Lary Opitz
AEA
EYES:
HAIR:
HEIGHT:
WEIGHT:
hazel
gray
5ft 8in
220
VOICE: baritone
Tel: 518-587-2166
Tel: 518-428-2707
THEATRE:

DIAGHILEV
BLOOD RELATIVE
THE TEMPEST
ROMEO AND JULIET
TWELFTH NIGHT
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

MACBETH
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
TITUS ANDRONICUS
THE THREE SISTERS
MACHINAL
THE TRIAL
DADA
IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE
THE MUSIC MAN
SHOW BOAT


STRAVINSKY, ET ALIA
DAVID
GONZALO
FRIAR LAWRENCE
SIR TOBY BELCH
AEGEON
PETER QUINCE
CHENEY, RUMSFELD, ETC.
SHYLOCK
DUNCAN, PORTER, DOCTOR
GREMIO
MARCUS ANDRONICUS
FERAPONT
GEORGE JONES
THE LAWYER HULD
GRANDFATHER
NIGHT CLUB OWNER
PIRANDELLO
CHARLIE COWELL
WOODS MAN
SHERYL KALLER, director
SKIDMORE THEATRE
SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE CO.
SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE CO.
SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE CO.
SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE CO.
SARATOGA SHAKESPEARE CO.
LaMama; NEW YORK and CANADIAN TOUR
SKIDMORE THEATRE
SKIDMORE THEATRE
INSTANT SHAKESPEARE CO.
INSTANT SHAKESPEARE CO.
SKIDMORE THEATRE
SKIDMORE THEATRE
SKIDMORE THEATRE
JEWISH THEATRE FESTIVAL
SKIDMORE THEATRE
SKIDMORE THEATRE
ROCHESTER MUSIC THEATRE
ROCHESTER MUSIC THEATRE
FILM & COMMERCIAL:

SEABISCUIT - feature
DISORIENTED
- independent feature
THE SKEPTIC
- independent feature
SARATOGA GAMING & RACEWAY
- commercial

RIDDLE'S LAWYER
DR. ARNESS(featured)
ATTORNEY
BIG WINNER
GARY ROSS, Dir./ UNIVERSAL
FRANCISCO ALIWALAS, Dir.
TENNYSON BARDWELL, Dir.
COTTON HILL STUDIOS
MISCELLANEOUS:

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
DADA EVENING

Poetry Reading

LADY MACBETH
TUBBY THE TUBA

NARRATOR
DADA GURU
THE CAGED BIRD
MACBETH
NARRATOR
SKIDMORE SYMPHONY
MARK LUDWIG (BSO)
NATIONAL DANCE MUSEUM
MARY ANTHONY, choreographer
SKIDMORE SYMPHONY

TRAINING :

BA in Theatre and Studio Art, Queens College (CUNY)
Certificate with Distinction, Studio and Forum of Stage Design, NYC

Shakespeare: Bertram Joseph, Robert Smith, Patsy Rodenburg, Jane LaPotaire, Sir Peter Hall, John Barton, Louis Scheeder

Trained and worked with Gene Frankel, Alan Schneider, Howard Da Silva, Al Christie, Malcolm Black, Richard Schechner, LaMaMa Plexus, Joel Zwick, Stephen Wangh, Vincent Murphy, Linda Putnam, Majorie Hayes, John Neville Andrews, Paul Shire, Martin Freid, Henry Fonte

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Dialects (RP English, Irish, German, French, Central and Eastern European, Yiddish, Southern, New York, etc. – can learn any in 20 minutes); Juggling; épée, rapier & broadsword (left and right hands); guitar; accordian; computer literate; drive any vehicle
Over thirty-five years professional experience as designer for theatre and dance (United Scenic Artists #829), director, playwright, stage manager, technician, theatre professor, consultant, etc.
Director of The Shakespeare Programme

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