The Hound of the Baskervilles - Biographies - Cast: Photos

Charlie Brown (Cabman/Postmaster/Seldon/Inspector Lestrade) is a dual major undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh in Theatre Arts and English Literature working towards his Masters in English Education. Hound of the Baskervilles marks Charlie's second production with Prime Stage following his performance as Bob in The Outsiders. Previous credits with Pitt Rep include Ubu as Cotice, Pericles as Helicanus, Tales of the Lost Formicans as Jim, Family Stories as Vojin, The Bear & The Proposal & The Wedding as The Captain, and Memory of Two Mondays as Tommy. Charlie has participated in several Redeye Theatre Project festivals

David Crawford (Mr. Sherlock Holmes) has played Holmes twice before, once in an audio production with Bob Trow as Watson and on video with Karl Hardman. (Both gentlemen were members of the Cordic & Co. radio troupe.) For Prime Stage, he was Tuck in Tuck Everlasting and Drummond in Inherit the Wind. Other roles include Ziegfeld in Funny Girl and Charlie in Death of a Salesman at West Virginia Public Theater; Westmoreland in Henry IV and Sir David Manning in Stuff Happens for Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater; Wasserman in See Under Love and Casanova in Camino Real at Open Stage; Montague in Romeo & Juliet and Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing at Pittsburgh Public Theater; and Andy Ladd in Love Letters with Dixie Tymitz aboard the passenger ship Universe. He teaches acting, narrates videos, and works in film (most durably as Dr. James Foster in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead).

Margie Johnson (James/Beryl Stapleton/Mrs. Eliza Barrymore/Mrs. Laura Lyons) returns to Prime Stage after playing Rachel in last season's production of Inherit the Wind. Additional local performances include Barbara in Run for Your Wife and Susan in Don't Drink the Water at Stage Right. Other favorite roles include Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest, Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress, Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor and Georgiana in the premiere of Farewell to Eden which was performed at the American College Theater Festival.

Jay Keenan (Dr. Watson) With Prime Stage, Jay has appeared in the title role in The Giver and as the Judge in Inherit the Wind. Retired from Duquesne University in 2003, where he served for many years as Head of English and Director of Theater, Jay has appeared recently with Quantum, PICT, The Pittsburgh Camerata, The Summer Company, and Pittsburgh Playwrights. Some of his notable roles, in addition to The Giver, include Lear, John of Gaunt in Richard II, Lord Caversham in Ideal Husband, and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and his favorite role of Sir in The Dresser. In 2004, Pittsburgh New Works honored Jay with their Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2008 The African American Council of the Arts presented him with an Onyx for "Best Minority Actor" for his performance as Shadrack McGinty in James McBride.

Ken Lutz (Perkins/Mr. Frankland) Ken is a retired Pittsburgh Public Schools music teacher. His professional pursuits have included acting with The American Conservatory Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse, and CLO, announcing for WQED-TV, and conducting McKeesport Symphony Orchestra, and Carnegie Civic Symphony. Ken is active in music and theatre. He plays clarinet in the East Winds Symphonic Band and the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra. His acting roles include George Spelvin in The Actor's Nightmare with Proudly Presents Productions, Weller in Grand Dream Productions' The Gin Game, and Charles Thomson in 1776 with Artscape. He is delighted to return to Prime Stage, where he performed the role of Robert E. Lee Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird and the role of Candy in last season's production of Of Mice and Men.

Dangerfield Moore (Jack Stapleton) is making his debut with Prime Stage. He has performed as Arthur Robertson in the production of American Clock, Cymbeline in the production of Cymbeline for Pitt Rep, and recently directed an independent film for Worst Comes to Worst Productions, One Foot Shy, which is currently in post production.

Scott Nunnally (Dr. James Mortimer) Scott was last seen in Clemente: The Measure of a Man nearly a decade ago. Scott has been acting professionally since 1994 in Pittsburgh. Scott has appeared in regional productions at Mountain Playhouse in Jennerstown, Little Lake Theater in Canonsburg Pa., and at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Scott has appeared in films such as The Jackson's An American Dream, Cemetery Club and most notably The Mothman Prophecies. Scott was educated in Theater at Slippery Rock University and in communications and journalism. As a skilled painter and certified commercial artist, Scott has been active in Arts Education since 1995 and teaches for the Center for Theater Arts, the John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Little Lake Theater's Educational Touring Ensemble and most recently Pittsburgh CLO's Academy as part of their Creative Vision outreach program in Pittsburgh Public Schools and other Western Pennsylvania school districts. Scott has also pioneered an after- school Acting Program in Peters Township.

Jerry Summers (German Waiter/John Barrymore) credits include Richard in Moon Over Buffalo, Brophy in Arsenic and Old Lace and Rick in The Foursome at Little Lake Theatre. In 2006, he was honored by the Post Gazette with the Suburban Lead Actor of The Year for his portrayal of Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues. Other roles include Doc in Come Back Little Sheba at McKeesport, Schupanzigh in Black Comedy and Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter at Open Stage.For Prime Stage, Jerry played Mr. Jaggers in Great Expectations, Reverend Samuel Parris in The Crucible, Walter Cunningham in To Kill A Mockingbird and Mathew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind. Recently he played Vernon Volker in the Little Lake production of Laughing Stock.

Johnny Terreri (Sir Henry Baskerville) Johnny returns to Prime Stage since appearing in Inherit the Wind. He was last seen in South Park's production of The Nerd as Axel and in Harvey as Dr Sanderson. He has also appeared in the Rover for Point Park University and played Mickey in First Replacement the Musical. Johnny received his early training at the Civic Light Opera Academy.

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Biographies - Cast: Photos



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