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25 YEARS OF PERFORMING IN ONE PARAGRAPH.

I started performing doing standup around New Orleans while I was in college. That led to starting an improv group with some friends. I moved to Chicago to study improv with Del Close, and played at Del's theater - IO Chicago - for a decade - including with the inaugural IO touring company and on the legendary teams Georgia Pacific and Pat Shay Dancers. After moving to New York, I played briefly with a Harold team at UCB before being invited to help build the curriculum at The PIT. With my wife, Mary Theresa Archbold, I've toured on an NCL ship for the Second City. On it, we wrote Jazz Hand, which eventually got us invited to perform at the Kennedy Center. Have a look at my reel and resume for recent stuffs.

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RESUME

TV & FILM

Girls5Eva- (Co-Star) - Peacock

Little America - (Co-Star) - AppleTV

FBI - (Co-Star ) - CBS
Late Night with Seth Meyers - (Co-Star) - NBC
The Blacklist - (Co-Star) - NBC
Short Comings - (guest star) - MTV (Other)
Good Enough - Dr. Garner (supp.) - Young King Productions
Pat & Mary Save Their Marriage - (lead) -Cosmo Productions
Klondike – A support group  - (supp.) -Gameface Productions
Jazz Hand** - (lead) - Cosmo Productions
Redeeming Rainbow (supp.) - Upset Triangle Productions
**finalist, 2009 NBC/Universal Shortcuts Film Festival

IMPROV / SKETCH

Acorn Nazlett - Empoweration! With Acorn Nazlett  - Peoples Improv Theater, NY
Pat - Jazz Hand - FringeNYC
Company - Oceans of Laughter - The Second City, Touring
Company - The Faculty - Peoples Improv Theater, NY
Co-Host - Ampers&nd - Magnet Theater, NY
Trillion - Harold Night - UCB Theater, NY
Pat Shay Dancers - Harold - IO, Chicago
Georgia Pacific - Harold -  IO, Chicago
IO Road Show - Harold -  Touring

THEATER

Flanagan’s Wake - Brian (supp.) - Soho Playhouse/the Triad
Under Milk Wood - Mr. Pugh (supp.) - Common Thread Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing - Dogberry (supp.) - Loft Theatre
Hamlet - Hamlet (lead) - ChicSpeare, Chicago
Taming of the Shrew - Petruchio (lead)  -Tripaway Theatre, Chicago
Little House on the Parody - Pa Ingalls (lead) - FringeNYC
Their Own Words Gielgud - Burton & Olivier (solo) - Breadline Theatre, Chicago
Madcap! - Frank (supp.) - Annoyance Theatre, Chicago

TRAINING, ETC.

BA, Film Studies – Loyola University, New Orleans

Improv – Del Close, Mick Napier,Ali Farahnakian, Rebecca Sohn, Jimmy Carrane, Amy Poehler

On-Camera – Jennifer Rudolph, Mitchell/Rudolph casting

On-Camera Commercial – Brooke Thomas & Mary Callahan, HOUSE Productions

Fay Shumsey & Stephanie Dalle Molle, Downstairs Casting

Arista Baltronis, Grey Worldwide

Voiceover- Tara Boragine, Diesel Management

Marla Kirban, Marla Kirban Voiceover

Special Skills

Improv, Skiing, Snowboarding, Ice Skating/Rollerblading, Juggling, Devil’s Sticks, conversational French, Stage combat experience: Rapier & Dagger, Foil.

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