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BIO

THEATRE
Morning After Grace Angus (understudy) Asolo Repertory Theatre, Fla.
Into the Night (staged reading) Matthew What/She/Said Theatre, Fla.
In Whom We Trust Richard Nixon Theatre Odyssey, Fla.
The War of the Roses (staged reading) Doctor, Food Critic Delaware Theatre Company, Del.
Raised in Captivity Kip City Theater Company, Del.
Baby With the Bathwater John City Theater Company, Del.
Homeland Security (world premiere) The Doctor City Theater Company, Del.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare James City Theater Company, Del.
The Grapes of Wrath Jim Casy Wilmington Drama League, Del.
The Crucible Reverend John Hale Stepping-Stone Theatre, Del.
The Three Sisters Baron Tuzenbach Highway Ensemble, Del.
The Beard of Avon Colin/Burbage/Walsingham City Theater Company, Del.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bottom Arden Shakespeare Gild, Del.
King Lear Kent Arden Shakespeare Gild, Del.
Hamlet Polonius Delaware Shakespeare, Del.
Two Gentlemen of Verona Thurio Delaware Shakespeare, Del.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Peter Quince Delaware Shakespeare, Del.
Twelfth Night Sir Toby Belch City Theater Company, Del.
Hamlet Claudius Arden Shakespeare Gild, Del.
Richard III Buckingham Arden Shakespeare Gild, Del.
As You Like It Touchstone Arden Shakespeare Gild, Del.
Much Ado About Nothing Don John Arden Shakespeare Gild, Del.
Love’s Labour’s Lost Nathaniel City Theater Company, Del.
Porgy & Bess Detective OperaDelaware, Del.
Merrily We Roll Along Ensemble City Theater Company, Del.

IMPROV
FST Fundraising Gala: Shakespeare Shindig Mechanical Florida Studio Theatre, Fla.
Fearless Improv Director/Ensemble City Theater Company, Del.
The Basement Ensemble City Theater Company, Del.
Just Kidding! Ensemble City Theater Company, Del.

FILM/VIDEO
Yes, Your Tide is Cold and Dark, Sir Dan Whiles Myatin Filmworks, Del.
Nemours Children’s Hospital Training Video Employee JAlexander Productions, Del.
Wawa Training Video Clerk Silver Hand Productions, Del.

TRAINING
Shakespeare for the Actor; Voice and Diction; Advanced Acting Study; Advanced Monologue Study; Advanced Scene
Study; Upright Citizens Brigade; Villain Theater; North Coast; Parallelogramophonograph; Joe Bill; Complot/Escena;
Available Cupholders; ImprovBoston; assisted Florida Studio Theatre Improv with Ringling animation classes.

SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects: French, German, Italian, Eastern European, Irish, Middle Eastern, British, Spanish, and Southern and other
American regional. Painter, portrait and caricature artist, and voiceover artist.

News


Sarasota Jewish Theatre Will Perform Two Short Comedies and I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2025

Sarasota Jewish Theatre will present two contemporary short comedies by Bruce J. Bloom, and “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” which is based on a play be Celeste Raspanti, in October. 
Theatre Odyssey Veterans to Perform Radio Theatre This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 4, 2023

When the COVID pandemic shut down live theater, Theatre Odyssey was one of the first producing companies in the country to promptly pivot to an alternate form and produced two festivals as radio theatre that would have been live-stage performances. The technical director for those festivals was Ren Pearson, who has now written and designed THE GOTHIC LIBRARY to be presented at BookStore1 on June 16 and 17.
Review: WE ALL FALL DOWN at The Players Centre
by Carolan Trbovich - Apr 21, 2023

What did our critic think of WE ALL FALL DOWN at The Players Centre? Who doesn't like a good Seder? The lovely gathering. The kosher wine. The heartfelt tradition. The kosher wine. The four questions. The kosher wine. The Culture Clash. The identity clash. The guilt. More wine, please.
Theatre Odyssey's One Act Play Festival Announces Best Play And Runner-up
by Stephi Wild - Nov 3, 2019

Theatre Odyssey's One Act Play Festival has announced its Best Play and Runner-up. IMMUREMENT by David L. Williams is Best Play and J. Lois Diamond's GROWL is Runner-up.
Casts Named For Theatre Odyssey's One-Act Play Festival
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2019

Theatre Odyssey has announced the casts for the four plays, all Florida premiers, in the Second Annual One-Act Play Festival. Selected from 100 plays submitted from throughout the United States, the plays will be produced at the Bradenton Kiwanis Theater at Manatee Performing Arts Center, October 31 through November 3. Tickets are selling here and at the Manatee Performing Arts Center Box Office, or by telephone at (941) 748 5875.
Winners Announced For Thirteeth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2018

The 2018 Ten-Minute Play Festival Best Play: "The Card Game" by Michael Bille, with actors Neil Levine and Richard LeVene; Runner-Up Play: "Cliche" by Keith Whalen, with actors Andrea Dovner, Ashley Strand and Harry Lipstein; and Audience Favorite Play: "Death of Honor' by Bernard Yanelli, with actors Tom Aposporos, Shawn Cacciola and James Kassees.
Casts and Directors Announced For Theatre Odyssey's 2018 Ten-Minute Play Festival
by Stephi Wild - Mar 28, 2018

Theatre Odyssey announced the casts and directors for the thirteenth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival being held May 3-6 at the Cook Theatre (Asolo/FSU Center for the Performing Arts). For tickets, click here.
Congratulations to the Winner of the Fifth Annual Student Playwrighting Festival
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2017

The cast and director of 'Amazing Grace' share the playwright's spotlight. Left to right: Chuck Conlon, Tami Vaughan, James Kassees, Letherio Jones, Luke Valadie, and director Preston Boyd. Photo by Richard DiSammartino.
BWW Reviews: BEST OF: 2.0 at City Theater Company
by Kevin Smith - Feb 5, 2014

Eclectic collection of humorous short plays.
DelShakes Presents SHAKESPEARE / POE 2013, Now thru 10/27
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2013

The Delaware Shakespeare Festival invites you to once again spend a night with two masters of the macabre - William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe. DSF actors will read selections perfect for the Halloween season from the plays of Shakespeare and the poems and short stories of Poe. Choose from three unique performance venues - the gothic halls of Rockwood Mansion, the eclectic galleries of the Newark Arts Alliance, or the grandeur of the Read House & Gardens in Old New Castle.
DelShakes to Present SHAKESPEARE / POE 2013, 10/18-27
by BWW News Desk - Sep 26, 2013

The Delaware Shakespeare Festival invites you to once again spend a night with two masters of the macabre - William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe. DSF actors will read selections perfect for the Halloween season from the plays of Shakespeare and the poems and short stories of Poe. Choose from three unique performance venues - the gothic halls of Rockwood Mansion, the eclectic galleries of the Newark Arts Alliance, or the grandeur of the Read House & Gardens in Old New Castle.

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