Wayne C. Dvorak

As a young child, Wayne C. Dvorak grew up on black-and-white movies and was enthralled with actors and acting. At age 15, he was scouted as a promising actor while he was in a high school play, and then immediately went into performing in community theater. Later continuing drama study in college, he was mentored at the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota by the celebrated Sir Tyrone Guthrie, who during his lifetime was considered the greatest director on the English-speaking stage including in both London and New York. At the Guthrie, Dvorak experienced first-hand the rehearsals and performances of star legends like Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, George Grizzard, and Ellen Greer. And he sat in on discussions about writing and directing with the great Arthur Miller and Harold Clurman.

Later in Los Angeles, Dvorak performed at the Mark Taper Forum and he worked on television with such greats as Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, William Shatner, and Peter Falk. During his acting career, he appeared in such shows as Murder, She Wrote; Hill Street Blues; Seinfield; The Nanny; Evening Shade; Everybody Loves Raymond; and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case with Anthony Hopkins.

Dvorak has a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Psychology and a B.S. in Education from the University of Minnesota. He also has a Masters of Arts in Theatre and Art from the University of California-Fullerton -- the first masters candidate in the history of this university.