Hunter Barnes       

Home base: New York Metro Area
USA

Hunter has been working in theatre for the past twenty years.  As an actor he was the recipient of Portfolio Magazine’s Best Actor Award, in Tidewater Virginia, as well as the Regent University graduate theatre program's Best Actor Award.

With a deep love for scripture Hunter has found his greatest professional satisfaction in performing Mark’s Gospel, the greatest story he’s ever told!  He has performed scripture throughout the US and Canada, including shows in England, Egypt, Pakistan & India.

Film & TV credits include Spencer & Venus, Love is Blind and ultra low budget Indie- sleeper, "Kung-Fu Made Easy".  The New Detectives, Hip-Hop Park and Ghost Stories, with featured spots on CBN’s 700 Club. 

His latest writing project, the film short "Pavel's Chariot", was the recipient of a CINE Golden Eagle Award and screened at numerous film festivals throughout North America, including a screening at the Directors

Guild of America Theatre in Los Angeles.

Selected directing credits include: Narnia the musical, Our Town, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oliver! John His Story & Anne of Green Gables. 

Teaching experiences have included stints at Somerset Christian College, Somerset New Jersey, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston MA, the Governors School of Performing Arts in Virginia, Christ's College in Taipei, Taiwan, Ketchikan High School, Ketchikan Alaska, and Prairie College in Three Hills Alberta, Canada. Hunter received his MA in Communication/Theatre Arts from Regent University in Virginia.

Hunter lives in Zarephath New Jersey with his wife and three daughters, and is an associate Pastor for Zarephath Christian Church

Royal Sproule

The Director

Royal Sproule has been acting and directing professionally for 15 years. Acting credits include Starbuck in The Rainmaker, Emil in The Duck Variations, and George in the Dora-nominated Tent Meeting. Film credits include The Claim, High Noon, Little House on the Prairie, and The Investigation.

Selective directing credits include Beau Jest, The Miser, An Inspector Calls, and recently Babel Rap, winner of Best Play in the Calgary Christian One-Act Festival.

He also is an accomplished musician. He is a member of The Rosebud River Valley Boys, a bluegrass band, and the folk-duo, Lewis & Royal.