Meet the Cast and Directors
Stephen Russell | Bill Gardiner
Jon Lipsky | Arnie Reisman
 

Performer
Stephen Russell

Stephen Russell is an actor, writer and director, primarily associated with the Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, where he produces their summer season for young audiences, WHAT for Kids. In addition to WHAT, his theatre credits include performances with the Huntington Theatre Company, New Repertory Theatre, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and many theatres on Cape Cod.

An active voice-over artist, Stephen can be heard in a number of video games as well as the popular Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theatre series, published by Highbridge Audio. Several of his plays for young audiences have been produced locally and he is currently working on two series for television as well as several screenplays. He is a member of Actors’ Equity, the association for professional actors and stage managers.


Photo: Bill Gardiner
Performer
Bill Gardiner

Bill Gardiner has been performing in the Boston area for nearly twenty years. He first appeared at the Publick Theatre as Verges in Much Ado About Nothing, and since then as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, Feste in Twelfth Night and Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream.

Bill has also performed with Boston Theatre Works, North Shore Music Theatre, American Stage Festival, Gloucester Stage Company, Jewish Theatre of New England and Boston Playwrights' Theatre. He has toured with educational companies including City Stage Company, Boston Arts Group, Loon and Heron Theatre, Boston's Museum of Science and Tempest Productions.

Bill's favorite roles in the past include Buddy Layman in The Diviners, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, the Gravedigger in Hamlet, Eros in Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, and Geronte in Moliere's Scapin. He appeared recently in the "Living Ideas" series, a collection of plays produced by the Mary Eddy Baker Library and directed by the Underground Railway Theatre. Bill is attending Boston University's School of Theatre Arts for a Masters in Theatre Education.


Jon Lipsky
Playwright / Director
Jon Lipsky is a noted author, playwright and director. He is Associate Artistic Director for the Vineyard Playhouse and Associate Professor of acting and play writing at Boston University's College of Fine Arts.

His plays have been performed at the American Repertory Theater, the Berkshire Theater Festival and other regional theaters. He has served as playwright-in-residence and has directed plays at several theaters.

His play Molly McGuire was recently produced by the Sugan Theater. His writings include Call of the Wild, Living in Exile and Beginner's Luck. He also wrote the script for the Boston by Sea.

Arnie Reisman
Video Elements
Arnie Reisman is an award-winning writer, producer and performer, with extensive television, theater and film credits.

He has won five regional Emmys for his work at WCVB TV and co-authored the TV play Teacher which won the American Film Institute's special drama award. His national documentary broadcasts include "Hollywood on Trail".

Mr. Reisman also produced the video elements for the
Boston by Sea.