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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (2012-2019)
As of May 26, 2019 I have performed the role of Carl Perkins (father of rockabilly) 726 times. I owe much of this extraordinary employment to original MDQ music director, Chuck Mead- a great musician, writer, teacher, and friend.
Production history:
Berkshire Theatre Group (Director/Music Director, 2017 Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Award, Best Direction of a Musical)
Performance credits: 1st Nat’l Tour (Carl Perkins, Directed by Eric Shaeffer), Gateway Playhouse/Ogunquit/Paper Mill Playhouse/Fulton Theatre/Maine State Music Theatre/Cape Playhouse/Great Lakes Theatre (Carl Perkins & Music Director, Directed by Hunter Foster), Riverside Theatre (Carl Perkins & Music Director, Directed by Keith Andrews) The New Theatre (Carl Perkins, Directed by Joe Fox), Arrow Rock Lyceum (Carl Perkins, directed by David Hemsley Caldwell).
MDQ VIDEOS: Maine State Music Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit, Hard Rock Cafe Memphis, Radio Performance with Scott Moreau
These Paper Bullets (2014-2016)
Yale Rep / The Geffen / The Atlantic
The experience that forged the incendiary powerhouse that is New Neighborhood.
A mod rip-off of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing meets the Beatles in swinging London. Written by Rolin Jones, Music by Billie Joe Armstrong, Directed by Jackson Gay.
I played Pedro (Don Pedro/”Ringo”/Drums). Check out the videos: Yale Rep Promo, Atlantic Promo, Follow You Around
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2009-2011, 2018)
Book/Directed by Alex Timbers, Music/Lyrics by Michael Friedman.
I wore tight, tight jeans in the Shiva and the Newman at The Public, and then on Broadway. We made a ferocious cast recording and played Jimmy Fallon. Still pinching myself.
Recently, I had the great pleasure to revisit the piece, directing it at Wagner College on Staten Island in 2018!
BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP (2000- present)
Directing Credits: Working (2019), Million Dollar Quartet (2017- Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Best Director of a Musical Award)
Acting Credits: Naked (2018), A Thousand Clowns (2012), The Who’s Tommy (2011), The Einstein Project (2009), The Caretaker (2008), Amadeus (2006), The Misanthrope (2004), Peter Pan / The Who’s Tommy (2003), Brownstone (2002), This Is Our Youth / A Dream Play (2001), The Einstein Project (2000)
Chester Theatre Company (2011-Present)
One of my favorite places to work. Check out this New Yorker article. Kudos to my wife Tara Franklin on her new job at CTC!
Acting credits: Title & Deed (2021), Tiny Beautiful Things (2021), The Night Alive (2019), The Aliens* (2018), Sister Play (2016), Arms On Fire (2013), Wittenberg (2011)
OTHER FAVORITES
Viva Los Bastarditos (Workshop at LaMama, 2017), Three Sisters/No Sisters (Composed original music- Studio Theatre, 2017), Difficult People (Hulu Original, Season 2 episode 1- 2016), Pump Boys & Dinettes (Paper Mill Playhouse, 2016), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (North Carolina Theatre, 2015), Here’s Hoover! (Les Freres Corbusier at Abrons Art Center, 2014), Next To Normal (The Arden, 2012), Pump Boys & Dinettes (New Theatre, 2012), Man of La Mancha (Connecticut Repertory Theatre, 2012), Sive (Irish Rep, 2007)
Photo by Rosie Cohe
