A DRAMATIC HUMORIST: CLASSY-ICAL ACTING FOR STAGE & SCREEN -- currently working voice-overs, industrial, short films, on-camera, and commercial and television projects, as well as the occasional stage production
Moore Creative Talent
Talent Poole
Agency Models and Talent
Member of Playwrights Lab. Playwriting grants from Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, two Minnesota State Arts Board grants, Dayton-Hudson Production Grant, winner of Jacksonville University One-Act Playwriting Competition.
Merlin Magic Shows
Burger King Corporation
Saturday Science Clubhouse
Iggy the Iguana
Science Museum of Minnesota
Storytalers
Minneapolis Public Schools/Parks
GorillaGrams
Eastern Onion
Duck Soup Players
Playwright, Performer, Manager
Marine-on-St.Croix
Reader’s Theater
St. Cloud School System
The Sad Clown
Street Mime in Parks
MINNESOTA FRINGE
Scenes on a Park Bench (2011) Jobless Man
Writer/Director Garrett Rademacher
Mercury Ninety Productions
Nightmare Man (2011) Project Development
Dir. Paul von Stoetzel
Writer/Composer Nathan Schilz
Studio Alethea
DINNER THEATRE/SUMMER STOCK
Ole and Lena's Christmas (Ole)
Funside Dinner Theatre
Stillwater, Minnesota
The Fantasticks (Mortimer)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Broderick)
A Flea In Her Ear (Camille)
Teddy Bear Players
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Once Upon A Mattress (King Sextimus)
A Funny Thing Happened On Way To Forum (Erronius)
The Fantasticks (Mortimer)
Carrousel Inn Dinner Theatre
Columbus, Ohio
Arsenic and Old Lace (Rev. Harper)
Odd Couple (Vinnie)
Rainmaker (File)
You Can't Take It With You (Ed)
Theatre L'Homme Dieu
Alexandria, Minnesota
Man of LaMancha (Paco)
Thurber Carnival (Player)
Roar of Greasepaint Smell of Crowd (Bully)
Genesis Theatre
Reading, Pennsylvania
OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE
Tartuffe (Tartuffe)
Julius Caesar (Cinna)
Volpone (Voltaire)
The Tempest (Gonzolo)
Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew)
Merry Wives of Windsor (Simple)
Shakespeare and Company
White Bear lake, Minnesota
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo)
Taming of the Shrew (Tranio)
Twelfth Night (Fabian)
Shakespeare in the Streets
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Philostrate)
Upright Egg Theatre Company
St. Paul, Minnesota
MINNESOTA THEATRE
Ice Glen (Grayson)
The Fantasticks (Bellomy)
Genghis Kahn (Aide-de-Camp)
Theatre in the Round
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fox on the Fairway (The Starter)
Old Log Theatre
Excelsior, Minnesota
As You Like It (William)
You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Kirby)
Little Moon of Alban (Father Curran)
Pinocchio (The Sly Fox)
Drunkard (Farmer Jones)
Diary of Anne Frank (Mr. Frank)
Dark of the Moon (John Witch Boy)
Paint Your Wagon (Sam)
Camelot (Merlin)
Lakeshore Playhouse
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Othello (Clown)
Fantasticks (Mortimer)
Lamp At Midnight (Gepe)
Theatre of Involvement
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Promises Promises (Kirklebee)
Beggar on Horseback (Homer Cady)
Dark of the Moon (Preacher Haggler)
Theatre 1900
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Searching for the Soul of Science
(Will the Bartender)
Brazen Theatre
Mineapolis, Minnesota
Arsenic and Old Lace (1975)
(Dead Body/Atmosphere)
Guthrie Theatre
Minneapolis, Minnesota
FILMSCRIPTS STAGED READINGS
Bill-Land (2011) General Waring/various
David Erickson, writer Bill Cooper Project
Devil's Gardener (2010) General Gaites
Chris Becker, writer Bill Cooper Project
PLAY BY PLAY BOOKS READINGS
Food For Thought (2011) Directions
Rich Rubin, writer PlaysWithFood
Shelf Life (2011) Sal
Mic Weinblatt, writer PlaysWithFood
Eat the Rich (2011) Jamie
Luke Weber, writer PlaysWithFood
True Scent (2011) Butler
Greg Abbott, writer PlaysWith Food
GONZO THEATRE STAGED READINGS
The Most Incredible Thing:
The Life of Hans Christian Andersen
Laura C.J. Owen, writer
(Old Hans Christian Anderson)
The Gonzo Group Theatre
Saint Paul, Minnesota
OTHER THEATRE
The Prince and the Pauper (Miles Hendon)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (George)
Blue Monster (Taer)
Summer and Smoke (Archie Kramer)
Personal Appearance (Broderick)
Stanley (Mr. Laurel’s Shadow)
A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit)
The Miracle Worker (James)
J.B. (Jonanthan)
Dracula (Jonathan Harker)
Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You In The Closet...Feeling So Sad (Bellboy)
EXPERIMENTAL/GROUP THEATRE
Group 239
Braille
We’re Only In It For The Money
Reflections
The Green Cuckatoo
An Enemy of the People
Everyman
The Lottery
The Great White Hope
Sweet Eros/Whiskey
Shakespeare Games
University of Minnesota BES Degree - course concentration Theatre Arts and Journalism plus Graduate courses in Theatre Arts. Studied Speech/Communication at St. Cloud State University. Also, Religious Theatre at Viterbo College.
MASTER CLASSES in MASK: Carlo Mazzone-Clementi. PLAYWRITING: Charles Nolte. ACTING: Louis Dezseran, Warren Frost. MIME: Mamako, Tony Hodek, Ladislav Fialka, Samuel Avital, Reid Gilbert, Jacques LeCoq. DANCE: Robert Moulton, Loyce Houlton, Charles Weidman, William Burdick. VIP EXTRA TRAINING: Walden Entertainment. ON-CAMERA AUDITION TECHNIQUES: Bill Cooper. MEISNER/LEWIS ACTING WORKSHOP: Sandra K. Horner. VOICE: Beth Chaplin. THEATRE MENTOR: Dr. Louis H. Campbell.
Extensive experience in theatrical and film criticism. Opinion writer for major metro dailies. Accomplished editor. Extensive background in Theatre Business Management and Entertainment Public Relations and Promotion.
Available as a Big Presence character for your film, television or stage project. Always open and willing to work with student programs.
73" tall
Plays ages:
40s
50s
60s
Large build
Caucasian
Actor
Singer
Minnesotan
Shakespearean Text Analysis and Training
Working with Children
Film and Television
Writer
Clowning
Perform as needed
cowbell
Willing to Try Anything!
Management / Admin
Managing Director
Mask
Producer
Collaborative
Criticism
Essay
Rewrite
Theatrical Journalism
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