Actor

Theatre 21 shows listed
Hamlet New York Shakespeare Festival 2000
by William Shakespeare director: André Serban
Description : Musician, Player, Sailor, Soldier, Others
Beloved Dearly Lincoln Center 1998
by Doug Cooney director: Elizabeth Swados
Description : Rick, Musician
The Possibilities SoHo Repertory Theatre 1998
by Howard Barker director: Lindsay Firman
Description : Soldier
Casing Orion Blue Green Algae 1998
by Jen McKenna director: Jen McKenna
Description : Gray's Subconscious
The King & I Neil Simon Theatre Broadway 1997 ~ 1998
by Rodgers & Hammerstein director: Christopher Renshaw
Description : King Understudy, Swing, Ensemble
The 49 Years Actor's Studio 1997
by Elizabeth Swados director: Estelle Parsons
Description : Student, Musician
The Secret Window Annenburg Center (Philadelphia) 1997
by Elizabeth Swados director: Roel Twynstra
Description : Janyk, Rusian Major, Nazi Soldier, Musician, Others
Virtual Souls Berezillia Festival (Kyiv) 1997
by Virlana Kacz & Company director: Virlana Kacz
Description : Andy P.
Missionaries New York Stage & Film 1996
by Elizabeth Swados director: Elizabeth Swados
Description : Solier, Priest CIA Agent, Others
The Emperor's New Clothes LaMaMa E.T.C. 1996
by Elizabeth Swados & Company director: Elizabeth Swados
Description : The General, Others
Doonesbury Flashbacks Playwrights Horizons 1996
by Elizabeth Swados & Company director: Elizabeth Swados
Description : Duke, B.D., Others
Turandot LaMaMa E.T.C. 1995
by Carlo Gozzi director: Joumana Riszk
Description : Calaf
The Beautiful Lady Abe Burrows Theatre (NYU) 1995
by Elizabeth Swados & Paul Schmidtt director: Elizabeth Swados
Description : Vladimir Mayakovsky
A Midsummer Night's Dream Warehouse Theatre (SC) 1994
by William Shakespeare director: Jack Young
Description : Robin Starveling (Moonshine)
The Bear Warehouse Theatre (SC) 1993
by Anton Chekhov director: Neil Hance
Description : Grigory Stepanovich
The Tempest Foothills Playhouse (SC) 1993
by William Shakespeare
Description : Caliban
Richard III Foothills Playhouse (SC) 1993
by William Shakespeare
Description : Catesby, 1st Murderer
Film & Television  
As The World Turns CBS 1997 ~ 2002
Description : Various Under Five
Guiding Light CBS 2000 ~ 2001
Description : Various Under Five
S.O.S Drive NYU Student Film 1996
Description : Marc
The Dream NYU Student Film 1996
Description : Dreamer
Skills
  • Ability to artistically design and technically execute theatrical productions
  • Musical Composition, Arrangement, and Performance
  • Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Piano/Keyboards, Vocals (Bass, Tenor, Rock/Pop, Jazz), Various Percussion, Blues Harp, Throat-Singing, Other Musical Instruments and Experimental Found-Object Techniques
  • Extensive Voice-Over/Character Vocabulary
  • Extensive experience with dramaturgy and story-telling in a theatrical setting
  • Analog and digital recording equipment and techniques
  • Extensive knowledge of small to medium-large sound playback/reinforcement systems
  • Foley Art
Experience
Sound Designer 1997~present - Freelance, New York City
  • Composition/Selection of music
  • Conceptualization/Creation of pre-recorded sound effects
  • Design and acquisition of physical equipment needs
  • Creation of paperwork and media required for live execution of design
Composer/Arranger/Musical Director 1997~present - Freelance, New York City
  • Hamlet – New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp Public Theatre    Musical Arrangements, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Flutes, Recorders, Temple Bowls, Throat Singing, Autoharp, Khaen, Bells    Directed by Andre Serban
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – New York University, Graduate Acting & Design    Original Music and Musical Arrangements for found objects & instruments (bottles, propane tanks, air conditioner, ladder, oil drum, guitar, piano, recorder)    Musical Direction and Education
  • The Matchmaker – New York University, Graduate Acting & Design    Barbershop Quartet Arrangements for 4 voices and 16 voices    Soundscape arrangements for found objects, body & instruments (feet, 2x4, paperbag, sheet metal, ladder, tin can, piano, violin)    Musical Direction
Faculty/Consultant/Resident Designer 2000~present - New York University, New York City
  • Teach Theatrical Sound Design to 1st and 2nd year students – Undergraduate Drama
  • Design 3rd Year productions - Graduate Acting & Design
  • Coordinate hiring of additional designers - Graduate Acting & Design
  • Consult on space and equipment needs - Graduate Acting & Design
Training & Education
BFA in Drama - 1997
New York University
Tisch School of the Arts
Honors Scholar (GPA 3.8)
Experimental Theatre Wing, Stella Adler Conservatory, Playwrights Horizons Theatre School
Greenville Technical College - 1992~1994 - General Studies
Chinese Cultural University (Taiwan) - 1988~1989 - Film Studies
Awards & Honors
Nomination for 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design
Personal Achievments
  • Wrote, composed, directed, and produced an original musical, A Bird Like Other Birds
  • Wrote, composed, directed, and produced an original musical, 1n1r1
  • Wrote and composed 3 additional musicals: Pipe, The Truth of One, Shell
  • Appeared on Broadway in The King & I (1997-1998)
Professional Affiliations
  • Member Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) 1997~present
  • Member American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA) 1997~present
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