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.
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