Acting Company
Kim Bennett (Sherlock Holmes) is excited to be returning to the Fulton. Previous performances include, Van Helsing in Dracula: Lord of the Undead, Mellersh in Enchanted April, Salieri in Amadeus, King George II in Joyful Noise, Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind and the title role in Cyrano. This holiday season will mark his eighth year as Ebenezer Scrooge in the annual Phoenix, Arizona production of A Christmas Carol. A member of Actors Equity for over 20 years he has played principal roles in regional theatre throughout the country. Credits include: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, Dial M for Murder (Phoenix Theatre); Dinner with Friends, The Archbishops Ceiling (Actor’s Theatre); Long Days Journey Into Night, Scapin (Arizona Theatre Company); Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Broken Glass (Arizona Jewish Theatre); As You Like It (Seattle Rep); How I the Learned to Drive(Florida Studio Theatre),The Price(American Stage). With the Blackfriars Theatre of San Diego he toured Far Eastern Russia With Beth Henley in her play Abundance. They were the first American Artists to ever perform in that region of the former Soviet Union.
Darrel Blackburn (King of Bohemia) is thrilled to be returning to the Fulton having appeared as the Kralahome in The King & I in the '05 season. Most recently he has been seen in Cinderella at Casa Manana (Ft. Worth, TX). Broadway tour credits include: The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Who's Tommy. European Tours: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Regional Tours: South Pacific with Cathy Rigby, Damn Yankees with Jamie Farr and Cinderella with Phyllis Diller. Theatres: Actor's Theate Pheonix, Lyrie Theatre Oklahoma, Sacramento Music Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Arvade Center Colorado, among others. Commercial: Kit Kat, The History Channel and West Side Stadium. For my Alynda.
Ian Blackman (Dr. Watson) has appeared on Broadway in The Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner and in Lincoln Center Theatre’s production of John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves directed by Jerry Zaks. Off-Broadway: Desperate Acts at the Mint Theatre; Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You & The Actor’s Nightmare; The Bone Ring; and Herself as Lust, written and directed by Albert Innaurato at Playwright’s Horizons. Other New York credits include: A Woman of No Importance; All’s Well That Ends Well; Richard II; The Caterers for The Immediate Theatre Company and the Keen Theatre Company’s revival of Children of a Lesser God. He has performed in the National Tour of Six Degrees of Separation and some regional credits include: Stamford TheatreWorks; Northern Stage; Westport Country Playhouse; The Charles Playhouse; Long Wharf and recently in Death of a Salesman at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Television appearances include: The Sopranos; Late Night with Conan O’Brien; Parco P.I.; Hooperman; The Oldest Rookie; The House of Blue Leaves for American Playhouse ; the groundbreaking live performance of The Man Who Came to Dinner for Broadway to Broadcast on PBS; and as Judge Walters on One Life to Live. Films include: Raising the Bar ( Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival selection); Earl and Puppy; We Pedal Uphill; and the upcoming feature Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing.
Lisa Bostnar (Irene Adler) feels fortunate and blessed to be working at this glorious theatre with such a talented company and staff. Some of Lisa's credits include guest starring several times on various Law & Orders. She can be seen in a soon to be released film with David Strathairn called The Sensation of Sight. Stage credits include playing the leading lady roles at The Mint in New York City in The House of Mirth, Quality Street, Mr. Pim Passes By, A. Scnitzler's Far & Wide, The Lonley Way, The Voysey Inheritance and The Madra's House. Some favorite roles include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Beth in A Lie of The Mind, and Kate in Taming of the Shrew.
G. R. Johnson (James Larrabee) is delighted to return to the Fulton after performing in last year’s production of Dracula. Some of his regional theater credits include the Huntington Theater in Boston, Alabama Shakespeare, The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Charlotte Repertory Theater in North Carolina, Florida Studio Theater in Sarasota, and the Meadow Brooke Theatre in Detroit. His summer stock credits include the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, Centennial Theater Festival in Connecticut, and the Act 1 Company at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. In New York City, G.R. originated roles in many new plays, performing at Ensemble Studio Theater, La MaMa E.T.C., Circle East, NY International Fringe Festival, Alter Ego and the Vital Theatre Company. He received his M.F.A. in acting from Temple University and is a graduate of Oberlin College. G.R. is also an avid volleyball player. www.grjohnson.net
Kelly King(Sherlock Holmes) is a Lancaster native now living in SoHo, New York. His first professional experience was at the Fulton in 1979; a young Muleteer with John Darrenkamp as Don Quixote in Man of LaMancha. Always great to come home to the Fulton. Other Fulton highlights include: Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Reverend Chasuble in The Importance of Being Ernest, and Ellis in the Fulton's much revered TYA tour of Amazwi Omoya. Kelly just finished Off Broadway runs of Macbeth (directed by Richard Harden) and As You Like It with the Hudson Warehouse Company. Regional credits include: Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Daddy Warbucks in Annie, The Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Marley in A Christmas Carol, John in David Mamet's Oleanna, David in Social Security, Roy in Looking for Normal, Boyd Middleton in Book of Days, George Pye in Humble Boy, Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet, and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. Much love and thanks to my parents for all their support and friendship.
Sarah Simpson Milici (Madge Larrabee) is thrilled to be making her Fulton debut. Past roles include “Cecily Cardew” in The Importance of Being Earnest, “Olivia” in Twelfth Night, and “Juliet” in Romeo and Juliet. Sarah would like to thank her family, everyone at the Night Kitchen Bakery in Philadelphia, her wonderful husband Tom, and, of course, Arthur.
Joshua N. Neth (Sid Prince) is originally from San Diego, California. He spent this summer performing in Greater Tuna, and directing Julius Caesar for The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (where he was a member of the 2004-05 resident acting ensemble). Josh has toured nationally with Theatre IV, The Metamorphosis Performing Company, and The Chamber Repertory Theatre of Boston. Off-Broadway he performed the role of Joe Conroy in Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead. Favorite roles include: Mozart in Amadeus, Paris in Troilus and Cressida, Smudge in Forever Plaid, and Bishop in Niki Silver's Fat Men in Skirts.
