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Fallen Angels at Aurora Theatre Company

Co-starring in this Noel Coward classic comedy at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, playing Oct. 19-Nov. 17. Also streams online! Tickets here.

The Bridge workshop (part two!) at Marin Theatre

Took part in the first workshop of this world premiere musical based on the true story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge by Patricia Cotter and The Kilbanes this September, 2024. Second workshop scheduled for early 2025.

Compleat Female Stage Beauty staged reading with ARC

Read the central role of Edward Kynaston, the last man famous for playing women in restoration England, in this staged reading for the Actors' Reading Collective 'Outside the Box' reading series at Marin Shakespeare Festival August of 2024.

Apertures of Love in Times of War premiere at PlayGround

Appeared in this world premiere poetic, gritty and romantic historical romance, part of SF PlayGround's New Works Festival, in May 2024.

Critics Circle Nominations for Chinglish at SF Playhouse

Nominated for a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Leading Performance in SF Playhouse's Chinglish, by David Henry Hwang in May-June 2023. The play was also nominated for best ensemble and best production.

Sequester Songs

During the first 250 days (!) of our COVID-19 shelter-at-home, I commited to singing a song (accompanying myself on guitar) and posting it online every day. Watch and listen on my YouTube channel here.

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Fred Sterroll in Fallen Angels at Aurora Theatre Company

Also pictured: Kina Kantor

Photo by Kevin Berne
Marty in Apertures of Love in Times of War at PlayGround

Also pictured: Julie Kuwabara
Daniel Cavanaugh in Chinglish at San Francisco Playhouse

Also pictured: Sharon Shao

Photo by Jessica Palopoli
Fred Hastings in A Christmas Carol at Center Repertory Theatre

Also pictured: Chris Sotelo

Photo by Kevin Berne
Orlando in As You Like It with The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Photo by Jay Yamada.
Senator J.T. Wingwoah in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas at 42nd Street Moon

Photo by Ben Krantz
Elia Kazan in Finks at TheatreWorks

Photo by Kevin Berne
Parchester in Me and My Girl at 42nd Street Moon

Photo by Ben Krantz
Dr. Frederick Treves in The Elephant Man at Hillbarn Theatre

Photo by Mark and Tracy Photography
Richard in The Other Place at Symmetry Theatre

Photo by Cheshire Issacs
Professor James Moriarty in Baker Street at 42nd Street Moon

Photo by Ben Krantz Studios
Robert in Boeing Boeing at San Jose Stage

Also pictured: Courtney Hatcher

Photo by Dave Lepori
Hunter in Project Ahab; or, Eye of the Whale at Central Works
Michael in Reading Babar in 2070 at The Best of PlayGround 19

Also pictured: Millie DeBenedet

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The Helper in Red Hot Patriot at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Also pictured: Kathleen Turner

Photo © 2014 Kevin Berne
Penguin in The Universe on Ice at Monday Night Playground

Also pictured: Rebecca Schweitzer

Photo by Zachary Pierre Dammann
Porter Price in Manic Pixie Dream Girl at The New York International Fringe Festival

Photo by Chesca Ruedato
Paul Rosenfeld in Hanging Georgia at The Pear Avenue Theatre

Photo by Nick Vaughn
Martin Van Buren in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at The San Francisco Playhouse

Photo by Jessica Palopoli
Paul Clayton in Vaudeville at The Willows Theatre

Photo by Judy Potter
Denny Varney in Life Could Be A Dream at The Willows Theatre

Also pictured: Joshua James

Photo by Judy Potter
Paul in The Internationalist at Just Theater

Photo by Jay Yamada
Lyle in Imaginary Love at The Hapgood Theatre

also pictured: Maryssa Wanlass
Mr. Tumnus in Narnia at Berkeley Playhouse

photo by Larry Abel
Rev. Jim Casy in Grapes of Wrath at TheatreFIRST

photo by Robert J. Schroeder Photography
Renfield in Dracula at Center Reportory Theatre

Also pictured: Robert Sicular, Michael Wiles

Photo © 2010 Kevin Berne
Jack in Incorruptible at California Conservatory Theatre

Also pictured: Maryssa Wanlass

photo by Patrick Tracy
Felix in The Odd Couple The Hapgood Theatre
Joey in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Also pictured: Rowan Brooks, Danny Wolohan, Blake Ellis

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