Chicago-based Actor / Violinist

Actor

film

Eye of the Sandman
Available on Amazon!
Dr. SpalanzaniSplit Pillow Films
Belogorsky, Cozzola & McHale, directors
Self-Made MannMr. MannMT & Fig Media
MT Cozzola, dir.
The Orphan SaintDr. MagnusUTT Productions
Christina Timmins, dir.
AftermathBatesHonking Tree Films
M. Owen Kelly, dir.

stage


The SandmanFather/Coppelius/
Coppola/Spalanzani
Oracle Theatre
Max Truax, dir.
The Three Sisters
(adapted by Sarah Ruhl)
AndreiPiven Theatre
Joyce Piven, dir.
Uncle VanyaThe Hired ManCourt Theatre
Charles Newell, dir.
Lady Chaplin & Her Tramp:
The Life & Art of Charlie Chaplin
Ed SullivanPiven Theatre
Jennifer Green, dir.
Earth to MargaretJonathanAcorn Theater (Three Oaks, MI)
MT Cozzola, dir.
The Picture of Dorian GrayDorianFlying Leap Players Live Radio Theater
Adam Moe, dir.
The Taming of the ShrewJoseph/Violinist/EnsembleChicago Shakespeare
David Bell, dir.
Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into The FlamesGibViaduct Theater
Whitney Blakemore, dir.
Love’s Labor’s LostStrolling ViolinistChicago Shakespeare
Barbara Gaines, dir.
Alcestis (Euripides/Hughes)Chorus 1Uffish Theatre
Lauren Miller, dir.
Chekhov: The StoriesHis Excellency/ViolinistPiven Theatre
Joyce Piven, dir.
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.

staged readings

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

other


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

training


ShakespeareMonologue and One-Play Scene Study (Othello)Susan Hart & Jeffrey Carlson
On-CameraThe Green Room StudioDavid Murphy
ShakespeareTimothy Gregory
British American Drama Academy

Midsummer in Oxford Shakespeare Program

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


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

CoachingMary Ann Thebus
Scene Study & ImprovisationPiven Theatre WorkshopByrne & Joyce Piven, Tria Smith
ShakespeareThe Audition StudioPeter Forster
ImprovisationPlayers Workshop of the Second CityEric Forsberg, David Murphy, Marc Blumberg
VoiceCarmen Mehta

education


Bachelor of MusicViolin PerformanceNorthwestern University

special skills & interests


Violin, Voice (high baritone), Screenwriting/Directing, Web Design, Long Distance Running, Sheep/Goat Herding (Stock Handling)
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