Stephen Wilde
Secretary

STEPHEN WILDE was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, a city he cherishes.  He holds an MFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University and a Graduate Degree in Acting from the Moscow Art Theatre School.

In New York, he was lauded by John Simon of Bloomberg News and Howard Kissel of The New York Daily News for his portrayal of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marc Connelly in the Peccadillo Theater Company’s Off-Broadway hit THE TALK OF THE TOWN in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel. He was also seen as Shorty in Eugene O’Neill’s ALL GOD’S CHILLUN’ GOT WINGS at NYU’s Skirball Center for The Performing Arts with the Peccadillo Theater Company.

He played the role of Wanderer (Luka) on the stage of the American Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia in the critically-acclaimed production of SHELTER “НОЧЛЕЖКА” (based on Maxim Gorky’s THE LOWER DEPTHS), under the direction of People’s Artist of Russia, Yuri Yeremin, garnering positive reviews by the Moscow press, and in both THE BEAR and A WEDDING, by Anton Chekhov, as well as THE TROJAN WOMEN, AGAMEMNON, and ELECTRA, three parts of THE GREEKS, by John Barton.

In the world of American musical theatre, he spent two years on the road in the cast of the highly successful First National Tour of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN, directed by Ray Roderick, logging over 500 performances of the Tony Award-Winning show. He was featured in concerts with the Chicago, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras under the baton of the late great Marvin Hamlisch. Stephen appeared as Jacey Squires in THE MUSIC MAN at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY,  as Roger Sherman in 1776 at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, directed by Ted Pappas, and in FOOTLOOSE, directed by Barry Ivan, with Pittsburgh CLO.

On the screen, Stephen’s work can be seen in the independent films CONSEQUENCES, with Rob Morgan (JUST MERCY, MUDBOUND), directed by Darren Malone, HOME SWEET CUBE, directed by Ryan McFaul, and as “Bat Boy” for the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS, both on film and on the cover of the infamous tabloid. He is also in the cast of the WGA Award-Winning web series SYLVIA PLATH: GIRL DETECTIVE with Kate Simses (MIXOLOGY, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?, CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, DR. KEN), written and directed by Michael Simses. Oh…and he has a tiny tiny tiny little background role (blink and you'll miss him) in the film WONDERBOYS, with Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand, and Robert Downey, Jr., directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, 8 MILE, TOO BIG TO FAIL, CHASING MAVERICKS).

Stephen also holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Industrial Management and Economics from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.

Among Stephen’s hobbies, he is a world-champion barbershop quartet singer. He won the Barbershop Harmony Society international competition, with the quartet, JOKER'S WILD, and has 3 recordings in commercial release (Right From The Start, Chasing A Dream, More Of The Different) with the celebrated ensemble. He teaches and coaches the art form all over the world, and is an award-winning conductor of choruses in the genre.

Stephen has homes in New York City and Pittsburgh and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

For more information about Stephen and his work, please see his website: stephenwilde.actor