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Member of Actors' Equity Association
VITALS:
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 185 lbs.
HAIR: Dark Blonde
EYES: Blue
VOICE: Flexible
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STAGE:
SHOW
ROLE
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
Smoke on the Mountain
Stanley Sanders
Dixie Theatre
David Caldwell
White Christmas
Bob Wallace
Circa '21
Ann Nieman
Smoke on the Mountain
Stanley Sanders
Little Theatre on the Square
David Caldwell
Tuesday
Wes
Dixon Place NFB Series
Tom Wojktunik
Honk!
Ugly
DramaRama Theatre Company
Nicole Trueman
Wait Until Dark
Mike Talman
Ozark Actors Theatre
Barbara Mulligan
Fiddler on the Roof
Schotzy/Perchik
Ozark Actors Theatre
Edward Coffield
Wizard of Oz
Scarecrow
DramaRama Theatre Company
Nicole Trueman
A Christmas Carol
Young Scrooge,
u/s Fred, Marley
Troupe of America, National Tour
Peter Colburn
Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll/Hyde
Summer Music Theatre
Ray Gabica
Everything's Ducky
Facilitator
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis#
Gip Hoppe
King Lear
Attendent/Soldier/etc.
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis#
Ed Stern
Oklahoma
Ali Hakim
Summer Music Theatre
Adam Lewis
Bye Bye Birdie
Arthur
Stages St. Louis
Michael Hamilton
Medora Musical
Burning Hills Singer
Stagewest Entertainment
Curt Wollan
Joshua's Boots
Frederick/Dance Captain
Choreo by Millie Garvey
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Ron Himes
City of Angels
Angel City Baritone
Summer Music Theatre
Carolyn Blackington
Camelot
Sagramore
New Line Theatre
Scott Miller
The Nutcracker**
Mouse King
Ballet Midwest
Patricia Creek
Violet
Violet's Father
Webster Conservatory
David Caldwell
Pippin
Ensemble
Webster Conservatory
Louise Quick
Ten Little Indians
Sir Wargrave
Webster Conservatory
Tim Ocel
Blood Wedding
Cantate
Webster Conservatory
Liz Shipman
Company
Larry
Webster Conservatory
Byron Grant
Assassins***
Proprietor
Webster Conservatory Lab
Brett Macias
Spectacular Browne*
Buck
Webster Conservatory Lab
Brian Pracht
Let's Twist Again*
Sparky
Webster Conservatory Lab
Dallas Amsden
Anything Goes
Billy Crocker
Characters and Company
Emily Heugatter
State Fair
Pat Gilbert
Characters and Company
Mark D. Vaughan
West Side Story
Riff
Characters and Company
Joel Hackbarth
Joseph and the Amazing...
Joseph
Characters and Company
Mark D. Vaughan
* World Premiere
**Guest Artist
***Abridged
# Co-Produced with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
FILM:
Crab Rangoon
Jeff
Webster Conservatory
Doug Finlayson
The Interviewee
The Interviewee
Ethan Mead
Ethan Mead
Drawer's Block
Clown
Pancake Productions
Rob Severson
CONCERTS:
Webster Symphony Orchestra
Featured Soloist
Conducted by Allen Larson
Illusions: The Music of Brett Macias
Featured Soloist
Conducted by Brett Macias
TECHNICAL AND DIRECTING:
Children of Eden
Director/Choreographer
Characters and Company
Jesse Lawder
Hansel and Gretel*
Director, Book, Lyrics,
Composer
Characters and Company
Jesse Lawder
Laramie Project
Light Board Op/Electrician
Webster Conservatory
Bill Lynch
Importance of Being
Earnest
Electrician
Webster Conservatory
Tim Ocel
On The Verge
Electrician
Webster Conservatory
Liz Shipman
The Line That Picked Up
a Thousand Babes
Sound Board Op
Webster Conservatory Lab
Peter Nicolaus
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Sound Designer
Characters and Company
Mark D. Vaughan
Yours, Anne
Sound Board Op
Characters and Company
Mark D. Vaughan
EDUCATION:
BFA Webster University Conservatory of Theater Arts 2003
Acting: Kat Singleton, Bruce Longworth, Steve Woolf, Gary Glasgow, Jemma Levy
Screenacting: Doug Finlayson
Vocal Production: Bill Lynch
Dialects: Bruce Longworth
Movement: Liz Shipman, Denise Gabriel, Katherine Mitchell
Singing: Kathryn Stieler, Catherine Edwards-Kopff
Combat: Kim Bozark
Ballet: Gary Hubler, Ellen Isom
Jazz: Dana Lewis
Tap: Margeaux Heaton
Clogging: Wendy Short-Hays
Gymnastics: Shannon Welker

AWARDS:
David Huffman Memorial Scholarship from Webster University (2002)
First place NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition (2001)
6-time Hesse Memorial Fund Scholarship winner (’96-’99)

SPECIAL SKILLS:
Dialects (over 15; can pick up new ones quickly); piano; combat (boxing, kickboxing, Eskrima, wrestling,
rapier); composing; stilts; baseball; belching; spoiling my nephews
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