Lynne Wintersteller is an American

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

best known for her work in the theatre. A gifted

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, she has appeared in several

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s including starring in the original production of Maltby and

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off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...

musical ''

Closer Than Ever ''Closer Than Ever'' is a musical revue in two acts, with words by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. The revue contains no dialogue, and Maltby and Shire have described this show as a "bookless book musical." The show was originally co ...

'' in 1989 at the

Cherry Lane Theatre The Cherry Lane Theatre is the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theater in New York City. The theater is located at 38 Commerce Street between Barrow and Bedford Streets in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, N ...

. A critical success, Closer than Ever ran for 312 performances and a CD recording was made on the

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label. For her performance in the production she was nominated for a

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. Wintersteller also starred as Mother Jones in Cheryl E. Kemeny's "Mother Jones and the Children's Crusade" at the New York Musical Festival in 2014. Wintersteller's other off-Broadway credits include Sadie in Isaiah Sheffer's ''The Rise of David Levinsky'' at the John Houseman Theatre in 1987 and Amy in

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's ''I Sent a Letter to My Love'' at

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in 1995. She made her Broadway debut in the original 1993 production of

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's ''

A Grand Night for Singing ''A Grand Night for Singing'' is a musical revue showcasing the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II. Featuring songs from such lesser-known works as '' Allegro'', ''Me and Juliet'', ''State Fair'', and ''Pipe Dream' ...

'' which was produced by the

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. The production garnered a

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nomination for Best Musical. In 2005 she appeared as

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in Beth Blatt's ''The Mistress Cycle'' at The Lion at Theater Row. Wintersteller has also been active in theatre throughout the United States. She portrayed Grace Farrell in both the First & Fourth National Tours of

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's ''

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'', Sarah in the national tour of

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's ''

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'' and recently Mother Superior in "Sister Act"''. She has also appeared in regional theatre productions at such theatres as the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, the

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, the St. Louis Repertory, the

Walnut Street Theatre The Walnut Street Theatre, founded in 1809 at 825 Walnut Street, on the corner of S. 9th Street in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, is the oldest operating theatre in the United States. The venue is operated by the Walnut ...

, the

Alley Theatre The Alley Theatre is a Tony Award-winning theatre company in Houston, Texas. It is the oldest professional theatre company in Texas and the third oldest resident theatre in the United States. Alley Theatre productions have played on Broadway at L ...

, the

Goodspeed Opera House Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, Connecticut. A distinctive feature of the view from the Connecticut River, th ...

, and

Syracuse Stage Syracuse Stage is a professional non-profit theater company in Syracuse, New York, United States. It is the premier professional theater in Central New York. It was founded in 1974 by Arthur Storch, who was its first artistic director. The comp ...

to name just a few. Wintersteller is a graduate of the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...

( BA Theatre Arts Degree, 1978) and

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

(MFA).

References

External links

Official Website
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Lynn Wintersteller
at the

Internet Off-Broadway Database The Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), also formerly known as the Lortel Archives, is an online database that catalogues theatre productions shown off-Broadway. The IOBDB was funded and developed by the non-profit Lucille Lortel Foundation ...

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