Meet PRIME's Advisory Board

From left to right: Kim Greene, Julia Weiler, Rose McGee, Michael Shann, Pat Milan, Robbey Lewis and Fawn Wilderson.

Sharon Bialy

Sharon Bialy is an award-winning casting director for television, film and theater. She has been nominated for eight Emmys (The Handmaid's Tale, Barry, Breaking Bad) and 19 CSA nominations. Recent television credits include The Handmaid's Tale, The Act (Hulu), Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead (AMC) In Treatment, Perry Mason, Barry (HBO), and El Camino (Netflix). Past films include Drugstore Cowboy, Point Break, Rudy, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Reign O’er Me, Black & White, and Secret in Their Eyes & Red Belt for David Mamet.

Ms. Bialy also continues her love for theater. She worked with Des McAnuff at the La Jolla Playhouse for 15 years and has cast productions at Lincoln Center, The Old Globe, South Coast Rep, and the Guthrie. Broadway credits include: China Doll, The Anarchist, Jersey Boys, Race, and The Farnsworth Invention.

A former board member of the Casting Society of America, she has 3 Artios Awards and was the recipient of the 2011 Media Access Award for her commitment to casting actors with disabilities. Her eBook “How To Audition On Camera” was recently published to wide acclaim. 

Kim Greene

Kim has had three careers: As an attorney she worked in private practice and as an assistant attorney general for the state of Minnesota; she spent 20 years as an innovation and creative process consultant with the consulting firm, Ideas To Go Inc., and later with her own business, Greenelight Consulting; and starting in 2106 as an actress, appearing in lead roles for local theaters and in numerous independent films. In addition to large corporate clients, Kim worked with governments and nonprofits to solve problems through creative thinking, going on to teach this style of problem solving at conferences in South Africa, Italy and the U.S. 

She brings her passion for the theater -- and in particular for theater that illuminates the stories of woman over 50 -- to her first role at PRIME as a board member and then an advisory member.

Robbye Lewis

Robbye Lewis had a multifaceted, 35-year career in social work before taking up a second career as a professional actor. Her focus was on aging services as a caseworker and administer, in addition to developing services for an aging population. She’s also served as executive director of a puppetry education program, Kids on the Block, and worked for a homeless coalition.

This rich background translates beautifully to PRIME’s mission, where she fills two roles, as a mature actor and as a grantwriter.

Rose McGee

Rose McGee knows that food connects. As the creator of the Sweet Potato Comfort Pie Approach, she has taken pies to Ferguson, Charleston and Pittsburgh following devastating incidents of racial and religious violence. She also brings hundreds of people together to bake pies and have tough dialogues around race. She knows that this approach helps people and communities bridge racial divides and embrace the hard work required for racial equity. She’s the recipient of the Bush Fellowship and her work has been featured on numerous news channels and in newspapers and magazines. As a community activist and educator, Rose brings a unique perspective to the PRIME advisory board in its desire to tell all stories about women over 50.

Pat Milan

As an original member of PRIME Productions’ advisory board, Pat is driven by a love of live theater and a dislike for unfilled seats in Twins Cities theaters. He’s the chief creative officer of Tunheim, a Twin Cities-based public relations and management consulting firm, and leads business development for the firm’s global network of 110 offices in 26 countries.

His board service includes president of the board of directors of Artistry, a professional theater and visual arts organization based in Bloomington, and a  trustee for Blue Cross BlueShield Minnesota.

He became involved with PRIME when his wife, actress Caroline Kaiser, starred in two plays PRIME Artistic Director Shelli Place directed. In a bar over a pre-show drink, Pat shared his frustration over the lack of support for local theater and Shelli challenged him to help PRIME create awareness and excitement for more stage roles for mature women. The challenge was easy, he said, “since the love of his life was finding fewer opportunities to act as a woman ‘of a certain age.’” 

Charles Randolph-Wright

Charles Randolph-Wright has built a dynamic and diversified career in directing, writing, and producing for theater, television, and film. HIs list of credits reads like the who’s who of theater and are too numerous to list here. He was recently the Producing Director and Executive Producer with Oprah Winfrey on the TV series Delilah on OWN. He directed the smash hit Motown The Musical (Broadway, National Tour and London) and directed the Broadway-bound musical Born For This, which he co-wrote with gospel icon, Bebe Winans; the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined; and the musical Sophisticated Ladies at Arena Stage; and the 75th anniversary tour of the opera Porgy and Bess.

Writing credits include the play Blue, which premiered at Arena Stage (where Charles is an inaugural resident playwright); Cuttin’ Up (based upon the book by Craig Marberry); and The Night is a Child (starring JoBeth Williams).

He directed the award-winning film Preaching To The Choir, and produced and wrote the series Linc’s. This fall he directs the Broadway premiere of Alice Childress’ classic play Trouble In Mind at the Roundabout Theatre.

Michael Shann

Michael Shann is a live-event producer with more than 30 years of international experience. He spent 20 years producing shows for Disney theme parks around the globe, followed by seven years as the executive producer for the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He built the team that produced the halftime show during the Vikings’ 2016 season opener in the newly constructed US Bank Stadium; and was producer for the Closing Ceremony of the XXII Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2013-’14 and the Closing Ceremonies for the Para Pan Opening and Closing Ceremonies in Toronto in 2015. He’s also served as production director for the Mill City Summer Opera, among a long list of organizations. Board positions include the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. He also has the privilege of being married to Shelli Place.

Marcia Stout

Marcia, a well-known philanthropist and patron of the arts in the Twin Cities, was an early theater convert. As far back as the mid-’60s, she was cast in a variety of local plays, such as Annabel Broom, the Unhappy Witch (where she played the witch), in a production put on by the Junior League at the old Guthrie Theater in 1964, and Johnny Appleseed at the Children’s Theater, where she met Bain Boehlke, one of three founders of that theater. When Boehlke started his own theater, The Jungle Theater in the Lynlake area of Minneapolis, Marcia became one of the founding board members and continues to serve on the board in an emeritus position. She was also a longtime board member of Ballet of the Dolls.

Julia Weiler

Julia’s early training in dance, specifically classical ballet, has dovetailed nicely into a passion for live theater. She was a dance major at Jordan College of Music, Butler University, in Indianapolis and a member of the Branitski Ballet Company for four years.

She’s served on several theater boards, including the Dance Company of Ethnic Dance Theatre, Stages Theatre and currently WSTC.

A favorite theater memory: “I came to the Twin Cities in 1963 and have been a consummate member of the local theater community. Only two weeks after arriving here, I was in the audience at Guthrie Theater, seeing George Grizzard and Jessica Tandy in HAMLET in the opening week.”

 Fawn Wilderson

Fawn Wilderson was an early, avid artist, excelling in dance and the performing arts. At Dartmouth College, she majored in theatre arts and French. She’s honed her skills as a performing artist by acting, directing and choreographing productions for numerous local Minneapolis theaters.  However, another interest‑born of living and working in France–was to explore a career in international law and diplomacy.  After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, Fawn practiced law in Washington, D.C., where she also worked as a local community activist and for a startup that partnered with INTELSAT, the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Satellite Organization.

Fawn also holds a master’s degree in French Cultural Studies through Columbia University’s overseas program in Paris, and a master’s in special education.

Through all of this, Fawn founded a theatre company, Théâtre du Monde (World Theatre), first in Paris, and then in Minneapolis. The company’s mission is “Bringing Stories from Everywhere to Everywhere else’” through the magic of staged readings, accompanied by “story-inspired international cuisine.” She is also a teacher.