MARYEDITH BURRELL

An award-winning professional with forty years in film, television, theatre and radio working with major studios, networks, stage companies and talent all over the world. Published author and TV star. Professor and guest lecturer at universities, conservatories and museums. Creator of literacy programs in and North Carolina.

CURRICULUM VITAE

RECENT TEACHING

• The Groundlings, LA – “Documentary” and “Theme” (Master Class Series 2021) • WCU – Professor “Producing”, “History of Cinema” (2016), “Filmmakers on Filmmaking” (2018& 2019) “Playwriting” (2018) ”Documentary”(2019) • UNCA – Guest Lecturer “Presentation Workshop”, “Working in Live TV” (2010, 2012, 2015) • The New York Studio for Stage and Screen - Head of the Screenwriting Program (2012 - 2015) • Warren Wilson College – Guest Lecturer “Page To Podium” (2014) • Carolina Film Institute - “Screenwriting” (2010-2012) • Great Smokies Writing Program – “Screenwriting” (2010, 2012) “Presentation Workshop” (2015) “Dramatic Storytelling” (2016) • Flatiron Writers – “” (2016) “Prose to Picture” (2015) “Screenwriting” (2017) • Asheville Writers In The Schools – Guest Teacher (2010, 2011, 2012) • The Getty Museum - “Villa Play Series Lectures” (2007) • The Natural History Museum – “LA Live!” (2005) • Radio Club LA – Teacher/Founder (2003) • UCLA – Guest Lecturer “Surviving Live TV” (1998, 2000)

EDUCATION / DEGREES/ CONSERVATORY TRAINING

Santa Catalina School For Girls – High School (Scholarship) UC Santa Cruz, UC Los Angeles – BA (History/Theatre Arts) University of North Carolina Asheville – MLA (Humanities, Literature) American Conservatory Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Groundlings, Second City, The War Babies, Actors Studio, Nautilus Music Theatre Workshop, Mark Taper Forum LA Story Theatre, Perry/Mansfield.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Affiliations - Writers Guild of America West (WGAw), Screen Actors Guild & American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG/AFTRA), Actors Equity Association (AEA), and The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Writer/Producer - Script, acquiring rights, casting, studios, budgets & staffing.

Recent Feature Films: Script Doctor: Disney, Sony and Warner Bros. ( 2010- 2017.) St. Bibi – Working Title, UK (option 2015) Wine Project – Universal (2013) Dominion – HBO (2011) Paramount (1998) , Emily Post – Sony, (2009) Dating Hell – Imagine Entertainment, Universal (2002) The Big Six - Around Pictures (2000) Overall deal at Disney (1995-1998)

TV Films: Mr. St. Nick (ABC) Second Honeymoon (CBS) The Little Match Girl (NBC) The Great Mom Swap (CBS) Janus Highway( Plaza Media, Germany) The Last Vampire (mini-series Hallmark CBS,) Villa Angelli (CBS) Mabel And The Bootleg King ( Disney) UFO Café (NBC) Pedal Steel (NBC) Dominion (TNT)

TV Series: Fridays – ABC sketch comedy (writer/performer) Life And Times of Eddie Roberts – Norman Lear, ABC ( staff), Aloysius Fogerty and Not Now Dear, Disney (pilots) Throb (Taft, NBC) Robin of Sherwood – Goldcrest UK, Girls On Top - Witzend ITV, UK, Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre – Showtime (staff) From Here To Maternity – HBO special, The War Babies In Concert (writer/performer) A&E and HBO specials.

Feature & Television Documentary: Raise Hell: The Life And Times of Molly Ivins ( 2019) NYC: Inside Out, 1, 2 & 3 (TLC,) The Road To Miss California (Discovery,) Crazy Christmas 1 & 2 (Nat. Geo) Playwright: #OUCH!: An Accidental Comedy, Shocked And Odd: Michelle Shocked Tour, 27 A.C.T. , The Groundlings, The War Babies

Actor - Television, Film, Stage, Radio & Voiceover (1975-2015)

• Series Star: Fridays (ABC), with Larry David and Michael Richards, Ron Howard’s Parenthood (NBC), The Jackie Thomas Show (ABC) with Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr, Throb! (NBC) with Jane Leeves. • Recurring Character: Seinfeld, Home Improvement, numerous Guest Star appearances on The Tonight Show, series and films • Feature and TV Films: Kiss Me Goodbye, Rivers Edge, Ready To Rumble, Samantha, Eve of Destruction, Camp Nowhere, Wholly Moses, Oh God II, Big Trouble, Say Yes. TV Films: Bad Attitudes, White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd, Those She Left Behind, The Little Match Girl, The Last of the Great Survivors

2 • Voiceover: Duckman, Fern Gully, The Simpsons. • Stage Leads: #OUCH!, Female Entertainer Denver Center, Rainbow Westwood Playhouse LA, Uncommon Women And Others LA Stage Company, Midsummer Night’s Dream LA Shakespeare • Improv & Sketch: The Groundlings, Second City, War Babies, Comedy Store Players, Sills & Company, Off The Wall. • Radio: Firesign Theatre (NPR) LA Theatre Works (KCRW) KGO, KFAT

Director - Stage: Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience Anteaus Theatre Company (1998- 2000) Shocked and Odd Michelle Shocked National Tour (2001) String of Pearls San Francisco Opera Workshop (1995) Riders To The Sea South Australia Opera (1993) The Groundlings, War Babies, Second City, Off The Wall, Comedy Store Players (1976-2015) Film: Ladies – HBO, Cinemax

RELATED EMPLOYMENT

Script Doctor - Salaried, un-credited work on green-lit studio screenplays.

Published Author - What Was I Thinking? (St. Martin’s Press), MsBiz (American Express web column 3 yrs.), A Lump of Coal (Smoky Mountain Living) Laugh With Me Not At Me (Rolling Stone) Contributor - Great Smokies Review.

Public Speaking/Presentation Coach - Private and corporate speech consultant for content and delivery. (Cal Tech, UNCA Masters Program, Ted and TedEx, politicians & keynote speakers.)

Event/Party Planning - All Over Town LA (3 yrs.) LA Natural History Museum

Publicity/PR - Westwood Playhouse LA, The Los Angeles Natural History Museum, The Antaeus Company LA, The Groundlings LA.

Film and Theatre Critic - KGO Radio, San Francisco

AWARDS AND HONORS

Emmy Nomination (2) Golden Globe Nomination, American Comedy Award (2) Cable Ace Award (2) LA Dramalogue Award (3) New York Times International Fringe Festival Top Ten, Grammy Foundation After School Enrichment Award, Los Angeles Police Athletic League Literacy Award.

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