Résumé

Experience
& training.

A current acting résumé, available as a PDF.

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Acting résumé

Updated November 2026

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Full credits

8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
3 Ten-Minute Plays — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Christopher Peak & Andrew Davids & Helene Simpkin Jara
January–February 2027
Machinal
Doctor/Others — Cabrillo College
Directed by Robin Aronson
October–November 2026
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Player — SH Theatricals
Directed by Simon Haywood
Summer 2026
8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
2 Ten-Minute Plays — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Susan McKay & Cathy D. Warner
Early 2026
Metamorphoses
King Midas/Others — Cabrillo College
Directed by Andrea Hart
Fall 2025
Humble Boy
George Pye — The Western Stage
Directed by Rebecca Clark
Summer 2025
The Rise and Fall of Starboy (Film)
Mickey Mayhew — USSC
Directed by Jay Sheppard
Spring 2025
Shakespeare Gala / Love's Labours Lost
Actor
Directed by Bill Peters
Spring 2025
8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
Giver Of Beauty — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Karin Babbit
Winter 2025
Who Killed Simon Braggart?
Simon Braggart — Muse Of Fire
Directed by Aaron Stoetzel
Fall 2024
8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
2 Ten-Minute Plays — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Davis Banta & Gerry Gerringer
Winter 2024
The Thin Place
Jerry — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Miguel Reyna
Fall 2023
Primo Secondo
Younger Brother — Santa Cruz Chamber Music Players
Directed by Ivan Rosenblum
Summer 2023
The Humans
Lighting Designer
Directed by Miguel Reyna
Spring 2023
8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
2 Ten-Minute Plays — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Hannah Eckstein & Helene Simpkin Jara
Winter 2023
Calendar Girls
John Clarke — Mountain Community Theater
Directed by Hannah Eckstein
Spring 2022
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Martini — Mountain Community Theater
Directed by Miguel Reyna
Winter 2022
8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
3 Ten-Minute Plays — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Peter Gelbum & Kathie Kratochvil & Helene Simkin Jara
Winter 2022
Aqua Moon S01E01 (Web series)
Richard Faimount - Silicon City Productions
Directed by Joe Barcelone
Spring 2021
Once Upon A Time Change
Old King Cole - Mountain Community Theater & Elf Empire
Directed by Rita Wadsworth
Spring 2020
8 Tens @ 8 Short-Play Festival
3 Ten-Minute Plays — Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Miguel Reyna & Andrew Davids & Buff McKinley
Winter 2020
Hummus & Homicide
Rick Romaine - Elf Empire Productions
Directed by Carolyn Hyatt
Winter 2019
Julius Caesar
Trebonius - Mountain Community Theater
Directed by Bill Peters
Spring 2018
A Flea In Her Ear
Rugby The Brit - Mountain Community Theater
Directed by W Scott Whisler
Fall 2016
Murder At The Howard Johnsons
Mitchel Lovell - Elf Empire Productions
Directed by Steve Brenner
Spring 2011
The John Doe Component (film)
Mason Tice - Thomas Carlsen Productions
Directed by Thomas Carlsen
Winter 2010
Arcadia
Ezra Chater - Friends Of Gus
Directed by Robin Aronson
Summer 2003
The Comedy Of Errors
Antipholous of Ephesus - Mountain Community Theater
Directed by Bill Peters
Spring 2003
You Can't Take It With You
Boris Kolenkhov - Mountain Community Theater
Directed by Wendy Edmonds
Winter 2003
Ten Little Indians
Anthony Marston - Santa Cruz Actors' Theater
Directed by Brian Spencer
Fall 1985
A Flea In Her Ear
Tournell - USAREUR, Germany
Directed by George Plank
Summer 1984
The Ghost Sonata
Hummel - UCSC Theater Arts
Directed by James Clancy
Spring 1982
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Player - UCSC Theater Arts
Directed by Marti Abraham Hirsch
Spring 1982
Romeo & Juliet
The Prince - UCSC Theater Arts
Directed by Audrey Stanley
Fall 1981
The Flying Doctor
Sganarelle - Behind The Times Theater
Directed by Ron Maysenhalder
Spring 1981
The Fantastiks
Mortimer - Discovery Players
Directed by Richard G. Harrison
Fall 1978
Dracula
Van Helsing - Frog Park Players
Directed by Richard G. Harrison
Summer 1978
Beauty And The Beast
Hodge, A Wizard - Discovery Players
Directed by Richard G. Harrison
Spring 1978
The Comedy Of Errors
Dromio of Syracuse - Discovery Players
Directed by Richard G. Harrison
Fall 1977
Summer Melodramas
Various - Coloma Crescent Players
Directed by June Scott & Richard G. Harrison
Spring / Summer 1975-1977