
first attempts at learning the craft during a semester at the National Theater Institute
in Waterford. She is delighted to be one of the Wild Thyme Women and hopes that someday
they will perform one of her plays. |
| JOANN BROMLEY is a graduate of the theater department of RI College. She has worked
throughout New England for the past 20 years as an actress, director, teacher and
producer. She feels blessed to be part of this wonderfully talented group of woman (and
men!). She is currently promoting her own one-woman show, Ask Mama. |
| JOCELYN BROMLEY is the youngest member of the WTW, but
already has many credits to her name. Her last role was Kirsty in RITE's production of Number
the Stars, in which she performed for various schools throughout RI and Massachusetts.
She has also won an acting award for her role as Amber in My Hallway at Dramafest
2001. She is currently pursuing her passion for bues andjazz and hopes to perform as a
vocalist in a venue near you. |
 MARIA CASTAGNARO holds
a Bachelor’s degree in Acting and Theatre Studies from SUNY Purchase and received her
Master’s in directing from Binghamton University in 2002. Maria credits her interest
in the dramatic arts to the time she spent at Three Rivers Community College under the
tutelage of John Basinger, of whom she says, “He inspired me to leave my mark on the
world through dramatic expression.” She has acted in numerous shows in and around
Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island for the past several years and has directed Savage
in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley, The Country Wife by William Wycherley and
several one-act plays by Eugene O’Neill, among many others. Maria recently spent some
time in Chicago working with a theatre outreach program for inner city high school
students, was an artistic advisor for the Serendipity Youth Theatre and directed Sleeping
Judy and the Atomic Misfits for the Giving Tree Theatre Company. Maria is a newcomer
to the Wild Thyme Players and Wild Thyme Women and looks forward to many more fabulous
performances with them. |
| SHARELLE DANIEL has been an aspiring actress for most of
her life. She has participated in an array of church plays and musicals. In Washinton, DC,
she did print modeling for magazines, runway modeling and hair shows. She studied at
Howard University and privately, with Professor Vera Katz. She has also hosted a
television show called “Poetry in Motion.” Sharelle now resides in Norwich where
she went to Buckingham Elementary and Kelly Jr. High. “Acting is believing and I
believe that acting is my destiny.” |
| DANA FROSCIO
has been acting and modeling for over twenty years and has been a member of Wild Thyme
Players since last spring. She played VaVaVa Voom in their production of Murder at the
Crazy Whores Saloon and looks forward to many more. She is very pleased to be working
with such a wonderful cast and gives special thanks to Diana Finegold for helping to keep
theatre alive and well in Southeastern Connecticut. |
| JACKIE GRANJA of Rhode
Island is beyond thrilled to be performing with Diana Finegold's Wild
Thyme Women! She most recently performed in Connecticut with Diana's production of The
Vagina Monologues at the Donald Oat Theater in Norwich. A few of her favorite roles
to date include: June in Academy Players production of Chicago , Mona in Come
back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Doris in Same Time, Next Year;
and Clairee in Steel Magnolias. |
 MARCIA MURPHY is a Rhode Island native who holds a performing arts degree from Rhode Island College and
has over 20 years of regional performing credits to her name. Her résumé includes the
roles of the Actress in Blood Relations at the Bradley Playhouse, Brenda in A
Show of Her Own at the Groton Regional Theater, M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias
at 5 and Dime production in Providence, The Dining Room, and Relatively Speaking
with the Barker Players, and Parallel Lives with The Academy Players. Other
performing credits include Hot’L Baltimore, The Girlhood of
Shakespeare’s Heroines, The Importance of Being Earnest, Time Was, Molly
and James, and Female Transport. Marcia’s most recent Wild Thyme Player
roles include Trixie in Murder at The Crazy Whores Saloon and Angry Vagina in The
Vagina Monologues. |
 NORA SORUCO is former Sweet Adeline and a former member of the Pfizer Players. Her stage credits
include Crazy for You; George M; Amahl and the Night Visitors(two
years in a row); Benedict Arnold: A Brave Revenge; Gilbert and Sullivan’s
operetta, The Gondoliers; and The Barber of Seville. She also played a
cowboy and regular patron in Murder at the Crazy Whores Saloon by Diana Finegold.
She loves the theater and when she is not on stage, she enjoys
working backstage with make up, costumes, refreshments, and even lights. She is very
excited to be part of this fun group of people. She wishes everyone a "fabulous
performance." |
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