Vestal Virgina - Olivia. Frances Hearn is primarily an actor living in the Seattle area. She has an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts where she worked with Travis Preston, Fran Bennett and Craig Belknap. Her favorite roles have been Solange in The Maids, Hyppolita in Tis a Pity She’s a Whore, Lady Macbeth in Matt August’s version of Macbeth, and Irene in Wayne Rawley’s adaptation of The Seagull. She has directed Wounds to the Face and Judith by Howard Barker, When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen, and Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLaughlin. She previously collaborated with Matt Wilkins on the feature film Marrow, which is in post production. A trailer of the film can be seen at: http://af-za.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=54774926588. She has also worked with Matt on the short film "Interior Latex" and the feature "Buffalo Bill's Defunct." She is currently getting her Master’s in Education with a focus on teaching English to speakers of other languages at Seattle University. 11/2010