Rita Marchelyajoined Billy Crudup in a reading of David Rabe’s new script,The Black Monk, based on the Chekhov story of the same name. She had great success inRaised by Lesbiansin the NY Fringe Festival. Also NYC: world premiere ofWater and Stone(role of Sandra, directed by Curt Dempster) at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Other EST: Julie inReunion, Vicki inAfter the Dose, company member Ensemble Lab under the direction of Curt Dempster. She performed in the staged reading ofThe Rise of Dorothy Halewith Naked Angels and her television and film credits include the FX comedyStarved, As the World Turns,All My Childrenand indiesCracking,Rope, Network Adaptation, andConcealed. Rita is a principal teacher of the Miller Voice Method in New York.