The Westing Game - Biographies - Cast: Photos

Chrystal Bates (Judge JJ Ford & Shower Guest) actor/singer, is making her debut with Prime Stage. Chrystal has performed in productions for several national and local venues, including Day of Absence for Brown University Theatre-Rhode Island, From the Mississippi Delta at Pittsburgh City Theatre, Jitney at Pittsburgh Public Theatre, One Mo' Time for Dillard University Theatre-New Orleans, Tintypes for Allegheny Regional Theatre, Get Ready at New Horizons Theatre, Member of the Wedding at Little Lake Theatre, and Flyin' West for the Southern Repertory Theatre-New Orleans. Chrystal was the featured singer: jazz, R&B, blues, rock for Gateway to Music and the House of Blues-New Orleans and performed in Divas for Holt Cabaret. She has portrayed several television/movie roles including The Temptations.

Sandy Boggs (Flora Baumbach & Shower Guest) Sandy feels so incredibly blessed and is excited to finally get to fulfill a dream of performing on the Hazlett Stage after being a stage carpenter, a prop/scenic, and a run crew member for the space back when the Pittsburgh Public Theatre was housed here. She has performed most recently as (The Mad Hatter) in Alice in Wonderland at *Stage 62*, (Heccuba) in The Funeral at Pittsburgh New Works Festival, (Mrs. Montgomery) in The Heiress at Little Lake Theatre, and (Myrtle Mae Simmons) in Harvey at *South Park Theatre.

Steven J. Clemens (Detective, Otis Amber & Shower Guest) is excited to join Prime Stage Theatre for the first time. Steve is a recent graduate of Seton Hill University, receiving his Bachelors of Arts in Theater Performance with an emphasis on Music and a minor in Music/Vocal Performance. He was recently seen in West Virginia Public Theatre's production of The Producers. Some other favorite performances include Mazel (Martin), Fuddy Meers (Martin), I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Man 2), The Universal Language (Don), Antony and Cleopatra (Enobarbus), and the lead role of Everyman in Everyman: A New Musical Adaptaion.

David Crawford (Barney Northrup, Sandy McSouthers) has appeared with Prime Stage in three recent productions: Tuck Everlasting (Tuck), Inherit the Wind (Henry Drummond), and The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes). His more than 150 roles on stage also include Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing at the Pittsburgh Public, Westmoreland in Henry IV at Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, Casanova in Camino Real at Open Stage, three roles in The Clearing at City Theater, and Andy Ladd in Love Letters aboard the educational ship The Universe Explorer. He has worked in radio, television, and film, including playing Doctor Foster in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead. David is an acting coach at CLO Academy and with individual students. His next role is Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady for the West Virginia Public Theater in June.

Cameron Crowe (George & Theo Theodorakis & Shower Guest) is a Senior Theatre Arts Major and Film Studies Minor at The University of Pittsburgh. He was recently featured in the Pitt Rep production of No Exit (Garcin). He is thrilled to be making his debut with Prime Stage.

John Feightner (Ed Plum, Dr. Sikes & Shower Guest) is making his first role with Prime Stage. In the Pittsburgh area, he has been seen in The Lark for Phase 3 Productions, Picasso at the Lapin Agile for Stage Right, and Measure for Measure for Circle in the Water. John is also an improvisational comedian who produces Friday Nite Improvs (www.fridayniteimprovs.com) and is a member of Hustlebot, Pittsburgh's best and tallest comedy troupe (www.hustlebot.com). Hustlebot regularly performs at The Serious Comedy Show at the CLO Cabaret Theater and was recently seen at Pittsburgh's First Night performing their original piece The Complete History of Pittsburgh: The Short Version.

Sara Ashley Fisher (Angela Wexler & Violet Westing) is thrilled to be making her Prime Stage debut in The Westing Game! Sara is currently as senior musical theatre major at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School (CAPA) and has performed in The Secret Garden, Children of Eden and Scrooge. Sara is frequently seen both onstage and off at McKeesport Little Theater. Favorite credits include Grease (Frenchy), Cinderella (Stepmother), Macbeth (Witch), Beauty and the Beast (Silly Girl), and A Year With Frog and Toad (Snail).

Lynne Franks (Sydelle Pulaski & Shower Guest) has performed several roles with Prime Stage including To Kill a Mockingbird (Jean Louise), Jack and Rochelle (Sarah) and Inherit the Wind (Mrs. Brady) where she had the privilege of supporting Jerry Summer who played Matthew Harrison Brady. Lynne has performed at The Akron Civic, The Coach House Theater, and The Weathervane Playhouse while living in Ohio. In the Pittsburgh area, she performs with Little Lake Theatre, where she is on The Wall of Fame, The Upstairs Theater, City Theater Partners Project, Stage 62 and Red Barn Theater. A recipient of a Donna Award from the Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Lynne enjoys assisting playwrights in their theatrical creations. Favorite roles include two Don Nigro world premiers at Open Stage: Pandamonium (Adelaid Childs Frick) and in My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon (Mother Thaw). She also played Lizzie Curry in The Rainmaker at South Park Theater, Nettie Cleary in The Subject Was Roses, Lizzie Borden in Blood Relations, and Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker at Little Lake Theatre.

