An attractive, honey blonde actress and singer, Debra Monk first garnered attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the cult musical "Pump Boys and Dinettes". While working as a waitress in NYC, the Maryland native began keeping a journal and together with Mark Hardwick, Cass Morgan, Jim Wann, John Foley and John Schimmel formed a band out of which grew the stage show about sisters who operate a roadside diner and the grease monkeys next-door. Featuring a country-pop score, "Pump Boys and Dinettes" moved from off-off-Broadway to off-Broadway to Broadway, where it
