Acting

A few of my more memorable (to me, anyway) roles.

hmm, I've gotten behind on posting stills....

• The Court Clerk in Hello, Dolly. One line away from being listed in the chorus! - 2008
• Mr. Kraler in The Diary of Anne Frank. I also served as Assistant Director and did sound design (we used the new script, which has extensive voiceovers and other sound effects). Wow, this was a very affecting play to be in. Since then, I've had the opportunity to tour Dachau — another very moving experience - 2008
• The Baseball Manager in "Who's On First" for the 2008 One-Act Play Festival. What a hoot - 2008
• The Captain in Anything Goes!. In which I convincingly proved that I can't dance... - 2007
• Dr. Edward Armstrong in And Then There Were None. This is the part that Dr. Greyburn (see below) was modelled after in musical parody version of the play - 2007
• Jacob Marley in Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (with all the times I've died on stage, this is the first time I've played a ghost! And even though I'm dead when the play starts I still die during the play) - 2006
• Charley in Death of a Salesman (a great part. Charley takes a lot of figuring out) - 2006
• Charles Condomine, in Blithe Spirit (the part of Elvira was double-cast, so I had two dead wives and a live wife on stage, plus my real wife backstage as stage manager. Maybe next time I'll get a speaking part?). A note here that one of my dead wives (the lovely Erin) also played my abused wife in Mary Girard and my fiance in Jekyll and Hyde. I keep thinking we need to do The Ghost and Mrs. Muir together - 2006
• Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (in which I got to sing the greatest song in the history of sexual harrassment, "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid") - 2005
• Stephen Girard, in The Insanity of Mary Girard (in contrast to Claudius, Mr. Hyde, Uncle Henri and even Judas for a local church, Stephen was nasty) - 2005
• The title role(s) in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (my students were commenting about typecasting. I have no idea what they were talking about -- I'm nothing at all like Dr. Jekyll) - 2004
• Claudius in Hamlet (this one was work!) - 2004
• Uncle Henri in My Three Angels (getting in touch with my inner SOB. Another trend for my future work. Hey, it's OK to be typecast as long as you get cast!) - 2002
• Dr. Greyburn in Something's Afoot (my students enjoyed watching me die on stage... I had no idea I was starting a trend for my future work!) - 2001
• The Captain of the Inquisition in The Man of La Mancha (apparently the director had heard about my oral exams) - 2000