Teri Ralston
Founding Member
   
   

Teri has performed and directed in theatres around the country, and extensively in New York and Los Angeles. Her first show in New York was JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL....This was followed by the original productions of COMPANY, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, (both by Stephen Sondheim), BAKERS WIFE (by Stephen Schwartz) and HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN (by Cy Coleman). Her association with Sondheim's work has continued over the years. She directed and performed in SIDE-BY-SIDE-BY-SONDHEIM with Peggy Lee, has done Sally in two productions of FOLLIES, Mama Rose in GYPSY, Yvonne in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, and has directed INTO THE WOODS at USC, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM in Anchorage, and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center. She also stood by for Desiree in the Center Theatre's production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Doolittle, directed by Gordon Davidson. She had the wonderful opportunity of reuniting with the original cast of COMPANY for a reunion concert of COMPANY at Long Beach Civic Light Opera and in New York at Lincoln Center. She recently stood by for Carol Burnett in the Mark Taper Forum's production of PUTTING IT TOGETHER. In Los Angeles she did the lead in I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD and JACQUES BREL...at the Doolittle, QUILTER'S and HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FILM, at the Mark Taper Forum, GROWING PAINS at the Westwood Playhouse, JAKE'S WOMEN AND BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at La Mirada Civic, and numerous productions at South Coast Repertory, including the original production of PRELUDE TO A KISS. In her hometown of Laguna Beach she did INSIDE OUT at the Laguna Playhouse. She starred as Mame at South Bay Civic Light Opera and has directed many productions in the Los Angeles area including QUILTERS(also produced), MAN OF LA MANCHA, MY ONE AND ONLY, ME AND MY GIRL, NO NO NANETTE, and Los Angeles premiers of OCTETTE BRIDGECLUB and GLORIA DUPLEX. In San Francisco she directed CANDIDE, and at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center, she directed THE KING AND I. As a soloist with Michael Feinstein, she performed with the New Mexico Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Hollywood Bowl in Gershwin concerts, and is featured on 4 cast albums and 3 albums recorded in London. Some of her television credits include, "Frasier", "Dharma and Greg", "Geppetto", "George Carlin", "Life With Roger", "Wings", "Murder She Wrote", "The Slap Maxwell Story", "One Day at a Time", "Married With Children", and "The Bold and the Beautiful".


MTG Show Role
Extraordinary! A Tribute To Stephen Schwartz
The Robber Bridegroom Salome
The Baker's Wife Director
Over Here June