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The Acting Company
Asolo Rep's acting company is composed of the following talented individuals. In addition to our resident company and third year M.F.A. students of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, they come to our stage from other cities and our own community. "Associate Artist" is a title given to a group of resident Equity actors who have made a personal and professional commitment to Asolo Rep for more than three years, established an official residence in this community and have made a special commitment to Asolo Rep's longevity. In return, these actors constitute the "leadership" of the acting company and serve in a variety of capacities for the institution, including mentoring students of the Conservatory. Those professional actors who are members of the Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, are noted with an asterisk.
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Shane Austin – Second season (Attendant/Soldier, Tale of Two Cities; Horse, Equus) Graduate, North Carolina School of the Arts. Credits: Martin, A Grand Night for Singing (VLT); Nick Piazza, Fame (Players Theater), Amadeus and A Few Good Men (Asolo Rep). Thanks to family and friends for their support – especially his grandmother for opening her home to him for two seasons!
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Matt Brown – First season, third-year Conservatory student (Ensemble, A Tale of Two Cities; Bentley, The Play’s the Thing; Charles, Smash; Horse, Equus) Last Season: Lafonte, The Parisian Woman; Dennis, This is Our Youth; Penthius, The Bacchae; Griever, Blue Window. A native of Elko, NV he attained his B.F.A. from Southern Oregon University and has acted with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He would like to thank his family, friends and donors, Dr. Hautamaki and Dr. Caballero, for their support.
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Juan Javier Cardenas - First season, third-year Conservatory student (Ensemble, A Tale of Two Cities; Albert, The Play's the Thing; Alan, Equus) Last season: Dionysus, The Bacchae. Performances include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Big Love, and The Dumbwaiter. B.F.A. in Acting, The University of Florida. Juan has toured through the U.S.A., Russi, and Greece. He thanks his sponsors Pat and Charlie Huisking, and his friends and family for all their encouragement.
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James Clarke*– Associate Artist, twelfth season (Mansky, The Play’s the Thing; Jansenius, Smash; Dalton, Equus; Graham, Lady) Past seasons: Amadeus, Men of Tortuga, A Few Good Men, Pride and Prejudice, Enchanted April, Anything to Declare?, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Rounding Third, Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror, The Front Page, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Crucible, The Millionairess, Murder by Misadventure, The Diary of Anne Frank, Inherit the Wind, You Never Can Tell, Filumena, A Flea in Her Ear, Born Yesterday, The Hollow, and Twelfth Night. James has toured the country, appearing at such theatres as Yale Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Geva, and numerous theatres in Manhattan (including Circle in the Square and SoHo Rep), Boston, and Los Angeles. He was in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory program in the 1970s and spent a year with Asolo Rep after graduating. TV credits include: Ryan's Hope (Pat Ryan), Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light, a CBS series entitled Legwork, and Saracen, a series in England.
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Randy Danson* - Guest artist, first season (Sr. Aloysius, Doubt; Hester, Equus) Randy Danson most recently appeared at the Mint Theatre in New York in Tolstoy's Power of Darkness. Other theatre credits include Amanda in The Glass Menagerie at Actors Theatre of Louisville, the title role in The Good Person of Szechuan at the Arena Stage for which she won the Helen Hayes Award, and Vivian in Wit at the Philadelphia Theatre Company for which she won the Barrymore Award. She received an Obie for Sustained Excellence in New York in 1992. Film Credits include Martin Scorcsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and Libby in PBS's version of Blue Window a role she had originated on stage. She designs and makes jewelry for her company Maiden Lane www.roxlane.com.
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Jessi Blue Gormezano - First season, third-year Conservatory student (Martha, The Constant Wife; Jane, Smash; Jill, Equus) Last season: Agave, The Bacchae; Alice, Blue Window; Jessica, This is Our Youth. B.A. Greensboro College. Berkshire Theatre Festival, Project: Theater NYC, Theater WV. Jessi sends love and thanks to her family and donors - Sharon & Herman Frankel and Marjorie & William Sandy.
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Marcus Denard Johnson - First season, third-year Conservatory student (Ensemble, A Tale of Two Cities; Mell, The Play’s the Thing; Photog, Smash; Horse, Equus) Last season: Adolf, The Parisian Woman; Teiresius, The Bacchae; Norbert, Blue Window. He has worked professionally with such directors as Kenny Leon, Freddy Hendricks, and Kent Gash. An Atlanta native, he earned his B.A. in Theatre from Morehouse College. He thanks his parents and his donor Carolyn Michel for their support.
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Douglas Jones*– Associate Artist, twenty-second season (Mortimer, The Constant Wife; Turai, The Play’s the Thing; Frank, Equus; Dyson, Lady) Last season: Von Strack, Amadeus; Avery, Men of Tortuga; Markinson, A Few Good Men; Collins, Pride and Prejudice; Wilberforce, Darwin in Malibu. Past seasons: Laughing Stock, Enchanted April, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror, The Front Page, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Crucible, The Road to Ruin, The Millionairess, Hay Fever, The Corn is Green, You Never Can Tell, Art, A Flea in Her Ear, Golden Boy, Black Coffee, King Lear and many roles in Nicholas Nickleby and The Kentucky Cycle. Other favorites include directing The Zoo Story, Welcome to the Moon, Salt-Water Moon, Fred and Doog, and his award winning performance as Vanya in Uncle Vanya at the Banyan Theater. Doug has spent seasons at Baltimore's Center Stage, The Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Boston's Huntington Theatre, American Stage, The Playmakers, The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Florida Studio Theatre, and has appeared in four plays Off-Broadway. Doug holds degrees from Hobart College and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
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Troy Lewis – Second season (Ensemble, A Tale of Two Cities; Horse, Equus) BA in Musical Theatre, University of Tampa. Credits: Amadeus; Plexiglass Slipper; Pfc. Downey, A Few Good Men (Asolo Rep); Marco, A View from the Bridge; Marcus Lycus, A Funny Thing Happened…; Boy Gets Girl; Godspell. Thanks Asolo Rep and Mom and Dad for their support. “There is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way”–Christopher Morley.
