The
Scarlet Letter - Cast Biographies
Ivy Steinberg (Hester)
Ivy is relatively new to the Pittsburgh theater scene and is excited to
be
making her Prime Stage Theatre debut as Hester. She has performed all
across the country and locally with
Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Theatre Sans Serif, Pittsburgh
Savoyards, and
McKeesport Little Theater from which she won Best Actress for the 2010
season for her
portrayal of Suzy in Wait
Until Dark. Ivy has a BA in Theater and Music from Central
Methodist University Missouri, and she studied and worked as a
Journeyman with the Warehouse Theater in Greenville, SC.
Some past favorite roles include: Alex in On the Verge,
Audrey in Little
Shop of Horrors, and Hermia in Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Coming up, Ivy can be seen bouncing about town in December as the
Easter
Bunny with Musical Mysteries and More. She thanks her husband (aka best
friend & coach)
Jamin, and her family for their encouragement, love, and support.
Justin Fortunato
(Dimmesdale)
Justin recently graduated Point Park University with his BFA in Musical
Theatre. He is very grateful to be
back at Prime Stage for another wonderful show. Past Prime
Stage credits
include Tom in The
Glass Menagerie and Mitch Albom in Tuesdays with Morrie.
Other
credits include Horton in Seussical,
Gordon Miller in Room
Service, Creon in
Antigone,
Gander in Charlotte’s
Web, Luther Rosser in Parade,
Boris Adzinizinadze
in Can-Can,
Father Flynn in Doubt,
Georg Nowack in She
Loves Me, Brother Peter in A
Child's Guide to Heresy, Leslie Banbridge in Taking Steps,
Sweeney Todd in
Sweeney Todd,
and Father Frog in A
Year With Frog and Toad. He
has also directed Carrnivale Theatric's productions of Ragtime and Into the Woods. He
would like to thank the cast and crew, Wayne and Connie, and Katie for
this
awesome opportunity. I hope you like the show Grandma.
Victoria Perl
(Young Pearl)
11 year old Victoria is new to Prime
Stage Theater! She loves her school Mary Queen of Apostles
in New Kensington where she is in the 5th grade. She also loves to
sing, act, and dance. She has been in many shows including the Nutcracker, Children of
Eden, Christmas
Carol, Plain
Princess and more! In her free time she loves to
horseback ride, sew, and run. She is very proud to be in Scarlet Letter
and
hopes you enjoy it!
Rebecca Steer (Older Pearl)
A Chicago native and brand new to this city, Rebecca is thrilled to be
making her Pittsburgh stage debut with Prime Stage Theatre. She
graduated last year from Emory University in Atlanta where she studied
both theater and psychology. She supplemented her
training with two internationally acclaimed conservatories — The London
Academy
of Music and Dramatic Art and the Moscow Art Theatre School. Some
favorite roles
include Maid Marian in Robin
Hood for Windy City Players—National
Tour, Cassandra in Trojan
Women for Theater Emory, and Madelyn in “The
Mockingbird” for Herbivore Productions—Independent Short
Film. Rebecca
is grateful for this incredible opportunity. She sincerely thanks her
parents and the love
of her life, Micah, for their steadfast support along this
unpredictable, artistic
journey.
Peter Evan (Chillingworth)
Peter makes his debut to Prime Stage. A native of California,
he has performed in Florida, New York, Massachusetts,
and now Pennsylvania. His stage credits include The Fantasticks, The Crucible, The Outsiders,
A Christmas Carol,
and The Wizard of Oz.
He’d like to thank God for His
guidance, his girlfriend Xiomara for giving him her heart, and his
family for
their unwavering love and support.
Charlotte Sonne (Mistress Hibbins)
Charlotte is delighted to be returning to Prime Stage Theatre for her
5th show. It
feels like a homecoming! Charlotte has appeared with many Pittsburgh
theaters including South Park Theatre, Open Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh
Playwrights Theater, Red Barn Theater, Old Schoolhouse Players,
Throughline Theatre Company and Baldwin Players. Among her favorite
roles were Grandma in
Lost in Yonkers, Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible, the
3rd Priest in Murder in
the Cathedral, Irena
in The Music Lesson,
Mrs. Markby in An Ideal
Husband and, most recently
Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly
Modern Millie. 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.
Bill Crean (Governor Bellingham)
Bill is performing in his third production with Prime Stage,
having appeared as Sheriff Tate in To
Kill a Mockingbird and Boss in Of Mice and Men.
Bill is a local voice talent and commercial actor who has performed at
area theaters
including South Park, Actors Civic Theater in McKees Rocks, and this
summer with Throughline Theater in the Seton Center in Brookline as Big
Daddy in Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof. Thanks for this
opportunity to continue Prime Stage’s mission of bringing literature to
life.
Ken Lutz (Reverend Wilson)
Ken is a retired Pittsburgh Public Schools music teacher. His
professional pursuits have included acting for the American
Conservatory Theatre, Pittsburgh
Playhouse, and CLO, announcing for WQED-TV, and conducting for the
McKeesport
Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Civic Symphony. An active
musician, Ken plays clarinet in the East Winds Symphonic Band and the
Edgewood Symphony Orchestra. His recent acting roles include George
Spelvin in
The Actor’s Nightmare
with Proudly Presents Productions, Weller in Grand
Dream Productions’ The
Gin Game, Charles Thomson in 1776 with Artscape,
and Dr. Dorn in Wooden Rocket's The
Seagull. He has appeared in seven Prime Stage
productions, performing the role of Robert E. Lee Ewell in To Kill a
Mockingbird, Candy in Of
Mice and Men, Frankland and Perkins in The
Hound of the Baskervilles, Juror #9 in Twelve Angry Men,
Prof. Willard and
Constable Warren in Our
Town, Montague in Romeo
and Juliet, and Father Crane,
Jurgen, and Balthas in The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Cynthia Caul (Goodwife)
Cynthia's excited to be working with Prime Stage for the
first time on such a timeless and inspiring piece. Cynthia
received her B.A. in Theatre from American University studying for a
semester at the
British American Drama Academy in London. She recently
returned from
Ghana where she worked in theatre for development with the U.S. Peace
Corps. Favorite credits include Margery in The Country Wife,
Laura in The Psychic,
The
Mother in Machinal,
Effie in The Cherry
Sisters, and Varya in The
Cherry
Orchard.
Stacey Rosleck (Goodwife)
Stacey is thrilled to appear in her second Prime Stage
Theatre production, with her first being The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe. She also has performed in shows with Stage Right
Theatre in Twentieth
Century, Crimes
of the Heart as well as Warren Players in The King and I, There Was An
Old Woman in her hometown of Warren, Pa. This past summer,
Stacey was an extra in The
Dark Knight Rises. She
also is a member of the Chancel Choir at Mt. Lebanon United Methodist
Church.
Matt Henderson (Sexton)
Matt is excited to return to Prime Stage after performing
the role of Chris Theodorakis in their premiere production of The
Westing Game. He is a recent graduate of Seton Hill
University's
theatre program, where he appeared in Red Herring, Life Is a Dream, The Bald
Soprano, The
Lesson, Side by Side by Sondheim, The Merry Wives of
Windsor, and An
Evening of One-Act Plays by Anton Chekov. He has performed
at various
venues in the Pittsburgh area, including Off the Wall in Boom, Bricolage in
Speech & Debate
and Weightless, City Theatre in the Young Playwrights Festival, Future
Tenant in 12-Sided Die,
and the Pittsburgh New Works Festival for In the Frame, Soft Warm
Rain, and Reservations
Cancelled.
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