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:

• 16-21
• 22-30
• 31-40

Playable Ethnicities:

• Caucasian

Experience:

Mary Stuart (fall 2010) - Mortimer - Shotgun Players - Mark Jackson

Romeo and Juliet - Benvolio - Livermore Shakespeare Festival - Gary Armagnac

The Real Thing - Max - Livermore Shakespeare Festival - Lisa Tromovitch

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

See How We Are (world premiere) - James Bank - Impact Theatre - Jon Tracy

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 - Vickie Rozell and 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

The Philadelphia Story - Sandy Lord - Citrus Summer Theatre - Scott Bauer

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

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

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