Jay has been seen on many different Colorado stages, most recently in “A Tuna Christmas” at Bas Bleu Theatre. Prior to that he played Father Mark in Midtown Arts Center’s “Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding” and before that was his second production of “Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”, this time in 25 performances for Nonesuch Theater in Fort Collins. For a period of time, Jay was a Frankie specialist, having played the asthmatic leader of The Plaids in “Forever Plaid” in 32 performances for Nonesuch Theater and also in “Plaid Tidings” for 43 performances in two separate productions, also for Nonesuch Theater. Jay played “The Padre” in OpenStage’s “Man of La Mancha”. He played the title role in “Scapino”, Jess/Jay in “Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”, Linus in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, Tom/Phyllis/Leslie in” Sylvia”, Gary in “I Hate Hamlet”, and Manley in “The Housekeeper, all for The Acting Company in Loveland. Jay has performed with the Greeley Stampede Troupe, The Mostlies, Larimer Chorale, and the original cast of Moonlighting Teachers.
ACTING BIO
| A Tuna Christmas (24 Performances) |
Thurston, Elmer, Bertha, R.R.,Pearl, Sheriff Givens, Ike, Inita Goodwin, Leonard | Bas Bleu Theatre Director:Nancy Roy |
| Middletown | Prologue/Landscaper/ Janitor |
Bas Bleu Theatre Director:Ann Whiteman |
| The Dinner Detective (12 Peformances) |
Detective Ricky Brown | Midtown Arts Center |
| Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding (36 performances) |
Father Mark | Midtown Arts Center Director:Tony Lauria |
| The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (25 performances) |
Jess/Jay (Also Technical Director) |
Nonesuch Theater Company Director:Nick Turner |
| Plaid Tidings (20 performances) |
Frankie (Also Technical Director) |
Nonesuch Theatre Company Director:Nick Turner |
| Forever Plaid (32 performances) |
Frankie (Also Technical Director) |
Nonesuch Theatre Company Director:Scott Wright |
| Man of la Mancha (15 performances) |
Padre | OpenStage Theater Company Director:Wendy Moore |
| Plaid Tidings (23 performances) |
Frankie | Nonesuch Theatre Company Director:Nick Turner |
| Don Juan in Chicago (staged reading) |
Mephistopheles | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Nancy Roy |
| Sylvia | Tom,Phyllis, Leslie | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Nancy Roy |
| You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Linus | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Nancy Roy |
| Scapino | Scapino | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Nancy Roy |
| The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) |
Jess/Jay | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Jim Keaten |
| I Hate Hamlet | Gary | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Andy Segal |
| The Housekeeper | Manley | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Nancy Roy |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Officer Rooney | The Acting Company in Loveland Director:Martha Palmer |
| Return Engagements | Raymond | Greeley Stampede Troupe Director:Nancy Roy |
| Merry Wives of Windsor | Dr. Caius | Greeley Stampede Troupe Director:Noel Johnston |
| Moonlighting Teachers (2 years) | Player, Writer | Musical Sketch Comedy Group |
| The Mostlies (4 years) | Player, Writer, Director | Sketch Comedy Group |