Biography
Mayer was born in Bethesda, Maryland to Jerry and Louise Mayer. After graduating from Charles W. Woodward High School, he studied acting at New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned an MFA in Theater in 1983. He began performing onstage in New York City but by 1990 had turned his efforts to directing, working as a freelancer while also teaching at NYU, the Lincoln Center Theatre Institute, and the Juilliard School.
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