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For Immediate Release
For additional information  contact:=20
Neil Thackaberry at 330-342-0800
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Local Actor Admitted to  Prestigious Actors Studio
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Keith Stevens, a frequent performer at  Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater in Hu=
dson and=20
a native of Olmsted Falls,  has just been granted lifetime membership in the=
=20
prestigious Actors  Studio in New York. Admission to the Studio is only by=20
invitation after  a lengthy audition process. Keith was presenting a scene f=
rom a=20
play with a  member of the studio at a regular weekly working session for=20
professional  actors. In attendance were senior lifetime members of the stud=
io,=20
Harvey  Keitel and Lee Grant.  extended the offer of membership to Keith  af=
ter=20
seeing his performance during his recent work session Actors  Studio.
=20
Keith Stevens, a  graduate of  St. Edwards High School, holds a BFA degree i=
n=20
theater from  Cleveland State University, where he studied under former =20
faculty member Wayne Turney..  He  Keith completed  his MFA at the Actors St=
udio=20
in 2003.   =20
Keith, a frequent performer at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit  Theater, where he rec=
eived his=20
Equity card,  has  appeared as  Paris in Romeo and Juliet and Dylan  Thomas=20
in the 1999 production of A Child=E2=80=99s Christmas in  Wales.  Most  rece=
ntly Keith=20
appeared as  Man 1 in the Cleveland Regional Equity Theatre  premeire of  I=20
Love You, You=E2=80=99re Perfect, Now Change at  Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Thea=
ter. Keith also=20
appeared  in Picnic.  In May, 2004  he returned to Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Th=
eater  to=20
perform in the 5 year anniversary celebration.=20
=20
Keith resides in New York ,with his wife  Connie Thackaberry, daughter of=20
Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater  Artistic Directing team MaryJo Alexander and=
 Neil=20
Thackaberry.   Connie, who holds a BA in English Literature from  Kent State=
=E2=80=99s =20
Honors College and an  MFA from the  Actors Studio, is returning to Actors=
=E2=80=99 Summit =20
Theater this spring to play Kate Hardcastle in She  Stoops to Conquer=20
opposite Wayne Turney.  Connie has appeared at Great Lakes Theatre, in The =20=
Tempest=20
and in various productions at Cain Park, Stan Hywet  Shakespeare, and Clevel=
and=20
Signstage Theatre. For  Actors=E2=80=99 Summit  Theater she was seen in The=20
Gingerbread  Lady, and Picnic.

Keith's recent NY  credits include Last Train to Nibroc, Fool for Love and =20
the world premiere of 2:51 at Circle in the Square  Downtown. His performanc=
e=20
as Al Deeks in Loader #26 at Theater for a New City (FringeNYC), was reviewe=
d=20
in  The Wall Street Journal. He is currently in  rehearsal for Deserters a n=
ew=20
play that will open in March.
=20
In the =E2=80=9Cstranger than fiction=E2=80=9D category, Wayne Turney,  MFA=20=
(former=20
Cleveland Playhouse Rep company member,  and Great Lakes Theatre frequent pe=
rformer), =20
and  Neil Thackaberry, Phd.   both received their advanced  degrees from=20
Wayne State University=E2=80=99s Hilberry Theatre in  Detroit.  Wayne met hi=
s wife, the=20
Rev.   Harper Jane McAdoo Turney, now an Episcopal priest, at the   Hilberry=
,=20
where she also did her MFA. A former  Equity actor and director with the=20
Cleveland Playhouse, Rev. Harper Jane  Turney married Connie and Keith in Ju=
ne of=20
2002. Their  wedding was held at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater.=20
=20
The Actors Studio  is a professional  organization where actors, both member=
s=20
and aspirining members have an  opportunity to present their work in the for=
m=20
of scenes and projects,  and  work to enrich their performance and training=20
network. Lifetime  mebership is by audition and invitation only. Marlon Bran=
do,=20
Paul Newman,  Lee Grant and Harvey Keital are a few of the prestigious=20
lifetime members.=20
=20
 In the early 1990's the Actors Studio training  program became part of the=20
New School University, New  York, as a fully accredited Master of Fine Arts=20=
=20
degree.  The Actors   Studio   MFA degree  program is rooted in =E2=80=9CThe=
 Method,=E2=80=9D =20
developed by Constantin Stanislavski in Russia and as it  evolved in the=20
United States through The Group Theatre and The Actors  Studio.   All core f=
aculty=20
are life members or  associates of The Actors Studio; as such, they all spea=
k=20
a  common language, while maintaining individual approaches both to theatre=20
and to  teaching. The goal of the program is to produce theatre artists who=20=
have=20
access  to emotional truth and moment-to-moment reality while maintaining a=20
sense of  stage-craft and professionalism, and to present those artists to t=
he=20
theatrical  community in the third-year Repertory  Season.


