Arts
Steve Rankin is an actor, director, fight director and musician. His career spans over 40 years acting in plays in regional theaters all over the country and Off Broadway and most notably on Broadway in a production of Henry IV at Lincoln Center. On TV and film he has over 100 credits including: Men In Black, Blue Streak, various Star Trek series and many many more. As a Fight Director his fights have been seen in productions all over the world. On Broadway he has staged 18 shows including Tony winners Henry IV, The Who's Tommy, Jersey Boys, Memphis and most recently Ain't Too Proud the life and times of the Temptations. He won a Drama Desk Award for Best Fight Choreography for Carousel. Also 50 productions of Shakespeare most notably at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival currently he is staging Coriolanus for Shakespeare in the Park for the Public Theater in NY. As a musician Steve plays mandolin, guitar and bouzouki with the Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble. The group has recorded 7 CD's the most recent being Not That Kind of Girl and the soon to be released Live from McCabe's. Their CD Listen To the Mockingbird and other songs of the Lincoln era is a sound track for the Abraham Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Steve also plays in a group called The Enterprise Blues Band performing at Star Trek Conventions all over the world. They have 2 CD's the most recent is called Intergalactic Roots Music. Info for both band can be found at susieglaze.com and ebluesband.com.