The New
MYSTERIES OF MYRA
Principal Cast
Members
BRYNNE GALLAGHER (Brynne Maynard) is
a captivating silver-grey eyed Pennsylvania actress and
singer making her film debut in this production.
CHARLES LEEDER (Master of the Black
Order) was last seen in the Hanover Street
Theatre's production of
Dr. Cook's Garden in the
title role. An active local musician, composer, playwright,
juggler, and actor, Charlie has appeared in numerous
productions both in local theatre, New York City, and
Philadelphia. He has received a Gold Dust Award for acting
excellence for his participation in the longest-running
play in the history of New Hope, Pennsylvania,
A
Catered Affair, which he also wrote. Television
audiences may remember Charlie from the PBS program
Meadowlands Marquee in which he appeared as
Charlie the Answer Man and also helped to write.
JEFF MOFFITT (Dr. Payson Alden III)
is a New York area actor with a really cool car who is
actively involved in several new film and TV productions
including
THE WATCHERS,
SOCKS AND CAKES and an independent series in
development, "Destinations: On Your Own."
BRENT SATORIS (Professor Haji
Dhinn), a Bucks County, Pennsylvania model and
student of philosophy, mysticism and religion (and author
of
How to Program the Universe), is
also making his film debut in this production.
MARTHA ROBICHAUD (Myra Maynard), a
stunningly beautiful model and actress from Maryland, is
also making her film debut in THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA.
KERRIN PAUL (Varna) is a
professional stage actress and singer from New Jersey who
appeared recently in the Off-Broad Street Theatre
production of "The Great American Backstage Musical."
JESSICA HOFF (Jess Sothern) is a
student and portrait artist currently performing as Lady
Macbeth in a live college stage production of
Macbeth.
Producer/Director
ERIC STEDMAN is an
artist/writer/director from Newtown, Pennsylvania whose
musical stage adaptations of
Beauty and the Beast
(yes, his was written before that "other one"),
The
Little Mermaid, Rapunzel and more (see
Storyland Theatre for
more info) are regularly produced in
Queensland, Australia and all over the world. Other
original productions included
The Testimony of
Lizzie Borden, produced in New Hope, Pa. and Fall
River, Mass., and the premiere production of John
Balderston's original
Frankenstein script which
was subsequently adapted to the screen as the Universal
film featuring Boris Karloff. He currently restores and
scores rare silent and sound films for DVD release
through
The Serial Squadron, including
the
Beatrice Fairfax and
Masked Rider series and the recent release of the
long-lost 1938 Lone Ranger serials. His restoration of
Daredevils of the West is being
shown for the first time this year at the Memphis Film
Festival.
Historical
Consultant/Location Manager
TERRY HARBIN of Tompkins County
Public Library in Ithaca, New York is the unofficial
primary Wharton Studio historian and world's foremost
expert on all things related to pre-Hollywood silent films
made in Ithaca. He has also worked with Eric Stedman on the
Beatrice Fairfax DVD series (another
film series shot originally in Ithaca and produced by W.
R. Hearst), on which he provides historical commentary.
Terry also hosts
the Ithaca-Made Movies
Website.