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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>Keith Stevens</STRONG>, a frequent performer at=20
<STRONG>Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater</STRONG> in Hudson and a native of Ol=
msted Falls,=20
has just been granted lifetime membership in the prestigious <STRONG>Actors=20
Studio in New York</STRONG>. Admission to the Studio is only by invitation a=
fter=20
a lengthy audition process. Keith was presenting a scene from a play with a=20
member of the studio at a regular weekly working session for professional=20
actors. In attendance were senior lifetime members of the studio, <STRONG>Ha=
rvey=20
Keitel and Lee Grant</STRONG>.  extended the offer of membership to Kei=
th=20
after seeing his performance during his recent work session Actors=20
Studio.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>Keith Stevens,</STRONG> a  graduate of=20
<STRONG>St. Edwards High School,</STRONG> holds a BFA degree in theater from=
=20
<STRONG>Cleveland State University</STRONG>, where he studied under former=20
<STRONG>faculty member Wayne Turney</STRONG>..  He  Keith complete=
d=20
his <STRONG>MFA</STRONG> at the Actors Studio in 2003.  =20
<BR><STRONG>Keith</STRONG>, a frequent performer at <STRONG>Actors=E2=80=99=20=
Summit=20
Theater, where he received his Equity card</STRONG>,  has  appeare=
d as=20
<STRONG>Paris</STRONG> in <U>Romeo and Juliet</U> and <STRONG>Dylan=20
Thomas</STRONG> in the 1999 production of <U>A Child=E2=80=99s Christmas in=20
Wales.</U>  Most  recently <STRONG>Keith</STRONG> appeared as=20
<STRONG>Man 1</STRONG> in the <EM><STRONG>Cleveland Regional Equity Theatre=20
premeire</STRONG></EM> of  <U>I Love You, You=E2=80=99re Perfect, Now C=
hange</U> at=20
<STRONG>Actors=E2=80=99 Summit Theater</STRONG>. <STRONG>Keith </STRONG>also=
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in<U> Picnic</U>.  In May, 2004  he returned to Actors=E2=80=99 Su=
mmit Theater=20
to perform in the 5 year anniversary celebration. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>Keith</STRONG> resides in New York ,with his wif=
e=20
<STRONG>Connie Thackaberry</STRONG>, daughter of <STRONG>Actors=E2=80=99 Sum=
mit Theater=20
Artistic Directing team MaryJo Alexander and Neil Thackaberry.</STRONG>&nbsp=
;=20
Connie, who holds a BA in English Literature from  <STRONG>Kent State=
=E2=80=99s=20
Honors College</STRONG> and an <STRONG> MFA</STRONG> from the=20
<STRONG>Actors Studio</STRONG>, is returning to <STRONG>Actors=E2=80=99 Summ=
it=20
Theater</STRONG> this spring to play <STRONG>Kate Hardcastle</STRONG> in <U>=
She=20
Stoops to Conquer</U> opposite <STRONG>Wayne Turney</STRONG>.<STRONG>=20
Connie</STRONG> has appeared at <STRONG>Great Lakes Theatre</STRONG>, in <U>=
The=20
Tempest</U> and in various productions at <STRONG>Cain Park, Stan Hywet=20
Shakespeare</STRONG>, and<STRONG> Cleveland Signstage Theatre</STRONG>. For=20
<STRONG>Actors=E2=80=99 Summit  Theater</STRONG> she was seen in <U>The=
 Gingerbread=20
Lady</U>, and<U> Picnic.</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3><U><BR></U><STRONG>Keith's</STRONG> recent <STRONG>NY=20
credits</STRONG> include<U> Last Train to Nibroc</U>, <U>Fool for Love</U> a=
nd=20
the world premiere of <STRONG>2:51</STRONG> at <STRONG>Circle in the Square=20
Downtown</STRONG>. His performance as <STRONG>Al Deeks</STRONG> in <U>Loader=
 #26=20
</U>at Theater for a New City (<STRONG>FringeNYC</STRONG>), was reviewed in=20
<STRONG>The Wall Street</STRONG> <STRONG>Journal</STRONG>. He is currently i=
n=20
rehearsal for <U>Deserters</U> a new play that will open in March.</FONT></D=
IV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>In the =E2=80=9Cstranger than fiction=E2=80=9D category,=
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MFA</STRONG> (former<STRONG> Cleveland Playhouse Rep company member</STRONG>=
,=20
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<STRONG>Neil Thackaberry, Phd</STRONG>.   both received their adva=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>The <STRONG>Actors Studio</STRONG>  is a profession=
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organization where actors, both members and aspirining members have an=20
opportunity to present their work in the form of scenes and projects,=20
and  work to enrich their performance and training network. Lifeti=
me=20
mebership is by audition and invitation only. Marlon Brando, Paul Newma=
n,=20
Lee Grant and Harvey Keital are a few of the prestigious lifetime members.=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3> In the early 1990's <STRONG>the Actors Studio trai=
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program</STRONG> became part of the <STRONG>New School University, New=20
York,</STRONG> as a <STRONG>fully accredited Master of Fine Arts=20
degree</STRONG>. <STRONG> </STRONG><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>The Actors&nb=
sp;=20
Studio   MFA degree</STRONG>  program is rooted in =E2=80=9CT=
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Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Keith Stevens admitted to the Actors Studio as a
Lifetime Member



