RIVER ROAD ENTERTAINMENT Presents BRAD PITT SEAN PENN ...

Power Book by Jeanette Winterson. For the RSC her work includes Philistines, As You Like It, Les Liasons
Dangereuses, Mephisto, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Mistress Carol
in Hyde Park, Katharine in The Taming of the Shrew, and Electra (Laurence Olivier and London Critics’
Awards). At Old Vic Theatre, Shaw performed Rosalind in As You Like It (Laurence Olivier Award for Best
Actress); at Greenwich Theatre, the title role in Mary Stewart; at Garrick Theatre, Footfalls; at Abbey Theatre,
Dublin and Playhouse Theatre, London, Hedda Gabler (London Critics’ Award); Jeanne d’Arc au Bucher at
BBC Proms, and at Lincoln Center, Robert Wilson’s DD3. She has performed T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land in
Europe, North America, and Australia (New York Drama Desk Award for Best Actress). Films include My Left
Foot, Mountains of the Moon—Bob Rafelson, Three Men and a Little Lady—Disney, Undercover Blues—
Herbert Ross, The Last September dir. Deborah Warner, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—Warner
Brothers. Shaw has been awarded D.LITT Trinity College Dublin, in 2001, and an honorary LLD National
University of Ireland 1999. In 2002, Shaw was awarded L’Officier des Artes et des Lettres by the French
government, and was awarded a C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in the New Years honours list.
IRENE BEDARD (Messenger) was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and received her BFA in
theater arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. After school, she moved to New York City and was
a founding member of the Native American theater ensemble, Chuka Lokoli. She performed on stages all over
the Big Apple including Circle in the Square, Ensemble Studio Theater, and the prestigious Joseph Papp Public
Theater.
Soon after, she began a career in film and television and has over 40 credits including Lakota Woman for
which she was nominated for a Golden Globe in Terrence Malick’s THE NEW WORLD, the Robert Redford
produced GRAND AVENUE, Steven Spielberg's miniseries “Into the West,” cult classic SMOKE SIGNALS,
and the voice of Disney's POCAHONTAS. She has won numerous best actress and best supporting actress
awards.
HUNTER McCRACKEN (Young Jack) is making his acting debut in THE TREE OF LIFE. Hunter
was born to parents Melissa and Reese McCracken, at Possom Kingdom Lake, Texas and for a time attended
school in Clifton, Texas. Currently, Hunter attends Bryson High School in Bryson, Texas. Hunter was playing
on the school play ground in Clifton, Texas when he was asked to audition for a possible role in THE TREE OF
LIFE. After over a year of auditions for this movie, Hunter was selected to play Jack O'Brien, Brad Pitt's oldest
child of three. Hunter was unaware of his acting talents, but after the filming of this movie, Hunter is
considering other acting possibilities. Hunter enjoys hunting, fishing, sports, and spending time with his friends.
LARAMIE EPPLER ( R.L.) is making his acting debut in THE TREE OF LIFE. He was born in
Wichita Falls, Tx and raised in Iowa Park, Tx where he is currently an 8 th grader at W.F. George Middle School.
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