Acting
Widow’s Peak, a thriller by Tony Schwartz & Marylou Ambrose, starring the playwrights
Marylou Ambrose is a writer, actor, and author of the cozy mystery novel, Your Number’s Up.
When Marylou Ambrose and Tony Schwartz founded The Lakeside Players in 1999, they had a little experience and a big dream. Flying by the seat of their pants, they rented a performance hall and assembled a troupe of like-minded people.
Fifty plays and hundreds of performances later, Lakeside’s actors are still making a spectacle of themselves in front of audiences. Tony and Marylou also formed a professional company, Tonylou Productions, which entertains bus groups 9 months a year at Silver Birches Resort in the Poconos.
In 2018, the pair was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Theatrical Alliance (NEPTA) in recognition of their efforts in promoting community theater in the region.
Marylou in “Wanda’s Visit,” by Christopher Durang
Artie Wehrhahn & Marylou in “Raising Cane,” a Tonylou original
Marylou holding a real Oscar
Marylou in “Wedding Bells & Blue Suede Shoes,” a Tonylou original
Ronni Deisler, Kelly Ann Walsh, & Marylou in “Legally Gray,” a Tonylou original
Marylou as Lucy in “Trouble at the Tropicabana,” a Tonylou original
Marylou & Tony in their original comedy, “Double Occupancy”
Marylou & Tony in “The Housekeeper,” by James Prideaux
Marylou in “Something to Hide,” by Leslie Sands