For Immediate Release
For additional information contact: 
 Neil Thackaberry at 330-342-0800
 

Local Actor Admitted to Prestigious Actors Studio
 
Keith Stevens, a frequent performer at Actors' Summit Theater in Hudson
and a native of Olmsted Falls, has just been granted lifetime membership
in the prestigious Actors Studio in New York. Admission to the Studio is
only by invitation after a lengthy audition process. Keith was
presenting a scene from a play with a member of the studio at a regular
weekly working session for professional actors. In attendance were
senior lifetime members of the studio, Harvey Keitel and Lee Grant.
extended the offer of membership to Keith after seeing his performance
during his recent work session Actors Studio.
 
Keith Stevens, a  graduate of St. Edwards High School, holds a BFA
degree in theater from Cleveland State University, where he studied
under former faculty member Wayne Turney..  He  Keith completed his MFA
at the Actors Studio in 2003.   
Keith, a frequent performer at Actors' Summit Theater, where he received
his Equity card,  has  appeared as Paris in Romeo and Juliet and Dylan
Thomas in the 1999 production of A Child's Christmas in Wales.  Most
recently Keith appeared as Man 1 in the Cleveland Regional Equity
Theatre premeire of  I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at Actors'
Summit Theater. Keith also appeared in Picnic.  In May, 2004  he
returned to Actors' Summit Theater to perform in the 5 year anniversary
celebration. 
 
Keith resides in New York ,with his wife Connie Thackaberry, daughter of
Actors' Summit Theater Artistic Directing team MaryJo Alexander and Neil
Thackaberry.  Connie, who holds a BA in English Literature from  Kent
State's Honors College and an  MFA from the Actors Studio, is returning
to Actors' Summit Theater this spring to play Kate Hardcastle in She
Stoops to Conquer opposite Wayne Turney. Connie has appeared at Great
Lakes Theatre, in The Tempest and in various productions at Cain Park,
Stan Hywet Shakespeare, and Cleveland Signstage Theatre. For Actors'
Summit  Theater she was seen in The Gingerbread Lady, and Picnic.

Keith's recent NY credits include Last Train to Nibroc, Fool for Love
and the world premiere of 2:51 at Circle in the Square Downtown. His
performance as Al Deeks in Loader #26 at Theater for a New City
(FringeNYC), was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal. He is currently in
rehearsal for Deserters a new play that will open in March.
 
