HISTORY OF PLAYHOUSE WEST

Ric Maddox grew up in central Texas and moved to New York City to train at the prestigious Stella Adler acting conservatory for 3 years. Upon returning from New York, Ric was cast  in Stop-Loss opposite Ryan Phillippe and Timothy Olyphant. The film's director, Kimberly Peirce, encouraged Ric to make the move to Los Angeles where Ric studied at Playhouse West with Tony Savant, Holly Gagnier, Jeff Goldblum, and Jimmy Parrack. As an actor Ric has been in over 59 films and TV shows. He starred opposite Jeff Goldblum in Prisoner of Second Avenue for Playhouse West Rep and took home "Best Supporting Actor" at the 2013 Playhouse West film festival for his role of Teddy, in Black Irish. Notable TV and Film credits include: AMC and Robert Redford’s The American West as Pat Garrett, Officer Durkee in House (opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda), American Crime Story as the LT. Commander (Opposite Finn Wittrock) and Jesse Struthers in Dead Men the Series. Ric has directed and co-directed over 20 plays for theatre and has directed, produced, and written 5 films and been involved in over 12 film productions. Ric currently has a new western TV series in development at Sony.

Tamara Osborne is an actress, writer and director. She studied the Meisner technique at Playhouse West Los Angeles under the tutelage of acclaimed teacher and Playhouse West Founder Robert Carnegie for 6 years.  She had the opportunity to observe the legendary Sanford Meisner himself as he taught his last classes at Playhouse West.  A longtime member of Playhouse West’s Repertory Theater Company, she appeared for several years in what was the nation’s longest running play, the critically acclaimed, award-winning production of Tony Savant’s Welcome Home Soldier.  She acted in many of Playhouse West’s original stage productions including Equity Waiver Blues, an original play exposing the sentiments of “The Me Too” movement 20 years before it’s time, and Arron Gillispie Will Make You a Star, which was later made into a motion picture, and she reprised her role. Her many roles as an actress include a 3-year recurring role on The Bold and the Beautiful, a regular on the sitcom Wild Oats, and writing, directing and starring in her own critically acclaimed feature film, Fashionable LA.