Matt Henderson (Chris Theodorakis & Shower Guest) is excited to be making his Prime Stage debut. He is a junior theatre major at Seton Hill University, where he has appeared in Life Is a Dream (Clarin), The Bald Soprano (Mr. Martin), The Lesson (Marie, the Maid), Side by Side by Sondheim (Narrator), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Dr. Caius), and An Evening of One-Act Plays by Anton Chekhov (Chervyakov/Lomov). Other credits include The Rocky Horror Show (Ensemble), Fiddler on the Roof (Mendel), Aladdin (Iago), and Grease (Eugene) at Stage Right, The Wild Party (Phil) at Noble Theatre Productions, a staged reading of Weightless (Seth) at Bricolage, and the 2007 Future Tenant One-Act Festival.

Sara Rachel Lamb (Grace Windsor Wexler, Young Mrs. Sam Westing) This production marks Sara's first production with Prime Stage. A graduate of Seton Hill University, she was featured in several productions there, both mainstage and studio. Some titles include The Crucible (Abigail), Twelfth Night (Olivia), Our Town (Emily) and Proof (Claire). For the past five years, Sara has worked professionally in the Pittsburgh area, performing with such companies as the Pittsburgh CLO, Open Stage Theatre, Empty Jug Productions and Bricolage. Favorite roles include Sally Fairfax (Young Washington), Gussie Hickman (Lydie Breeze: The Sacredness of the Next Task) and Sue Snell (SCarrie!), among others. Currently, Sara teaches theatre and musical theatre at Rogers CAPA Middle School. She also teaches piano privately and is active in the music and theatre ministry at the Sewickley United Methodist Church. In collaboration with her father, Jeff, she has also founded Canter Lamb Entertainment, which is currently in the process of producing From Broadway to Broad Street: The Sizzling 60's, a concert-style revue, which will serve as a fundraiser for SUMC.

Robert Le (Doug Hoo & Shower Guest) Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Robert is a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, working towards a theatre arts minor. With a background rooted in musical theatre, The Westing Game marks one of his first forays in straight drama. In addition, his role as Doug Hoo also marks his debut in a professional theatre company. His past acting roles include high school productions as C. C. in Dream Girls, as well as Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods.

Charlotte Sonne (Berthe Erica Crow & Shower Guest) is delighted to be returning to Prime Stage Theatre for her fourth show. Previously she appeared in The Giver, The Crucible and The Outsiders. Among her favorite roles were Over the River and Through the Woods (Emma), Lost in Yonkers (Grandma), The Golden Age (Isabel), The Crucible (Rebecca Nurse), Murder in the Cathedral (the 3rd Priest), and recently in Blithe Spirit (Edith). Charlotte has appeared with many Pittsburgh theaters including Open Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater, Red Barn Theater, South Park Theatre and Old Schoolhouse Theater. In addition, Charlotte has degrees in vocal performance from Ohio Wesleyan University and Ohio State University. She has sung about 15 operatic roles and has an active voice studio in her home.

Vince Ventura (D. Denton Deere, Podcast Announcer & Shower Guest) is making his third Prime Stage appearance in The Westing Game. Other Prime Stage Credits include Jack and Rochelle (Simon) and A Little Princess (Mr. Carrisford). Recent credits include Mother Courage for The Pittsurgh Playhouse REP, Mazel for the Jewish Theater of Pittsburgh, Out of This Furnace for Unseam'd Shakespeare Co., The Incredibly Innovative Innovators of Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh CLO, Young Playwrights Festival 2007 at the City Theatre, Lydie Breeze Parts 1 & 2 for Open Stage Theatre, and Interesting Times with Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company.

Morgan Wangler (Turtle Wextler) is making her debut with Prime Stage. She has been acting ever since she got a lead role in her school's first grade play. Morgan's other performances include The Wiz (Dream Dorothy), Hairspray (Amber), and as Annie in Annie through the Mt. Lebanon Center for Theater Arts where she is currently a member of The Broadway Kids, a locally performing dance and singing group. Morgan is a straight A student who enjoys acting, singing, dancing, volleyball, soccer and reading.

Chris Young (James Shin Hoo & Shower Guest) came to Pittsburgh from Northern California in 1986 as a research programmer at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. After several years in the software industry, Chris left and now runs a Chinese martial arts school, Steel Dragon Kung Fu, where he teaches Bai Yuan Tong Bei and Ying Jow Keun. The school is also well known for its Chinese Lion Dance team and has performed throughout Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. He also models and has appeared in commercials and independent films. Additionally, Chris is a commissioner on the PA Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian American Affairs.

The Westing Game - Biographies - Cast: Photos

 



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