ACTOR | MUSICIAN - This week our guest is ROBERT STEFFEN. Nominated for Best Male
Vocalist in the 2008 Orange County Music Awards, Robert Steffen's music is intimate, poly-rhythmic and
melodically dynamic. A native of Orange, CA. For the past ten years he was part of several award-winning
avante garde music and theatre productions in New York. His acting credits include: The Public Theatres'
Othello with Liev Schreiber and Keith David, Jim Henson's Obie award winning production of the Kabuki spoof
"Benten Kozo"and several NYTW just add water developments. He has also appeared in Independent films
including: "Suicide Doors" and Spike Lees' "Bamboozled." Recent film credits include: Commercial "Wine
Picks" for the new i-phone app and Nicholas Tolkiens' (grandson of author) feature directorial debut
"Anacapa" where he played "Frank" a mystic, sage and healer who masterminds the fate of the islands
visitors.