In the "stranger than fiction" category, Wayne Turney, MFA (former
Cleveland Playhouse Rep company member, and Great Lakes Theatre frequent
performer),  and Neil Thackaberry, Phd.   both received their advanced
degrees from Wayne State University's Hilberry Theatre in Detroit.
Wayne met his wife, the Rev.  Harper Jane McAdoo Turney, now an
Episcopal priest, at the  Hilberry, where she also did her MFA. A former
Equity actor and director with the Cleveland Playhouse, Rev. Harper Jane
Turney married Connie and Keith in June of 2002. Their wedding was held
at Actors' Summit Theater. 
 
The Actors Studio  is a professional organization where actors, both
members and aspirining members have an opportunity to present their work
in the form of scenes and projects, and  work to enrich their
performance and training network. Lifetime mebership is by audition and
invitation only. Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Lee Grant and Harvey Keital
are a few of the prestigious lifetime members. 
 
 In the early 1990's the Actors Studio training program became part of
the New School University, New York, as a fully accredited Master of
Fine Arts degree.  The Actors  Studio   MFA degree  program is rooted in
"The Method," developed by Constantin Stanislavski in Russia and as it
evolved in the United States through The Group Theatre and The Actors
Studio.   All core faculty are life members or associates of The Actors
Studio; as such, they all speak a common language, while maintaining
individual approaches both to theatre and to teaching. The goal of the
program is to produce theatre artists who have access to emotional truth
and moment-to-moment reality while maintaining a sense of stage-craft
and professionalism, and to present those artists to the theatrical
community in the third-year Repertory Season.


