LYDIA MONG IS AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND ACTING COACH FROM CLARKSBURG, WV. HER THEATRE EXPERIENCE SPANS MORE THAN 45 YEARS AND INCLUDES BOTH COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL VENUES.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF RUSTIC MECHANICALS SHAKESPEARE TROUPE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE ACT 2 THEATRE COMPANY IN CLARKSBURG SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1998. BEFORE THAT SHW SERVED ON THE DRAMA COMMITTEE OF THE CLARKSBURG ART CENTER. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS AN ACTING COACH WITH THESPIAN TROUPE #7549 AT BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL.
NOTABLE ACTING CREDITS
DRAMAS
KATE KELLER IN ALL MY SONS BY ARTHUR MILLER
MARY TYRONE IN A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT BY EUGENE O'NEILL
EVELYN IN KINDERTRANSPORT BY DIANE SAMUELS
ELEANOR IN THE LION IN WINTER BY JAMES GOLDMAN
LEAH IN NUMBER EIGHT BY JEAN BATTLO
MULTIPLE ROLES IN MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD BY MULTIPLE AUTHORS
COMEDIES
CASSIE AND CLAIRE IN RUMORS BY NEIL SIMON
CHARLOTTE IN MOON OVER BUFFALO BY KEN LUDWIG
MUSICALS
ALDONZA/DULCINEA IN MAN OF LA MANCHA BY DALE WASSERMAN
BEGGAR WOMAN IN SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET BY SONDHEIM AND WHEELER
SISTER ROBERT ANN IN NUNSENSE BY DAN GOGGIN
NELLIE/LADY BEACONSFIELD IN JEKYLL & HYDE: THE MUSICAL
MISS WATSON/STRANGER WOMAN IN BIG RIVER BY WILLIAM HAUPTMAN
MRS. HIGGINS IN MY FAIR LADY BY ALAN JAY LERNER
ONE-WOMAN SHOWS
NAOMI IN THE GHOST FRAGMENTS BY DON NIGRO
LAURA JACKSON ARNOLD IN DEAREST SISTER BY ALMA BENNETT
EMILY DICKINSON IN OF FRECKLED HUMAN NATURE BY JEAN BATTLO
OTHER
LYDIA'S FILM CREDITS INCLUDE THE INDEPENDENT FILMS, THE FUGUE AND LOT LIZARDS, THE STAGE VERSION OF WHICH SHE PERFORMED AT THE AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY.
LYDIA APPEARS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FOR THE LOVE OF THEATRE VIEWABLE ON YOUTUBE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unad0q6-lcg&list=PLxLJuCQMfgAAgYd23lp2K5dgYByhtDPYK&index=15&t=99s).
AWARDS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AND THE SOUTHEAST THEATRE CONFERENCE AACT FESTIVAL 1995 FOR THE ROLE OF BUN BLACKMUN IN THE LOVER TALKER BY DEBORAH PRYOR.
DIRECTING CREDITS
DEAD GIVEAWAY COMEDY BY PAT COOK
STONE TOUCHIN' ORIGINAL DRAMA BY DONALD FIDLER
POLTERGUEST ONE-ACT BY CHUCK SMITH
SHE IS A MEMBER OF RUSTIC MECHANICALS SHAKESPEARE TROUPE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE ACT 2 THEATRE COMPANY IN CLARKSBURG SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1998. BEFORE THAT SHW SERVED ON THE DRAMA COMMITTEE OF THE CLARKSBURG ART CENTER. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS AN ACTING COACH WITH THESPIAN TROUPE #7549 AT BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL.
NOTABLE ACTING CREDITS
DRAMAS
KATE KELLER IN ALL MY SONS BY ARTHUR MILLER
MARY TYRONE IN A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT BY EUGENE O'NEILL
EVELYN IN KINDERTRANSPORT BY DIANE SAMUELS
ELEANOR IN THE LION IN WINTER BY JAMES GOLDMAN
LEAH IN NUMBER EIGHT BY JEAN BATTLO
MULTIPLE ROLES IN MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD BY MULTIPLE AUTHORS
COMEDIES
CASSIE AND CLAIRE IN RUMORS BY NEIL SIMON
CHARLOTTE IN MOON OVER BUFFALO BY KEN LUDWIG
MUSICALS
ALDONZA/DULCINEA IN MAN OF LA MANCHA BY DALE WASSERMAN
BEGGAR WOMAN IN SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET BY SONDHEIM AND WHEELER
SISTER ROBERT ANN IN NUNSENSE BY DAN GOGGIN
NELLIE/LADY BEACONSFIELD IN JEKYLL & HYDE: THE MUSICAL
MISS WATSON/STRANGER WOMAN IN BIG RIVER BY WILLIAM HAUPTMAN
MRS. HIGGINS IN MY FAIR LADY BY ALAN JAY LERNER
ONE-WOMAN SHOWS
NAOMI IN THE GHOST FRAGMENTS BY DON NIGRO
LAURA JACKSON ARNOLD IN DEAREST SISTER BY ALMA BENNETT
EMILY DICKINSON IN OF FRECKLED HUMAN NATURE BY JEAN BATTLO
OTHER
LYDIA'S FILM CREDITS INCLUDE THE INDEPENDENT FILMS, THE FUGUE AND LOT LIZARDS, THE STAGE VERSION OF WHICH SHE PERFORMED AT THE AMERICAN GLOBE THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY.
LYDIA APPEARS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FOR THE LOVE OF THEATRE VIEWABLE ON YOUTUBE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unad0q6-lcg&list=PLxLJuCQMfgAAgYd23lp2K5dgYByhtDPYK&index=15&t=99s).
AWARDS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AND THE SOUTHEAST THEATRE CONFERENCE AACT FESTIVAL 1995 FOR THE ROLE OF BUN BLACKMUN IN THE LOVER TALKER BY DEBORAH PRYOR.
DIRECTING CREDITS
DEAD GIVEAWAY COMEDY BY PAT COOK
STONE TOUCHIN' ORIGINAL DRAMA BY DONALD FIDLER
POLTERGUEST ONE-ACT BY CHUCK SMITH
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