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\"\"\u201c You only live once, but if you do it <\/strong><\/em>right, once is enough\u201d \u2013 \u2013 Mae West<\/strong><\/em>
\nI spent my early years in a small farm town in Delaware. I grew up watching old movies with my brother never thinking I could actually be an actor living in New York City. And yet that\u2019s eventually what happened. My brother and I would watch old films with such actors as Shelley Winters, Lauren Bacall, and Keir Dullea \u2026.. again never dreaming I would one day work with those actors. So as the old saying goes\u2026.dream big because one day those dreams may just come true.<\/p>\n

Here are 3 interesting facts about my life in show business: 1) I got my equity card from Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival; 2) I got my SAG-AFTRA card for the Bob Fosse film \u201cAll That Jazz<\/strong>\u201c; and 3) I was one of the first residents of Manhattan Plaza in New York City, which was the first Performing Artist housing in the United States, June of 1977.<\/p>\n

I always wanted to be a part of a repertory company even more than being on Broadway. But repertory companies no longer seem to exist in the way we think of repertory companies of the past. However I was extremely blessed to be part of several seasons at several of my favorite theaters. I was lucky enough to do over 25 shows at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 7 shows at Luna Stage Co., 6 shows at Gateway Playhouse, 3 \u00a0shows at Dow Sherwood’s Showboat Theatre, 2 seasons at the Adirondack Theatre Festival, \u00a0and 5 seasons at Shakespeare On The Sound.\"\" I also helped develop shows like ‘”Steeplechase<\/strong>“, where I played the young juvenile lover, Petey, for almost 30 years off and on in such venues as The New Dramatists Guild in NYC and The New Harmony Project in Indiana. (I was often referred to as Broadway\u2018s oldest working juvenile). I also \u00a0played the roles of Matthew and William in the new musical, \u201cSarah, Plain and Tall<\/strong>\u201d, a show that was in development and fully produced in different venues for over 10 years. It played at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway twice, the Eugene O\u2019Neill Conference, the Dallas Theater Center, and several other festivals and theatres. There was hope that it might come to Broadway, but in the end that did not happen. Becca Ayers and I played brother and sister and we were the only two actors to be with the project from beginning to end. I also played three roles in the development of \u201cGreat Expectations<\/strong>\u201c with Kathleen Chalfant. I did this in both the workshop and later Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.<\/p>\n

I have also done several shows several times like \u201cCamelot<\/strong>\u201d (6 times) and \u201cMoon For The Misbegotten<\/strong>\u201d (twice). I also did \u201cMountain<\/strong>\u201d twice at the same theatre (Bristol Riverside Theatre) playing 55 roles in 2000 and then again 15 years later in 2015. Also, \u201cAround The World In 80 Day<\/strong>s\u201d playing Actor 1 (7 roles) in 2006 and Actor 2 (Detective Fix) at another theatre in 2010. I did \u201cOliver<\/strong>\u201d 3 times, \u00a0first on tour as the Artful Dodger, then in a dramatic workshop as Fagin, and finally in a large musical production again as Fagin. I guess you could say I aged up!!! And then there\u2019s \u201cThe Fantasticks<\/strong>\u201d which I did Off-Broadway in 2012 and before that in 2006 at a regional theatre, playing Bellomy both times. I only mention this to show you that you may often return to shows you\u2019ve done \u00a0before and in roles that may change with time\u2026or maybe not!!!<\/p>\n

Although I like to think talent has played a big part in my career, I also know that luck and serendipity has helped. I started out training just to be an actor. In college, I was an acting major only, but after being in New York I managed to do musicals (even on Broadway!!!) as well as plays even though the reality is I have never had a voice lesson. I also danced in movies and was dance captain of several shows like \u201cWest Side Story<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cSweet Charity<\/strong>\u201d, and yet I never really studied dance until I moved to New York and only then to enhance my abilities as an actor. So the truth is you just never know where you might end up.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”465″ revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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