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Mending Fences
Phil Cowan – [Harry] Phil Cowan spent 19 years in morning radio as one half of “The Paul & Phil Show” on Y92.5 (KGBY-FM) with his friend and partner Paul Robins. After going solo as a talk show host at AM sister Talk 650, KSTE, Clear Channel station management showed him the door last November, and he spent the last eleven months sitting in a dark room in his Folsom home, waiting for a call from B Street Theatre Producing Artistic Director Buck Busfield. To his endless delight, Buck finally called in October. Phil attended CSU, Sacramento, and has appeared in four other B Street productions, A Couple of Blaguards (twice), The Melville Boys, Paul Robins’ The Good Guy, and most recently Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer. He has been happily married to Kathleen for 25 years, and is a proud father of four. Stephanie McVay – [Gin] Stephanie is thrilled to be again on the B Street Theatre stage after her roles as Toots in Hear the Grass Grow, Maryjohnny Rafferty in A Skull In Connemara and as Sister Elizabeth in The Book of Liz. Previously she was seen in Juno and the Paycock, and has had the pleasure of performing in several other B Street Theatre productions: The Underpants, Canterville Ghost, Red Herring and Wonderful World. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2005, she has landed two great agents and is auditioning for great projects. In the meantime, she just wrapped the indie film Say Hello to Stan Talmadge starring Gary Cole and Jennifer Coolidge. Passions, the soap opera, was her Los Angeles debut in television. Stephanie can be seen in HBO's True Blood, ABC's Greek, and In the Motherhood with Jenny McCarthy. This fall she will be part of Todd Stephen’s film Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild, the sequel to Another Gay Movie in which she will play Bonnie, the Mom. Other Stephen films include Edge of Seventeen and Gypsy 83. Other film work included Elsa Letterseed, Phoenix and the short, Waking Dreams. Thanks for coming to the theatre! Michael Navarra – [Drew] Michael is thrilled to make his debut with B Street Theatre. Has has worked regionally with Traveling Jewish Theatre, Word for Word Performing Arts Company, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Z Space Studio, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Pacific Alliance Stage Company, 6th Street Playhouse, Alter Theater, Central Works, and internationally with Shakespeare A Firenze in Florence, Italy. Film work includes principal roles in the feature films Under One Sun and Never Enough starring Barbara Niven. He also played opposite Derrick O'Connor in the award winning short film The Last Job. Michael teaches acting at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Napa Valley College. He is a graduate of UC Irvine and earned an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington. For more info, please visit: www.michaelnavarra.com
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by Norm Foster
