Mariclare Costello teaches beginning acting and directs. She directed critically acclaimed productions of Lobby Hero and Our Town. She also directed Third Floor, Second Door on the Right at the Cherry Lane Theatre as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. She also directed The Servant of Two Masters and The Skin of Our Teeth at LMU. She has an MFA from Catholic University of America with a concentration in acting and directing. She studied Improvisation with Viola Spolin in one of Ms. Spolin's intensive master classes. She has taught at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York. She was one of the original members of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company where she originated the role of Louise in Arthur Miller's After the Fall, directed by Elia Kazan, and also appeared in But For Whom Charley, and The Changeling also directed by Mr. Kazan, Marco's Millions, directed by Jose Quintero, Tartuffe directed by Bill Ball, Danton's Death and The Country Wife. On Broadway she appeared in Harvey (with Jimmy Stewart and Helen Hayes), A Patriot For Me (with Maximillian Schell), Lovers and Other Strangers, and The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake. She worked for two years as a member of Jerome Robbins' American Theatre Lab. At the N.Y. Public Theatre she appeared in The Orphan by David Rabe. At the Mark Taper Forum she played the role of Mary Moylan in The Trial of the Cantonsville-9. She has starred in many Movies-of-the-Week including The Execution of Private Slovic, Raid on Entebbe, Victims For Victims, and The Coward of the County. Recurring roles on TV series include playing Rosemary Fordwick opposite John Ritter in The Waltons, Mrs. Fitzpatrick on The Fitzpatricks, and guest appearances on many more. Films include Buckaroo Bonzai, Nightmares, Ordinary People, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, and The Tiger Makes Out.

You may contact Mariclare at allanalmar@aol.com