CAMPUS THEATER OR SHOWS I'VE WORKED ON

FOUR BABBOONS ADORING THE SUN BY JOHN GUARE FALL '98 - RICE PLAYERS - "PETER" IF I HAD IT TO DO AGAIN, I WOULDN'T.  THIS WAS POSSIBLY THE WEIRDEST SHOW I HAVE EVER WORKED ON.  I PLAYED PETER, ONE OF NINE CHILDREN IN A BRADY BUNCH-ESQUE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY.  SO TO STAND OUT, I TURNED PETER INTO A RETARDED NINE YEAR OLD, MUCH TO MY DIRECTOR'S CHAGRINE.

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD BY TOM STOPPARD SPRING '99 - JONES COLLEGE - DIRECTOR MY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT!!!  I DIRECTED AN EXTRAORDINARY CAST IN THIS HAMLET SPOOF.  IT WAS VERY MINIMALISTIC AND, YET, VERY INTRICATE.  HATS OFF TO JEN STEIN, THE THEATER COORDINATOR AT THE TIME.  THIS WAS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF JONES'S SHAKESPEAREAN SHENANIGANS.

COSMOPOLITAN GREETINGS VARIOUS PLAYWRIGHTS AND POETS FALL '99 - WILL RICE COLLEGE - "BIFF", ETC... AS A FAVOR TO MY FORMER R&G CAST MEMBERS WHO WERE PRODUCING THIS COLLECTION OF POEMS AND ONE-ACTS, I AUDITIONED.  IN THE ONE-ACT BY JOHN GUARE, I PLAYED BIFF, AN UNSUCCESSFUL, SCRUFFY, BISEXUAL PLAYWRIGHT.  THIS BEGAN THE "NEW FACIAL HAIR FOR EACH PART" STAGE OF MY CAREER.

POSTMORTEM BY KEN LUDWIG FALL '99 - RICE PLAYERS - "BOBBY" UNEASY ABOUT RETURNING THE GROUP WHO CAST ME IN BRADY BUNCH ON CRACK, I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A GO ONE MORE TIME.  THIS TIME I LANDED A HUGE PART IN THIS MURDER MYSTERY BASED ON THE LIFE OF THE ACTOR, WILLIAM GILLETTE, THE FIRST MAN TO PLAY SHERLOCK HOLMES ONSTAGE.  I PLAYED BOBBY CARLYLE, A YOUNG SHOW OFF ACTOR, WHOSE GIRLFRIEND ENDS UP IN GILETTE'S ARMS.  STAGE REFLECTS LIFE I GUESS...  I SMASHED GLASSES ON STAGE, HIT GILLETTE OVER THE HEAD WITH A BOTTLE, ATTACKED MY GIRLFRIEND, AND WAS PISTOL-WHIPPED, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT... I SWEAR.

GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET) BY ANN-MARIE MACDONALD SPRING '00 - JONES COLLEGE - DIRECTOR I RETURNED TO THE DIRECTOR'S SOFA FOR THIS SPOOF ON OTHELLO AND ROMEO AND JULIET.  CROSS DRESSING AND SEXUAL HYJINX GALLORE!  WE WENT A BIT MORE INTRICATE THIS YEAR WITH A CURTAINED BACKDROP DONE BY JOSEPH GABRIEL.  THIS WAS AN AMAZING SHOW THAT EARNED ITS PLACE AS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF SHAKESPEAREAN SHENANIGANS.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SPRING '00 - BROWN COLLEGE - "DOC BAUGH" AS A FAVOR TO A FELLOW "BABBOON", I JUMPED INTO THE ROLE OF DOC BAUGH WHEN IT WAS LEFT VACANT TWO WEEKS BEFORE OPENING NIGHT.  I TURNED MYSELF INTO A SENILE OLD SOUTHERN MAN WITH MAKE-UP, HAIR COLOR, AND ACTIONS.  EVERY NIGHT I GOT A BIT OLDER, AND ON CLOSING NIGHT, I BECAME A NARCOLEPTIC.

THE INALIENABLE PROOF OF THE NON-EXISTENCE OF SANITY BY COREY COGSWELL SPRING '00 - JONES COLLEGE TALENT SHOW - DIRECTOR, "DR. ERIC" A SHORT ONE ACT WITH TWO "LOGIC" PROFESSORS WHO PROVE THAT ONE OF THEM IS THE POPE, THE OTHER DOESN'T REALLY EXIST, AND THE AUDIENCE IS INSANE.

