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Stephen Spencer

Stephen Spencer is pleased to be back on the boards with The Shakespeare Project.  As a Founding Member, he's been involved in over 30 plays including Macbeth (Macbeth), Othello (Iago), Twelfth Night (Orsino), The Winter's Tale (Autolycus) King Lear (Kent to Ray Wild's Lear), Timon of Athens (Timon) and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Thurio).  He directed Henry V and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Recent stage work includes the world premiere of Panic (International Mystery Writer’s Festival), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Congo Square/Goodman) and Oak Park Festival Theatre's Comedy of Errors. Other Chicago roles include Tom in Arthur Miller's, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan and Paul in the Jeff Award Winning The Liquid Moon at Chicago Dramatists where he's also performed in Judevine, Marisol, Wingwalkers, the title role in A Fancyfull Historie of Robyn Hood and countless staged readings. Regional work includes Florida's Asolo State Theatre and The Ruth Foreman Theatre; The Utah Shakespearean Festival; Wisconsin's Evergreen Theatre and New Jersey's Cape May Playhouse.  He toured throughout Russia, starting with Moscow's Leninsky Komsomol Theatre, and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Steve does voiceovers, commercials and industrials and has appeared in over a dozen independent features and shorts in the Chicago market. Recent film: Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp; Greg’s Leg; and Morning Due (Cannes 2008). http://stephenspencer.nowcasting.com/


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