(Bio as of November 2008)

Mr. Mardirosian most recently appeared at the Goodman in Ruined during the 2008/2009 Season. His Broadway credits include Wonderful Town, My Favorite Year, Cuba and His Teddy Bear, The Magic Show and Happy End. His off-Broadway credits include Gemini, Losing Time, Butter and Egg Man, The Normal Heart, Largo Desolato, Henry IV, Measure for Measure and The Taming of the Shrew, among others. His film credits include Lady in the Water, Presumed Innocent, Don Juan DeMarco, Boomerang, Dark Half, Betsy’s Wedding, New York Stories, Power, Rosary Murders, Shakedown, Trading Places, Only When I Laughand Alphabet City, among others. Television credits include "Oz," "Law & Order," "NYPD Blue," "The Cosby Show," and "Miami Vice," among others. As a playwright, his credits include Saved from Obscurity (Drama Desk Award nomination) and Subfertile.

John Ferraro was an American actor, academic, stage director and television director. His credits as a director included Sesame Street, as well as Broadway and off-Broadway plays. Ferraro received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from New York University. Ferraro worked as an associate director of the Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance in the 1980s and directed Crazy He Calls Me in 1992. Ferraro's television direction credits included episodes of the PBS children's shows, Shining Time Station and Sesame Street. Ferraro joined the faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2003. He died on December 7, 2010, of colon cancer at USC University Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 64.