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  <DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>Keith Stevens</STRONG>, a frequent performer a=
t=20
  <STRONG>Actors’ Summit Theater</STRONG> in Hudson and a native of Ol=
msted=20
  Falls, has just been granted lifetime membership in the prestigious=20
  <STRONG>Actors Studio in New York</STRONG>. Admission to the Studio is onl=
y by=20
  invitation after a lengthy audition process. Keith was presenting a scene=20=
from=20
  a play with a member of the studio at a regular weekly working session for=
=20
  professional actors. In attendance were senior lifetime members of the stu=
dio,=20
  <STRONG>Harvey Keitel and Lee Grant</STRONG>.  extended the offer of=20
  membership to Keith after seeing his performance during his recent work=20
  session Actors Studio.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>Keith Stevens,</STRONG> a  graduate of=20
  <STRONG>St. Edwards High School,</STRONG> holds a BFA degree in theater fr=
om=20
  <STRONG>Cleveland State University</STRONG>, where he studied under former=
=20
  <STRONG>faculty member Wayne Turney</STRONG>..  He  Keith comple=
ted=20
  his <STRONG>MFA</STRONG> at the Actors Studio in 2003.  =20
  <BR><STRONG>Keith</STRONG>, a frequent performer at <STRONG>Actors’=20=
Summit=20
  Theater, where he received his Equity card</STRONG>,  has  appea=
red=20
  as <STRONG>Paris</STRONG> in <U>Romeo and Juliet</U> and <STRONG>Dylan=20
  Thomas</STRONG> in the 1999 production of <U>A Child’s Christmas in=20
  Wales.</U>  Most  recently <STRONG>Keith</STRONG> appeared as=20
  <STRONG>Man 1</STRONG> in the <EM><STRONG>Cleveland Regional Equity Theatr=
e=20
  premeire</STRONG></EM> of  <U>I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now C=
hange</U>=20
  at <STRONG>Actors’ Summit Theater</STRONG>. <STRONG>Keith </STRONG>a=
lso=20
  appeared in<U> Picnic</U>.  In May, 2004  he returned to Actors&=
#8217;=20
  Summit Theater to perform in the 5 year anniversary celebration. </FONT></=
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  <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>Keith</STRONG> resides in New York ,with his w=
ife=20
  <STRONG>Connie Thackaberry</STRONG>, daughter of <STRONG>Actors’ Sum=
mit=20
  Theater Artistic Directing team MaryJo Alexander and Neil=20
  Thackaberry.</STRONG>  Connie, who holds a BA in English Literature=20
  from  <STRONG>Kent State’s Honors College</STRONG> and an =
<STRONG>=20
  MFA</STRONG> from the <STRONG>Actors Studio</STRONG>, is returning to=20
  <STRONG>Actors’ Summit Theater</STRONG> this spring to play <STRONG>=
Kate=20
  Hardcastle</STRONG> in <U>She Stoops to Conquer</U> opposite <STRONG>Wayne=
=20
  Turney</STRONG>.<STRONG> Connie</STRONG> has appeared at <STRONG>Great Lak=
es=20
  Theatre</STRONG>, in <U>The Tempest</U> and in various productions at=20
  <STRONG>Cain Park, Stan Hywet Shakespeare</STRONG>, and<STRONG> Cleveland=20
  Signstage Theatre</STRONG>. For <STRONG>Actors’ Summit  Theater=
</STRONG>=20
  she was seen in <U>The Gingerbread Lady</U>, and<U> Picnic.</U></FONT></DI=
V>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3><U><BR></U><STRONG>Keith's</STRONG> recent <STRONG>NY=20
  credits</STRONG> include<U> Last Train to Nibroc</U>, <U>Fool for Love</U>=
 and=20
  the world premiere of <STRONG>2:51</STRONG> at <STRONG>Circle in the Squar=
e=20
  Downtown</STRONG>. His performance as <STRONG>Al Deeks</STRONG> in <U>Load=
er=20
  #26 </U>at Theater for a New City (<STRONG>FringeNYC</STRONG>), was review=
ed=20
  in <STRONG>The Wall Street</STRONG> <STRONG>Journal</STRONG>. He is curren=
tly=20
  in rehearsal for <U>Deserters</U> a new play that will open in=20
  March.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3>In the “stranger than fiction” category, <=
STRONG>Wayne=20
  Turney, MFA</STRONG> (former<STRONG> Cleveland Playhouse Rep company=20
  member</STRONG>, and <STRONG>Great Lakes Theatre</STRONG> frequent=20
  performer),  and <STRONG>Neil Thackaberry, Phd</STRONG>.  =20=
both=20
  received their advanced degrees from <STRONG>Wayne State University’=
s Hilberry=20
  Theatre</STRONG> in Detroit.  <STRONG>Wayne </STRONG>met his wife, th=
e=20
  <STRONG>Rev.  Harper Jane McAdoo Turney</STRONG>, now an Episcopal=20
  priest, at the  <STRONG>Hilberry</STRONG>, where she also did her=20
  <STRONG>MFA</STRONG>. A former Equity actor and director with the=20
  <STRONG>Cleveland Playhouse, Rev. Harper Jane Turney</STRONG> married<STRO=
NG>=20
  Connie and Keith</STRONG> in June of 2002. Their wedding was held at=20
  <STRONG>Actors’ Summit Theater. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3>The <STRONG>Actors Studio</STRONG>  is a professi=
onal=20
  organization where actors, both members and aspirining members have an=20
  opportunity to present their work in the form of scenes and projects,=
=20
  and  work to enrich their performance and training network. Life=
time=20
  mebership is by audition and invitation only. Marlon Brando, Paul New=
man,=20
  Lee Grant and Harvey Keital are a few of the prestigious lifetime members.=
=20
  </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D3> In the early 1990's <STRONG>the Actors Studio tr=
aining=20
  program</STRONG> became part of the <STRONG>New School University, New=20
  York,</STRONG> as a <STRONG>fully accredited Master of Fine Arts=20
  degree</STRONG>. <STRONG> </STRONG><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>The Actors&=
nbsp;=20
  Studio   MFA degree</STRONG>  program is rooted in “T=
he=20
  Method,” developed by <STRONG>Constantin Stanislavski</STRONG> in Ru=
ssia and=20
  as it evolved in the United States through <STRONG>The Group Theatre and T=
he=20
  Actors Studio</STRONG>.  </FONT> All core faculty are life membe=
rs=20
  or associates of <STRONG>The Actors Studio</STRONG>; as such, they all spe=
ak a=20
  common language, while maintaining individual approaches both to theatre a=
nd=20
  to teaching. The goal of the program is to produce theatre artists who hav=
e=20
  access to emotional truth and moment-to-moment reality while maintaining a=
=20
  sense of stage-craft and professionalism, and to present those artists to=20=
the=20
  theatrical community in the third-year Repertory=20
Season.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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