Mary Stuart Masterson, author portrait

Mary Stuart Masterson

Mary Stuart Masterson’s film, TV, and theater career includes roles in At Close Range, Some Kind of Wonderful, Immediate Family (National Board of Review Award), Fried Green Tomatoes, Benny & Joon, and the Broadway musical Nine (Tony Award nomination). Mary Stuart directed The Cake Eaters, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and was released in 2009. It was awarded audience and jury prizes at numerous film festivals. She also produced Tickling Leo, released in 2009. Mary Stuart subsequently took a break from the industry to start her family and now resides full-time in the Hudson Valley with her husband and their four children.
 
With her husband, Jeremy Davidson, she is co-founder of Storyhorse Documentary Theater, a collection of multi-media theater pieces based on transcribed interviews focusing on topical issues in the Hudson Valley.

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