The CAST

JOHN PANKOW (Shag). A veteran stage actor, John has appeared in numerous New York Shakespeare Festival productions, including The Tempest, Measure for Measure, Henry V, and Two Gentlemen of Verona. John recently appeared in David Mamet's double bill, School and Keep Your Pantheon at the Atlantic Theater, as well as Christopher Durang’s Why Torture is Wrong, and the People who Love Them at the Public Theater. John has appeared on Broadway in Cymbeline, Amadeus, Serious Money, Twelve Angry Men, and The Iceman Cometh. Other Off-Broadway credits include the New York premiers of Brian Friel’s Aristocrats and John Patrick Shanley’s Italian American Reconciliation (both with Manhattan Theater Club), Peter Hedges’ Baby Anger, Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine, Israel Horowitz’ North Shore Fish, and John Byrne’s The Slab Boys. John has created memorable characters in many noted films, including To Live and Die in L.A., Mortal Thoughts, Life as a House, Talk Radio, The Secret of My Success, and most recently The Extra Man and Morning Glory. He was a regular on the hit series “Mad About You” and recurred on two critically acclaimed series, “Ally McBeal” and “The Life and Times of Molly Dodd.” John has been featured on the programs “Law & Order,” “Without a Trace,” “Law & Order: CI,” and Miami Vice.”