“Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.” ~Alan Rickman
“There we were – demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing love in wigs and rhymed couplets, killing each other with wooden swords, hollow protestations of faith hurled after empty promises of vengeance – and every gesture, every pose, vanishing into the thin unpopulated air. We ransomed our dignity to the clouds, and the uncomprehending birds listened. Don’t you see?! We’re actors – we’re the opposite of people!” ~Tom Stoppard
Bitten by the theatre bug in 1965 when I appeared as “Father Time” in Maeterlinck’s “The Bluebird,” I’ve been a working actor on stage and on camera for fifty years. I’m also a stage director.
I’ve been a producer, an acting teacher, and an Artistic Director. In 2007, I founded the Icicle Creek New Play Festival and spent eleven years developing new plays for the American theatre.
I debuted on Broadway in Les Miserables in 1991. In thirty years in New York City, I appeared in eight Broadway shows, and a dozen off-Broadway shows. I shared an Emmy Award for my contribution to Sondheim’s Passion (in which I played Patti Lupone’s cousin). I toured opposite Petula Clark in Sunset Boulevard, and was featured in multiple national tours. And I’ve played well over 200 roles in regional theatres across the country.
