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HEIGHT: 6’-2” WEIGHT: 178 LBS. HAIR COLOUR: DARK BROWN EYE COLOUR: HAZEL VOICE: BARITONE
THEATRE – ACTING/DIRECTING (selected)
Sea Wall Alex (Co-Director) Theatre by the River / Kendra Jones
Shakespeare’s Hamlet (upcoming Spring 2015) Hamlet Bravura Theatre / Snakeskin Jacket
Private Lives (Assistant Director) RMTC / Krista Jackson
Cock & Bull (two plays in rep) (Director) TBTR (Theatre by the River)
La Belle Laide Man (2014 Winnipeg Fringe) Lady of the Lake / Jacquie Loewen
Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors Angelo / Merchant / Chicken-Man S.I.R. / Ron Jenkins
About Love & Champagne (Author/solo performer) RMTC ChekhovFest / Fancy Bred Theatre
Venus in Fur (Co-Director) Tristan Bates Theatre (UK)
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure Duke Vincentio Linbury Studio (UK) / Bill Alexander
Marivaux’s The Double Inconstancy The Prince LAMDA / James Kerr
The Double Dealer Ned Careless LAMDA / Rodney Cottier
The Changeling Vermandero LAMDA / Will Oldroyd
Shakespeare’s Richard III Buckingham LAMDA / Matt Peover
Lungs (Canadian Premiere) (Director – 2012 Winnipeg Fringe) Theatre by the River (TBTR)
The Daughter of the Regiment The Notary MB Opera / Ann Hodges
Generous (Manitoba Premiere) (Director / Actor) Alex Flemming Theatre by the River (TBTR)
Pariah (Co-Director – 2011 StrindbergFest) Fancy Bred Theatre
North Main Gothic (World Premiere) The Robe TPM / Ardith Boxall
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale Florizel / Lord Tom-Tom Theatre / Chris Brauer
Shaw’s Saint Joan Robert / Bluebeard / D’Estivet TBTR / Debbie Patterson
Billy Bishop Goes to War (Director) Theatre by the River (TBTR)
The Mirror Pantalone / various characters Foolish Wit / Reg Skene
The Duck Variations (Director – 2008 MametFest) Fancy Bred Theatre
Stripped-Down Macbeth Macbeth S.I.R. / Debbie Patterson
Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona Proteus TBTR / Vicky McMahon
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice Bassanio S.I.R. / Chris Sigurdson
Shakespeare’s King Lear Regan / Knight U of W / Chris Brauer
Enter a Free Man (Director – 2007 StoppardFest) UWTSA / U of W
Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love Dimas Foolish Wit / Collective
After Liverpool M (2006 Winnipeg Fringe) Mon Petit Cochon / Collective
Blithe Spirit Charles Condomine U of W / Ann Hodges
Miss Julie Jean (2005 Winnipeg Fringe) Townhouse 9 / Glenn Hall
Lion in the Streets Martin / Ben / Father / Rodney / Maria U of W / Shelagh Carter
FILM & TELEVISION / STUNTS / VOICEOVER (selected)
Wasted (webseries) Supporting Dylann Bobei / Bifrost Films
Supa Strikas (Animated Series) Meta / other minor characters Strika Entertainment / daCapo
Noonbory & the Super 7 (Animated Series) Coldygury / Munggury Cookiejar / daCapo
New In Town Stunts Lionsgate / Jonas Elmer
Guinea Pig (“Super Suits” Ed.) Stunts / Swordfighter Frantic Films / Discovery
Language and Taste (short) Lead Farpoint Films / John Barnard
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Diploma (Classical Acting) - 2016 Martha Henry / Antoni Cimolino
(Stratford, Ontario)
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art MA (Classical Acting) - 2013 Penny Cherns / Rodney Cottier
(LAMDA / University of Kent, UK) Music & Singing Robert Archibald
Advanced Stage Combat Jonathan Waller / Kristina Soeborg
Clown / Physical Theatre Michael Brown / Yorgos Karamalegos
Movement / Fitness / Laban Vincent Manna / James Kemp
Historical Dance Diana Scrivener
RP / Phonetics / Accents Paul Hill
Pure & Applied Voice Judith Phillips / George R. Scott
Improv Adam Meggido
Alexander Technique Angie Herzberg / Lou Saucell
Commedia & Mask John Baxter
Contemporary Theatre / Screen Jenny Lipman / A.J. Quinn
High Comedy & Style Matthew Lloyd
Shakespeare’s Text John Bashford / Tina Marian
The University of Winnipeg BA Honours (Performance) - 2007 S. Carter / B. Taylor / C. Brauer
(Manitoba, Canada) Interpreting Shakespeare Christopher Brauer
Advanced Stage Combat Rick Skene
Voice & Diction Gail Loadman
Musical Theatre: Dance Brenda Gorlick
