ACTOR SPOTLIGHT 
If you haven't already, please meet Sara Kessler Amazing Actress, Amazing Voice
Sara Kessler has acted in, directed and choreographed for Oops Dinner Theatre locally as well as in several venues that hug Lake Superior. She works 'just down the road a piece' in the photo studio of The Sportsman's Guide where she is known to break into song without warning. Thanks go to her cute & curious husband Bill and her dear family for a childhood filled with love & music. Sara has been "washed in the blood of the Lamb"- Jesus Christ - and can't thank Him enough (but will spend eternity trying!)
A Little About Sara
What makes you smile?
All kinds of stuff. Good wordplay, singing harmony, dancing, family, friends...
What inspires you?
Creation - God's, and all the varied gifts of artistic creativity.
Please describe a memorable theatre moment you've had.
There are so many! It’s kinda silly, but I worked in a space so small that me & the other "Dinette" had to crawl on our hands and knees to go past a window to the other part of backstage without being seen. Or maybe the time an actor failed to show up to a performance and the remaining cast reworked the parts to make sure "the show must go on!" I don't care to relive that night, but it was a stunning bit of teamwork!
Sara has blessed - and I do mean blessed, the stage for over two decades - bringing to life the most whimsical of characters to the deepest souls. You can see her in her latest show: 
| ACTOR SPOTLIGHT 
If you haven't already, please meet Rob Frankel Actor, Director, Playwright
A Chicago native, Rob studied acting at the University of Michigan while obtaining a B.S. in Computer Science. While he has seldom had occasion to use his knowledge of computer science, his intimate knowledge of B.S. has frequently come in handy. Chicago gave him a brief stint at St. Nicholas Theater. But more importantly, he attended a class taught by John Malkovich who, of course, launched a meteoric movie career shortly afterward. Coincidence? We think not. After turning down many and sundry a role to, as he put it, “prevent the chapping of my lips”, a petition signed by several hundred of his peers forced him to leave Chicago – and so he headed to that metropolis of brotherly love and good cider - New York. There he had numerous roles including Jason in, “Romantic Comedy”, Starbuck in, “The Rainmaker” and George in, “Of Mice and Men”. Impressively, one local critic was reported by a reliable source to remark, “That boy can act, but I still prefer a good brandy.” (The source will be provided upon request, though mother does nap between two and four most days.) Rob has played such roles as Leo in “Leading Ladies”, Arthur in “Camelot”, and title roles in “The Foreigner” and “Becket”. He also played Colm in “Sea Marks” for which he earned two Outstanding Actor awards and an electric toaster, though the latter in all honesty was more attributable to opening up a new savings account than it was his acting per se. Rob has been seen in the Twin Cities in “Voice of the Prairie”, “Foxfire”, “Power”, and “Long Day’s Journey into Night” at TRP, and played the title role for Starting Gate productions in, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window”. Rob is also author of over thirty published plays including the modern, computer-based farce, “L.O.L.”, and the popular spoof, “Whodunit...and to Whom”. Inspired by Woody Allen and Steve Martin, among others, Rob says of his writing, “More than I can say, fish don’t wear earrings when amongst the toy grasses of the desert.” It is our hope that, with improved medication, he’ll one day clarify this comment, though he insists it is an obscure reference to the treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Playdough, “The Molding of Man”. |