Steve Rankin
Actor/Musician
Steve is an actor/director/musician who was born and raised in the American Heartland of Illinois. As an actor he has been in over 100 television and film projects and acted in plays all over the country. As a Fight Director he has staged productions all over the world including 20 Broadway shows. His musical influences come from a wide spectrum, ranging from big band swing music and rock n’ roll, to folk and bluegrass. His acoustic epiphany occurred with the release of the “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” album. This was the music that opened his eyes to the power of simple complexity and the vast resource of story telling. Steve plays mandolin, guitar and bouzouki with the Americana group The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble.