THE GLASS MENAGERIE

Tennessee Williams

as Amanda

Directed by Augustin J. Correro
The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company
Photo by James Kelley courtesy of TWTC

“The lead belongs to Steele, who delivers a magnificent rendition of Amanda.” –Broadway World
"Steele gives an ebullient and memorable performance. . .beautifully captures the formidable will of the mother" - Theatre Criticism/WYES-TV

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY

Halley Feiffer

as Geena & Marcie

Directed by Keira Fromm
Route 66 Theatre Company
Photo by Brandon Dahlquist courtesy of Route 66 Theatre Company

Geena: Both Thalken and Steele –each in tricky roles– are superb. –Chicago Tribune
Marcie: Steele. . .captures the character’s sharp tongue and caustic sense of humor without losing her humanity. –Splash Magazines

THE OLD FRIENDS

Horton Foote

as Julia Price

Directed by Michael Menendian
Raven Theatre Company

Photo by Dean La Prairie courtesy of Raven Theatre

What “The Old Friends” has going for it . . .in spades: divas that can shatter glass with their ferocity. Montemurro and Steele. . .chewing up everyone in their path. –Theatre by Numbers

OTHER DESERT CITIES

Jon Robin Baitz

as Silda Grauman

Citadel Theatre Company
Directed by Mark Lococo
Photo by Nikki Block/North Shore Camera Club, courtesy of Citadel Theatre

“Providing much of the play’s humor, Steele plays this outspoken, feisty woman with confidence and ease.” –Chicago Theatre Reviews

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

William Shakespeare

as Puck

Directed by Shannon Fillion
Two Pence Theatre Company
Photo by Ben Chandler courtesy of Two Pence Theatre Company

That’s not the only way the show subverts expectations. . . .canonical characters appear in unfamiliar attitudes:. . .Puck is bitchy and insubordinate - Chicago Reader

PEYTON PLACE

Grace Metalious/adapted by Paul Edwards

as Nellie Cross

Directed by Paul Edwards
City Lit Theater
Photo by Tom McGrath, courtesy of City Lit Theater

“Best of all is Judy Lea Steele as the tough, and very New Englander abused wife Nellie Cross. She comes off believably rural and working class in a mixture that feels entirely original.” – Chicago Theater Beat

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

Christopher Durang

as Cassandra

Directed by Mark Lococo
Citadel Theatre Company
Photo by North Shore Camera Club courtesy of Citadel Theatre Company

. . .creates another exciting, larger-than-life characterization as Cassandra. Ms. Steele makes this hilarious character. . .one of the standouts of this production. –Chicago Theatre Review