Acting
Reel
Bio
Steve recently appeared in the feature film Jacqueline Remembers All of This and the short A Matter of Poultry, both in post production. He attended drama school at the late Robert Brustein’s American Repertory Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard where he was taught by Robert Woodruff, Scott Ziegler, Marcus Stern and Tommy Derrah. He also studied acting as an undergrad at Yale, and with The Shakespeare Theater’s Intensive Classical Workshop for Professional Actors of Color in D.C. with Michael Kahn. Steve has appeared onstage at dozens of notable venues including The Guthrie, Theater for the New City, The York Theater Company, The Kennedy Center, The Fulton Theater, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, and The Williamstown Theatre Festival. TV and film appearances range from comedy (a love-lorn zombie in Monsters opposite Tempestt Bledsoe), to drama - All My Children, The Young and The Restless, 90210, Homicide: Life on the Street, Rescue Me, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. On film, Steve contributed voices to the animated and Oscar-nominated Chico and Rita. Under the radar, he appeared in almost a hundred corporate films, national and regional commercials, voice-overs (including an audiobook, promos, and radio ads). For two seasons Steve co-hosted, co-produced, and co-wrote The Fox-45 Clubhouse, a kids’ show that was seen in five states and featured sketches, puppets, and interviews. The show won the Millenium Telly Award. Steve also appeared in SEND ME, the Emmy-nominated web series he created, wrote and produced, and has created more than 100 educational YouTube videos about writing (on his Your Creative Life YouTube page) as well as being the co-host of The Secret Writer Podcast.
Highlights
Six Degrees of Separation
Role: Paul
This production of John Guare’s modern classic starred Mary Beth Hurt and Richard Cox was mounted at The Peterborough Players and directed by Gus Kaikkonen in 1999.
“…Harper serves as the glue of the production, playing the hustler, Paul, whose deceptive antics embroil the [characters] in an ultimately tragic…debacle.” - Milford Cabinet and Wilton Journal
Much Ado About Nothing
Role: Claudio
Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling mounted this production of Shakespeare’s comedy featuring Christina Apathy as Hero (pictured), Stephen Pelinsky, Pamela Nyberg and T.R. Knight in 1998.
“For sheer fun and entertainment, this is a must-see ‘Much Ado’” - Lakeshore Weekly News
Fox-45 Clubhouse
Role: Steve
This massively popular kids show, originated in Baltimore and was seen in five states and hosted by Kenny Curtis and Steve who played friends who hung out in a tree house, talked with puppets, interviewed guests and celebrated viewer birthdays. The winner of the Millenium Telly Award, the show was co-produced and co-written by the pair with producer Kate Rogers and Executive Producer Phillip Guthrie.