Actor & Violinist

Actor

Theater

The Tell-Tale HeartMental Patient (Poe)Blair Thomas & Co.
The SandmanFather/Coppelius/
Coppola/Spalanzani
Oracle Theatre
Max Truax, dir.
The Three Sisters
(Ruhl adapt.)
AndreiPiven Theatre
Joyce Piven, dir.
Uncle VanyaHired Man
(Professor und.)
Court Theatre
Charles Newell, dir.
The Taming of the ShrewEnsembleChicago Shakespeare
David Bell, dir.
Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into The FlamesGibViaduct Theater
Whitney Blakemore, dir.
Lady Chaplin & Her TrampEd SullivanPiven Theatre
Jennifer Green, dir.
Earth to Margaret (musical)JonathanAcorn Theater
The Picture of Dorian GrayDorianFlying Leap Radio
(live stage show)
Alcestis (Hughes adapt.)Chorus 1Uffish Theatre
Lauren Miller, dir.
Chekhov: The StoriesHis Excellency/EnsemblePiven Theatre
Joyce Piven, dir.

Film

Eye of the Sandman
Available on Amazon!
Dr. SpalanzaniSplit Pillow Films
Belogorsky, Cozzola & McHale, directors
CutieJudgeReady Freddy Films
The Orphan SaintDr. MagnusUTT Productions
Christina Timmins, dir.
AftermathBatesHonking Tree Films
M. Owen Kelly, dir.

Voice Over

Cengage Learning/Course Technology (700+ software video tutorials)

Training / Education

ShakespeareSusan Hart & Jeffrey Carlson
British American Drama Academy

Midsummer in Oxford Shakespeare Program

Instructors:
Lynn Farleigh, Diana Quick, Richard Cottrell, David Willis


Master classes:
John Barton, Fiona Shaw, David Leveaux, Henry Goodman, Mark Wing-Davey

Piven Theatre WorkshopScene Study & Improvisation (Byrne Piven, Joyce Piven, Tria Smith)
Private CoachingMary Ann Thebus, Susan Hart
The Green Room StudioOn Camera (David Murphy)
Players WorkshopImprovisation (Eric Forsberg, David Murphy)
VoiceCarmen Mehta (Lieder/Opera), David Willis (Stage/Shakespeare)
Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Music (Violin Performance)

Special Skills / Interests

Violinist, Lyric Baritone, Educational Video Production, Alexander Technique, Runner, Renovator, Quick Study, Stock Handling (Sheep Herding).

Yes, I can grow my hair.

Staged Readings / Workshops / Other

The Newlyweds
by Wendy Schmidt
More info…
The RealtorChicago New Work Festival
Barbe Marshall, dir.
Boy Small
by MT Cozzola
More info…
DadThe Fine Print Theatre Company
Fresh Ink reading series
Emmi Hilger, dir.
The Last One Standing
by Lynne McMahon
More info…
Senator TalbotThe Fine Print Theatre Company
Fresh Ink reading series
Patrick Kenney, dir.
If You Split a Second
by Dana Lynn Formby
Mick/Patrick/JohnPegasus Players
Reading Series
Emmi Hilger, dir.
re-Grand
by Peter Thomas
Benoit (French-Canadian!)Courier 12 Collective
Lincoln Square Theatre
Ed Krystosek, dir.
Frost Heaves Melinda
By Carlo Matos
AngusCourier 12 Collective
Lincoln Square Theatre
Trina Kakacek, dir.
Attachment Disorder
by Trina Kakacek
*winner of 2011 Cup
BrettPolarity Ensemble Theatre
2011 Dionysos Cup Festival of New Plays
Adam Webster, dir.
Winter Shorts
Short Plays and Live Music
VariousCourier 12 Collective
Lincoln Square Theatre
The Soldier’s TaleJoseph the SoldierLake Forest Symphony
Settings of poetry by Paul Bowles and Frank O’HaraNarrator/ActorFulcrum Point New Music Project
Peter and the WolfNarratorChicago Sinfonietta
The Scarlet LetterChillingworthRealism Update Theatre
Jason Palmer, dir.
Isn’t It RomanticMartyAttic Playhouse
Joyce & Jaclyn Greenberg, dir.
IolantheStrephonGilbert & Sullivan Opera Co. of Chicago
Nick Martin, dir.
The GatheringJesusPlayers Workshop of the Second City
Lee Houghton, dir.