SCRUPLES 2000 BY TROY SCHEID O-WEEK 2000 - "ROBERT" I PLAYED A GAY STUDENT NAMED ROBERT IN THIS INFORMATIVE PLAY ABOUT DATE RAPE.  IT WAS SHORT, INTENSE, AND DEPRESSING...

SMASH BY JEFFREY HATCHER FALL '00 - RICE PLAYERS - "MR. JANDENIUS" I PLAYED MR. JANSENIUS IN THIS BRITISH POLITICAL PLAY.  MY CHARACTER WAS AN OLD, BLIND, IGNORANT MILLIONAIRE.  MY SON-IN-LAW DECIDED TO GO UNDERCOVER AS A HANDYMAN AT A GIRLS' CHARM SCHOOL.  HIS INTENTIONS WERE TO TAKE OVER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

JABBERWOCKY: A TRIBUTE TO LEWIS CARROL THROUGH DRAMATIC POETRY RECITATION BY LEWIS CARROLL SPRING '01 - JONES COLLEGE - ALL ROLES TO REPLACE LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART, WHICH WAS CANCELLED FOR VARIOUS REASONS, NONE OF WHICH HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH OTHER SHOWS ON CAMPUS, I DECIDED TO THROW THIS TOGETHER FOR OWL WEEKEND.  IN THIS ONE MAN SHOW, I RECITED FOUR WORKS BY LEWIS CARROLL: JABBERWOCKY, THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK, THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER, AND PHANTASMAGORIA.  I PLAYED AT LEAST TEN ROLES WITH TEN DIFFERENT ACCENTS, AND IT LASTED AN HOUR.

�HunH? BY COREY COGSWELL SPRING '02- JONES COLLEGE A COMIC LOOK AT THE AFTER-BIRTH WHERE WE FIND HEAVEN IS EVEN MORE BACKWARDS THAN EARTH...LITERALLY...  EARTH IS HELL, REINCARNATION IS A PUNISHMENT, AND EARTH AND HELL ARE ON REVERSE TIMELINES.  ACCORDING TO THE BEINGS IN HEAVEN REVELATION HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, AND GENESIS WILL HAPPEN WITH THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN RACE.  THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE ANGEL OF LIFE LEAD THE AUDIENCE ON AN ADVENTURE OF MINIMAL PROPORTIONS THROUGH LIFE, DEATH, LOVE, HATE, AND OTHER OPPOSITES...

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS BY HOWARD ASHMAN AND ALAN MENKEN FALL '02 - LOVETT COLLEGE - "MR. MUSHNIK" SO, AFTER I GRADUATED, I FIGURED I WAS DONE WITH CAMPUS THEATER IN A DIRECT SENSE.  THAT WAS UNTIL I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM EILEEN O'BRIEN ABOUT THE NEED FOR SOMEONE TO FILL THE ROLE OF MR. MUSHNIK.  SO I DID.  I PLAYED AN OLD YIDDISH, STINGY FART.  I WAS EATEN BY A PLANT.  THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

SURE, HE'S NOT FUN, BUT CAN HE COOK? BY COREY C. COGSWELL FALL '03 - WILL RICE COLLEGE - DIRECTOR / "DIETRICH" AGAIN I WAS ASKED BACK BY ONE OF MY HUNH ALUMNI TO DIRECT MY SECOND FULL-LENGTH PLAY.  SADLY, DURING PRODUCTION, ADRIANA BECAME ILL AND SO SHUFFLING HAD TO OCCUR WITH THE PARTS.  AUDREY STEPPED UP TO THE LEAD ROLE, AND I STEPPED INTO THE PART OF DIEDRE (WHICH WE RENAMED DIETRICH).  APPARENTLY, MY PLAYS ARE CURSED...

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE SPRING '04 - LOVETT COLLEGE - "SAGOT" ADRIANA INVITED MY TO AUDITION FOR THIS SHOW SHE WAS DIRECTING.  I ACTUALLY NEVER AUDITIONED THOUGH.  SHE CALLED ME UP AND OFFERED ME THE ROLE OF SAGOT, AN ART DEALER.  BY THE END OF PRODUCTION, SAGOT HAD GONE FROM SLEEZY FRENCH SALESMAN TO A FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL, AND ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER "IT WAS THE BEST ACTING SHE'S EVER SEEN ME DO"...  THANKS MOM...

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