Stephen Pelinski
Biography
As an actor with the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis from 1988-2008, Stephen has over forty roles to his credit including聽Private Lives(Elyot), Three Sisters(Vershinin), Iphegenai at Aulis(Agamemnon), The Cherry Orchard (Lopakhin), The Seagull聽(Trigorin), Sideman (Al), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), A Doll's House聽(Torvald), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom, Theseus/Oberon).
Off Broadway he was seen as Macduff in聽Macbeth. He played the title role in聽Richard III聽at the Tony Award winning Intiman Theatre,聽Cat on a Hot Tin Roof聽(Brick) and聽Les Liaisons Dangereuses聽(Valmont) Seattle Repertory Theatre,听Uncle Vanya聽(Astrov) at the Geffen Playhouse, 补苍诲听贬补尘濒别迟听(Laertes) at Hartford Stage. At Baltimore's Center Stage聽A Flea In Her Ear,听Henry IV, I聽补苍诲听Execution of Justice. Virginia Stage Company: Tom in聽A Glass Menagerie聽and Ferdinand in聽The Tempest.
His international credits include work with the International Classic Theatre in Greece and Cyprus where he played Creon in聽Antigone. In Canada he performed at the Citadel in Edmonton and The National Theater in Ottawa as Cassio in聽Othello. In Nova Scotia he played Henry Higgins in聽Pygmalion聽at the Atlantic Theatre Festival. Film:聽Sweet Land,听Wooly Boys,听Factotum聽(France),听Irv de Toilette, 补苍诲听Killer Movie.
Stephen has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships. In 2001 he received a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, in 2000 a McKnight Fellowship and in 1998 Fox Fellow Award. Stephen is a 1984 graduate of the PTTP.