Mamai Theatre Company and Theater Ninjas present "Stranded on Earth": actress Derdriu Ring

Derdriu Ring (Alexa) is a graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting (Dublin) and University College Cork (Music& English). Derdriu was most recently seen as Nicole in THE BIG MEAL at Dobama Theatre and as Ellen in THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS at Cleveland Public Theatre (Awarded superior achievement by an Actress from The Cleveland Critics Award and named one of the top ten plays of 2013 by Cleveland Plain Dealer). Treasured roles include Annette in THE GOD OF CARNAGE ( Dobama), Maggie in HOBSON'S CHOICE (PICT), Pegeen/Widow Quinn/Sarah Tansey in THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (The Guthrie Theatre, The Irish Rep, NYC and Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre), Rosie Redmond in The Plough & The Stars (Guthrie Theatre with Milo O’Shea) Josie in A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN (Great Lakes Theater), Claire in BOSTON MARRIAGE (PICT), Catherine in PROOF (The Cleveland Play House), Dr. Emma Brookner in THE NORMAL HEART (Ensemble Theatre), Nancy in FROZEN (The Beck Center), Vivie in MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION (Austin State Theatre), Nora Reilly in JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND (Geva Theatre), Slippy Helen in THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles), Catherine in A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Hartford Stage with Ellen Burstyn) and Julie in DOUBLE HELIX (The Abbey Theatre). Television: Law and Order, C.I., Hope and Faith. Film: The Yank and Fortune. Derdriu will perform later this summer at The New London Barn Playhouse, New Hampshire in ABOVE THE PUB. Derdriu has recorded Water Carry Me, an audio book by Thomas Moran and worked as orchestral narrator with The Suburban Symphony under the baton of Marty Kessler. She also serves as both a performer and teaching artist at The Cleveland School of The Arts and Playhouse Square’s International Children’s Festival and Broadway Summer Camp. Derdriu was awarded best actress (HOBSON'S CHOICE) best supporting actress (THE SYNGE CYCLE) and best ensemble (MEDEA) by The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Derdriu is the proud Mamaí of two beautiful children and wife to an incredibly supportive Vince.