ARTIST BIO

Steve Elm (Oneida), editor of AMERINDA's Talking Stick Native Arts Quarterly, has worked in the arts on both sides of the Atlantic. Trained at London's Rose Bruford College, Steve has appeared as an actor in film, televsion and on the stage. He has worked as a playright and director with London's Common Body Theatre, University of Manchester (England), the American Indian Community House Youth Theatre Project, and was a founding member of Chuka Lokoli Native Theatre Ensemble in New York City. He currently works as an actor with the Only Make Believe company in New York City and is also an actor/teacher with CUNY's Creative Arts Team. He does professional development nationwide as a Master Artist for the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. Steve was recently published in Amerinda/Nation Book's anthology "Genocide of the Mind".

Film and Television:

Memphis Belle -Softball player - Warner Brothers - Dir: Michael Caton Jone
Project:Shadowchaser - Chicken Hawk - Dir: John Eyre
Capital City - Ben - ITV/London
Food Night - Chef - ITV/London
Absolute Hell - Sergeant - BBC/London with Judy Dench

Theatre (London):

Fourplay - Bill Hubbs - Oval House
Siblings - Michael - Lyric Theatre
Searching - Ian - Schools Tour
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Joseph - Vanburgh Theatre
The Widow's Blind Date - George - Orange Tree Theatre

Theatre (American):

C Colombo Inc - Steve - New York Theater Wkshp
In The Spirit - Bill - Ensemble Studio Theater
The Essence - New Ager - Public Theater
The Ministry - Hank - Promenade
The Season - George - Lincoln Center
Dry Lips...Kapuskatum - Big Joey - La Mama ETC
Henry V - Henry - AICH Showcase
White - Dancer - Dance Theater Workshop
American Buffalo - Teach - AICH Showcase
Cliffs of Des Pere - Marco - Dance Theater Workshop
Stagestuck - Solo piece - DTW/Theater 22
Rainbow Crow - Storyteller - Stamford Symphony

Performance:

Steve Elm and Lavinnia Co-op Cabaret Tweed/New York
Stagestuck one-man show AICH/Miami

Training:

Rose Bruford College, Kent, England, BA Acting
Theatre Skills: Regional UK and American dialects, directing, writing.
(directing/writing resume available on request).