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Header: Rowan Brooks and Stacy Ross in What the Butler Saw at Marin Theatre Company. Photo by Ed Smith.

Acting Resume for Ryan Tasker

Ryan Tasker

San Francisco / Los Angeles
Mobile: 626-818-8423
E-mail: ryantasker@hotmail.com
Height: 5'8
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Blue / Green
Voice: Baritone

Equity status: non-equity
Gender: male

Age Ranges:

Playable Ethnicities:

Experience:

Three on a Party (world premiere) - Theatre Rhinoceros/Word for Word Performing Arts Co. - Billy, Jamie, et al. - John Fisher/Delia MacDougall

Macbeth - Malcolm - Shotgun Players - Mark Jackson

Romeo and Juliet - Gregory et al. - Sierra Repertory Theatre - Dennis Jones

The Kentucky Cycle - JT Wells et al. - Willows Theatre Company - Richard Elliott

All My Sons - Chris Keller - The Western Stage, Salinas, CA - Lynne Collins

Arsenic and Old Lace - Mortimer Brewster - The Western Stage - Chris Graham

Two Gentleman of Verona - Proteus - S.F. Shakespeare Festival School Tour - Rebecca J. Ennals

Twelfth Night - Sebastian (swing) - S.F. Shakespeare Festival School Tour - Rebecca J. Ennals

Doubt - Father Flynn (u.s.) - Theatreworks - Robert Kelley

The Forest War (World Premiere) - Olan - Shotgun Players - Mark Jackson

Dearly Beloved - Justin Waverly - Willows Theatre Company - Richard Elliott

Brooklyn Boy - Tyler Shaw (u.s.) - TheatreWorks - Joy Carlin

Monster in the Dark (World Premiere) - Prisoner et al. - foolsFURY Theatre Company - Ben Yalom

The Cherry Orchard - Yasha - The Western Stage - Jon Patrick Selover

Cloud 9 - Joshua/Cathy/Bill - Dragon Productions / theatre Q, Mountain View, CA - Jeffrey Hoffman

Walking the Dead - Chess Wysynsky - theatre Q, Berkeley, CA - Jeffrey Hoffman

The Lion in Winter - Philip - Pacific Repertory / Actors Collective, Carmel, CA - Greg Harbert

Tartuffe - Valere - The Western Stage - Richard Kuhlman

The Sum of Us - Jeff Mitchell - theatre Q - Dale Albright

The Gravedigger's Tango - Alexander Charon - Second Wind Productions - Ian Walker

Oedipus Rex - Oedipus - California State University, Fullerton - Larry Peters

The Philadelphia Story - Sandy Lord - Citrus College Summer Theatre, Glendora, CA - Scott Bauer

The Lion in Winter - Geoffrey - Citrus College Summer Theatre - Neil Weiss

The Rimers of Eldritch - Robert Conklin - Citrus College, Glendora, CA - Cherie Brown

Next - Marion Cheever - CSU, Fullerton - Jennifer Stewart

Ah! Wilderness - Sid Davis - Citrus College - Laurie Woolery

The Collection - Harry Kane - CSU, Fullerton - Stephen Wagner

Hamlet - Francisco/Priest - CSU, Fullerton - Larry Biederman

The Virtuous Burglar - Mr. Frazosi - CSU, Fullerton - Stephanie Routman

The 15 Minute Hamlet - Hamlet - Citrus College - Matt Jones

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls - Tom Wingvalley - Citrus College - Cherie Brown

Our Town - Sam Craig - Citrus College - Laurie Woolery

Cannery Row (premiere adapt.) - Earl Wakefield - The Western Stage - Richard Kuhlman

La Lista Negra - Ricardo Leiva - Citrus College - Tatiana Leiva

Elf Wars IV:Santa Strikes Back - The Nasty Emperor - Citrus College - Hillary Russell

Hurry Santa! - Father - Citrus College - John De Mita

Film Credits:

Lead - Marlboro Man - Pasadena City College Student Film - Joey Liewsiwongphong

Lead - That Moment - Californi State University Student Short - Azadeh Taefi

Supporting - Seeing Sara - CSU Student Film - Lauren Breiting

Various - Corporate Training Videos - Bob Trouard - SF Bay Area, CA

Other Credits:

Improvisational Roleplay:

WorldVision Survival Training - Refugee/Interrogator/Rebel Faction Member - Monterey, CA

Sharpo Murder Mystery Events - Performer - Van Nuys/SF Bay Area, CA

UCSF Standardized Patient Training - Performer - SF, CA

Improv/Sketch Comedy:

People You Know Improv/Sketch Troupe - Performer/Writer - Pasadena, CA

Ultimate Improv - Performer - Westwood, CA

Cherry Spitz Fan Club Improv Troupe - Performer - Orange, CA

Training:

Atlantic Theater Company - "Practical Aesthetics" Technique, script analysis, Meisner, Viewpoints, Suzuki, Laban/Bartenieff movement, IPA, Jones voice

Shakespeare and Company - "Dropping in," scansion, Elizabethan dance, stage combat, Linklater voice

California State University, Fullerton - Larry Biederman, Svetlana Eframova, Jim Taulli, Evelyn Case

Citrus College, Glendora, CA - Cherie Brown, Neil Weiss, Laurie Woolery, Hillary Russel, John DeMita

Acting for the Camera Intensive - Camera performance technique, cold reading, audition technique with Randy Reinholdz, Jean Bruce Scott, Hugh O'Gorman and Cathy Reinking

Improvisational Comedy - Beginning short form with Second City's Rick Kuhlman; Intermediate short form with Ultimate Improv's Ryan Raddatz, JD Walsh

Professional Affiliations: APC Talent, Equity Membership Candidate, Theatre Bay Area
Skills: Juggling, Sketch Comedy, Stage Combat, Drawing, Swimming, Blowing smoke rings, Dialects, Improvisational Comedy, Singing in the shower

Resume last updated: Jul 19, 2009