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Jennifer Logue - First season, third-year Conservatory student (Ensemble, A Tale of Two Cities; Hotel Staff, The Play’s the Thing; Gertrude, Smash; Horse, Equus) Last Season: The Bacchae, Blue Window, and Parisian Woman. B.F.A. in Acting and Directing, Florida Atlantic University. In NYC, Jennifer worked at everything from the Fringe Festival to Broadway Stand-up. She thanks her family, her husband Conor, the lads in NY, her amazing donors Ted and Jean Weiller and Ed and Mary Lou Winnick, and her #1 fan Papa.
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Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris* – Guest Artist, first season (Mrs. Fawcett, The Constant Wife; Mrs. Muller, Doubt; Nurse, Equus) most recently played the wildly passionate Adriana in The Comedy of Errors. Fave NYC credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), As You Like It (Jaques), Fefu and Her Friends (The Culture Project), Three Days Later (Prospect Theatre Company), Come Back To Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), Safeguarding the Prime Minister of Grenada(The Public Theatre), Haunted (Abingdon Theatre), Body Work (78th St. Theatre Lab), It’s A Long Way(WOW Café Theatre). Regional/Tour: The Color of Justice (Theatreworks USA). Film roles: Medium Hot (Charles Krezell Productions), The Bitter End (Left Turns Productions), and Runaways on St. Mark’s Place (V. Bernard Productions). Enormous and endless thanks to the cast/crew~Amy & Michael. You are the ALL swe!
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Devora Millman* – Guest Artist, eleventh season (Annie, Misery; Dora, Equus) Past seasons: String of Pearls, Smell of the Kill, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Crucible, The Diary of Anne Frank, Born Yesterday, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Communicating Doors, Golden Boy and The Stone Carver. Originated roles: Flo (world premiere of Inna Beginning – Denver Center Theatre) and Beth (Dinner with Friends – Humana Festival). New York: Desire under the Elms (Abby – Peccadillo Theatre) and Tovah Feldshuh’s one-woman show, A Fierce Attachment (Tovah Feldshuh’s stand-by). Ms. Millman is thrilled to be back with Asolo Rep after a sabbatical to pursue her second love: producing, directing and teaching. She has served as Visiting Professor at Oakton College and Colorado State University. Directing credits: Richard Strahle’s Live Girl (world premiere) and Relative Strangers (Asolo Late Nights); Italian American Reconciliation, and An Ideal Husband (OpenStage Theatre, Fort Collins, CO); and Cyrano de Bergerac (CSU, associate director). Founder and Producing Artistic Director for the non-profit theatre company “Marrow Productions” where she directed its inaugural production of Dinner with Friends. Now back in Sarasota, Ms. Millman plans to combine her acting career with producing, directing and teaching. Education: M.F.A., Yale school of Drama.
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Yasin Sheikh– First season (Nugget, Horseman, Equus) Yasin is a professional actor from Toronto, Canada with a B.F.A. in Drama and a degree in Musical Theatre. Stage roles include: John Proctor, The Crucible; Nazrul, Indian Ink; Romeo, Romeo and Juliet; Frank, Never Swim Alone. Musicals: Singin' in the Rain, Anything Goes, The King and I, On the Twentieth Century, Oliver , etc. Film/TV: Lead/Feature Film, Voyeur; Lead/Series, Metropia, Eleventh Hour; Newsroom, Bollywood Hollywood, Tiff. Yasin also teaches dance to kids across SWF. Thanks to his family, beautiful wife, and friends for their tolerance and support. OCANADA
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Paul Whitworth* – Guest Artist, first season. (Dysart, Equus) Paul Whitworth studied Spanish at St. Andrews and Oxford. His professional acting career began at the Royal Shakespeare Company (1976-1982). He has played leading roles in many regional theatres in both UK and USA. Recent roles include Higgins in Pygmalion(Seattle Rep and SSC); George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(SSC/Syracuse Stage); Neils Bohr in Copenhagen (Syracuse Stage); George in Night and Day (ACT, San Francisco); Dr. Robert Smith in Blue/Orange (Aurora Theatre, Berkeley) and Hamm in Endgame (SSC). Whitworth has also directed professionally in UK and USA at: Crucible Theatre, (Sheffield) Lyric Hammersmith (London), Magic Theatre (San Francisco), and many productions at Shakespeare Santa Cruz where he was Artistic Director (1996-2007). In 1992, he translated and directed the English première of Tirso de Molina's The Rape of Tamar at the Lyric Hammersmith, London. His translation is published by Oberon Books, London, 1999.
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