Steve Anderson is an actor, storyteller, and living history interpreter with more than twenty years of performance experience. His touring series, Great Tales Live, visits schools, theatres, libraries, senior centers, and special events throughout Pennsylvania and beyond.

He has appeared in more than one hundred stage plays, including leading and supporting roles in dramas, comedies, musicals, and everything in between. Some favorites include Blithe Spirit at York Little Theatre, Amadeus at Gretna Theatre, Dr. Cook’s Garden at Oyster Mill Playhouse, and The Compleat Works of Wm Shakspr (Abridged) at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg.

On screen, Steve has been featured in two full-length independent films, had speaking roles in a variety of commercials, training videos, and shorts, and of course appeared as an extra or a promotional model any number of times.

He’s particularly fond of interactive theatre, including ten years with the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and two years as an interactive performer at Hershey’s Chocolate World, Hersheypark, and Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.

A former English professor, Steve has been able to incorporate his teaching experience into a career as an educational theatre specialist. He’s given more than a thousand educational performances, including school assemblies on liquid nitrogen and static electricity, multimedia presentations on the making of chocolate, and character roles in touring plays on good nutrition, healthy exercise, and the life of Amelia Earhart.

One of Steve’s particular interests is Civil War history. He’s led more than seven hundred live walking tours in Gettysburg, and he’s a founding member of the Pennsylvania Past Players, a living history troupe affiliated with Pennsylvania’s Civil War Trails program. And his first-person program on attorney-turned-Congressman Thaddeus Stevens is available to non-profits throughout the state through the PA Humanities Council’s Commonwealth Speakers program.

Of course, Steve’s teaching background also comes in handy as an acting coach. Steve has taught dozens of acting workshops, improv classes, and drama camps, for children, teens, and adults.

Always up for a new challenge, Steve is also a director, playwright, a member of the International Museum Theatre Alliance, and a certified actor-combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors.

For information about Steve’s original plays, please visit the Writing section of this site.

Or, visit Great Tales Live for information on his touring programs, available all year round.

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