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Le'Royce E. Bratsveen - Artistic Director/Owner 

As the owner of Iron Street Productions, Le’Royce also works as an aspiring actress. Le’Royce just wrapped shooting her first feature film as the principle character Deidre in Lilly’s Thorn (Old Virginia Films) and worked as an extra in the soon to be released box-office film The Box , (Darko Entertainment) scheduled for release in March 2009. Currently, you can spot on her on the small screen on both the CNN and FOX news channels, in the national commercial campaign, “How?” for Lockheed Martin, and last year, she appeared as an Angolan Mother in the original production of Journey of Destiny (CBS), in commemoration of the Jamestown 400th Anniversary (Palomino Entertainment). Locally, she’s been seen onstage as Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun at the Peninsula Community Theater.  Other stage credits include originating the roles of: Sister Sylvia in No One’s Perfect, Atlanta, Georgia; Joan, in Open House, Spangdahlem, GE and Naomi in, All That and a Bag of Chips (Cheyenne, WY). Additional stage performances include: Little Shop of Horrors, Terminal Bar, Censored: On Final Approach, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Le’Royce began her directing career in Germany with The American Century by Murphy Guyer, and then went on to direct the first-ever film to stage production of Santa’s Letters by E.C. Loverde.  Her local directing/producing credits include: the Broadway Classic For Colored Girls … which went on to tour the local area in both Smithfield and Portsmouth: Neil Simon’s Proposals, and Ossie Davis’ Broadway Classic Purlie. Le’Royce has been honored with nominations from the US Army Europe Tournament of Plays (Topper’s Award) in the categories of Best Actress in a Drama (2004) and Best Costume Design (2005).

 


Edwin "Dale" Bratsveen - Technical Director

As an active duty Technical Engineer, working for the Inspector General,  in the United States Air Force, Dale, throughout his career, has worked in Photo Labs, Graphic Arts Departments, and Radio and Television Studios.  In his “off-duty” time, Dale, works as the Technical Director of IRON STREET PRODUCTIONS. Dale made his acting debut as Reverend Hopkins in “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, while working as a Light Technician, and has been involved in the Technical Design arena ever since. While stationed in Germany, he  worked as Technical Director for the “ACT Eifel One Act Festival” , “Into the Woods - Broadway Jr.”, “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”, “Eclipsed, and as Stage Manager for “Little Shop of Horrors” & “Santa’s Letters”,. Locally, Dale has worked as Stage Manager for the original stage-play “No One’s Perfect and has lent his technical expertise to the productions of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (PCT),and “Fame” (Hurrah Players). He has been nominated in US Army Europe Tournament of Plays (Toppers Award) for Best Technical Director and Best Lighting Design for a Drama (2005). 

 

Theatre Reviewer

Smithfield Little Theatre

Previous Guest Director

David Adams

Theatre Reviewer

Iron Street Productions

Robert Cox

Theatre Reviewer

Peninsula Community Theatre

Previous Guest Director

Kim Vernall

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Poquoson Island Players

Ron Milovac

 

 

 

 

Previous Guest Directors

 

 

Leah Glenn - Choreographer        John "JT" Tracy - Orchestration        Jeff Corriveau

Purlie - June 2008                          Purlie - June 2008                              Drop Dead - September 2008