Voice and Movement Tom Stroud
WORKSHOPS
Site-Specific Performance & Installation Geraldine Pilgrim London-UK - 2013
The Spanish Golden Age La Dama Boba/Don Gil: Script Workshop Laurence Boswell (London-UK) - 2013
Business Plan Workshop: Deutsche Bank Setting up creative enterprises Max Comfort (London-UK) - 2012
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art Shakespeare Summer Intensive John Link (London-UK) - 2011
Manitoba Association of Playwrights/zone41 The Little Woods: Script Workshop Jens Boutrup (Denmark) - 2011
Fundamentals of Movement: Clarity Movement and Improvisation David Gaines (Seattle-WA) - 2010
Prairie Theatre Exchange Playwriting Programme (5 weeks) Hope McIntyre - 2010
Prairie Theatre Exchange Film and TV Boot Camp Workshop John B. Lowe - 2009
Foolish Wit Productions Commedia dell’arte/Mask Making Reg Skene & Chris Sigurdson - 2008
Globe Theatre (UK)/Shakespeare in the Ruins Shakespearean Text in Performance Giles Block - 2007
Physical Fitness for Actors Alignment and moving through space Tom Stroud – 2005 / 2006
North American Cultural Laboratory (NaCI) Making the Invisible Visible Krumholz-Kowalchuk (New York) - 2005
Movement for Actors Workshop Movement and Shakespeare Tom Stroud - 2004
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Backstage Pass Program Nan Carson – 2001 / 2002
SPECIAL PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES (selected)
Shakespeare & Me (in development) (Author / Solo Performer) Bravura Theatre
Proud, by Michael Healey Jake (staged reading) Debbie Patterson / PTE
Courageous, by Michael Healey (Director – staged reading) TBTR
Definitely Not the Opera – “A Bad Day” (“A London Wedding”: live monologue) CBC Radio / WPG Comedy Festival
A Midwinter’s Tale, by Kenneth Branagh Joe Harper (staged reading) TBTR / Matt TenBruggencate
Resurrection Blues – a staged reading (Director – 2009 MillerFest) Fancy Bred Theatre / Actors’ Fund
SPECIAL SKILLS & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Advanced stage combat (Gold Certificate from the British Academy of Dramatic Combat: rapier, dagger, sabre, staff, hand-to-hand);
Languages (Mother Tongues: Portuguese and English. Native Accent: Canadian with a Brazilian/European flavour); European dialects; proficient in Spanish as well;
Dancing (basic in salsa, tap and tango;
historical; 5 Rhythms);
Sports (soccer, basketball, boxing and ice skating);
Writing: freelance sports writer covering soccer for numerous publications and media outlets, such as
Soccer 360 magazine and
The Score (Toronto),
O Globo News (Brazil) and
the Uniter (Winnipeg); editor of the blog
Futebol Thoughts;
Clean driver’s licence (manual and automatic);
Teaching: workshops facilitated a the
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (high school Backstage Program – 2011/2012) and
Espaço Cênico Theatre School (Minas Gerais, Brazil – July 2013);
Intro to Acting / Shakespeare T.A. at the University of Winnipeg (2006/2007 and 2011/2012);
Director of the Shakespeare Ensemble at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP): 2014-2015.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Featured in the 2014/2015 “Group of 8” Emerging Artists of the Year campaign - Winnipeg Theatre Coalition
Winnipeg Arts Council Professional Development Grant – 2011 and 2015
Manitoba Arts Council Professional Development Grant – 2014
Shortlisted for the position of Artistic Director of the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott, ON (2014)
Nominated for the Harry S. Rintoul Award for Best New Manitoba Play – “La Belle Laide’” at the 2014 Winnipeg Fringe
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre: Jean Murray-Moray Sinclair Scholarship – 2003, 2004, 2012 and 2014
CBC Drama Choice: “Lungs” – 2012 Winnipeg Fringe
Manitoba Arts Council Student Bursary – 2012
Listed in “Top 30 Under 30”: promising Manitoban professionals – The Uniter Urban Journal – 2010
Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE) – InstaPlay Competition 2010 – First Place
U of W Bethia Henry Memorial Scholarship in Theatre & Drama – 2005 and 2006
Class Valedictorian (Elias Moreira High School – Brazil) - 2000