Charlie Steak
Writer / Director / Actor

Charlie played Gene in SyntheticHuman’s Drain, wrote and directed SyntheticHuman Pictures’ short film I’m Voting Republican, and was the AD/whip for Common Ground.

His directing credits include The Rivals, Twelfth Night, An End, a Middle, and a Beginning - Stories from Anton Chekhov, and The Curse of the Starving Class.
Charlie appeared in the world premiere of The Gratitude of Wasps at North Carolina’s DeepDish Theatre, and at PlayMakers Repertory Theater in Cyrano de Bergerac, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Richard II. On the west coast, Charlie has appeared at South Coast Repertory, P.C.P.A., The Odyssey, and L.A. Stage Company (Cloud Nine – L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle Award), and has appeared in television and film, including the movie version of Stephen King’s Christine and Sean von Lembke’s Alice.

He holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has taught for Duke University’s Talent Identification Program. For the 07-08 season he acted and taught improv with Arizona’s Essential Theatre Company, and appeared in a new play in Phoenix. In case you are still not bored, he’s written several original scripts, a short play, The Chekhov Class, and a couple of adaptations. He loves SyntheticHuman. “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat.”

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