ELAINE BROMKA (The First Ladies, Co-author) has been a professional actress for over thirty years. Film: Cindy, the mom in Uncle Buck; Without a Trace. T.V.: E.R., The Sopranos, Providence, Dharma & Greg, Sisters, L.A. Law, Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims’ Unit, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Stella Lombard on Days of Our Lives, the Emmy Award–winning Playing for Time with Vanessa Redgrave and Catch a Rainbow, for which Ms. Bromka herself won an Emmy. She has appeared on Broadway (The Rose Tattoo, I’m Not Rappaport, Macbeth) and off-Broadway (Cloud 9 at the Lucille Lortel, Roundabout’s Inadmissible Evidence with Nicol Williamson, the world premiere of Michael Weller’s Split at E.S.T. and Candide with the National Theatre of the Deaf.) She has played leads at regional theaters across the country, including Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, ACT/Seattle, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Shakespeare and Company, McCarter Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, George Street Playhouse, and the Folger Theatre Group, in roles ranging from Much Ado About Nothing's Beatrice to Shirley Valentine, cited as the outstanding solo performance in New Jersey in 1997 by the Star Ledger. Starring opposite Rich Little in The Presidents for P.B.S., she impersonated the last eight First Ladies. A member of the Actors Studio, Ensemble Studio Theatre and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Smith College, she recently taught a special semester-long course, “Acting for the Media”, at Smith. Tea for Three has been performed at more than sixty-five theaters. As a guest artist, Ms. Bromka has taught her one-day workshop, “Acting for the Camera”, at more than eighty-five colleges and prep schools across the country. Click here for full resume and here for theatrical demo reel.


ERIC H. WEINBERGER (Playwright) Eric’s one-woman play Class Mothers ‘68 was produced Off Broadway, garnering a Drama Desk nomination for its star, Priscilla Lopez. The play was named best new comedy in New Jersey by the Star Ledger in 1999. Musicals: his Wanda’s World, produced by Amas Musical Theatre Off Broadway, garnered a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Book of a Musical and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Musical. (www.wandasworldmusical.com). And Then I Wrote A Song About It premiered at the Luna Stage Theatre Company and went on to be produced at the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego. (www.andtheniwroteasongaboutit.com) His one–act plays The Nightwatchman and Six Hands were produced by Luna Stage. Six Hands was also produced at Yale University. His Brothers, Boyfriends and Other Criminals had its world premiere at Zach Theatre in Austin, Texas. He has had three children’s plays produced at Andy’s Summer Playhouse in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and is currently working on J & The Beanstalk, a contemporary version of the classic fairytale. He is most grateful to Lenny Bart and Byam Stevens for their support and input on Tea for Three. Eric dedicates his work in this play to Audrey and Dave Sagman with much affection.

BYAM STEVENS (Director) is the Artistic Director of both the Chester Theatre Company, a summer theatre in the Berkshires , and Synapsis Co., a New York based company that promotes the development of new scripts. His directing credits include: the World Premieres of Carbondale Dreams, The Plains Of Ilion, The Darlings, Ohn and Teddy, Home Fires Burning, Rosaline, The Pearl Of The Orient, and Holdouts (co-authored with Gregory Mortensen). American Premieres: Sixteen Words For Water, Beef. Other credits include: An Almost Holy Picture, Valley Song, The Interrogation Of Nathan Hale, Eleemosynary, The Underlings, Shirley Valentine and numerous collaborations with the kids of The 52^nd Street Project and The Greylock Project at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has taught at HB Studio, American Ballet Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Adelphi University and Bucknell University, and is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. With Susan Jaffe, he is co-founder of DanceText, an acting curriculum created specifically for dancers.