DEREK PERUO - SAG-AFTRA Eligible

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CLASSIC PLAYS and HEIGHTENED LANGUAGE

Man of La Mancha°

Pedro

Chamber Opera Chicago

Iphigenia In Tauris

Arkas

DePaul Workshop

Kosi Dasa°

Papacacia

Merle Reskin Theatre

Life's a Dream

Basilio

Merle Reskin Theatre

Machinal°

Prosecuting Attorney

Theatre Building Chicago

Much Ado About Nothing

Benedick

LaGuardia Theatre

°Fight Captain

MODERN SCRIPTS and CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Snow Angel*

Doofus

HERE Arts Center

The Santa Claus Caper

Sidney Sneakthief

AlphaBet Soup Productions

The Mark of Zorro

Various Roles

Lifeline Theatre

The Lady From Dubuque

Oscar

DePaul Workshop

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Gaston

DePaul Workshop

The Blue Room

Politician

DePaul Workshop

Years Ago

Fred Whitmarsh

DePaul Workshop

Accordion Crimes

Various Roles

DePaul Workshop

Talking to Terrorists

Various Roles

DePaul Workshop

*Off-Broadway

TELEVISION and FILM

In Therapy

Star

Independent

The Day Job

Stunt Performer

Broken Pancreas Prod.

Table Stakes

Co-Star

Independent

Uso Dakara (Because It's a Lie)

Co-Star

Independent

Hobo Magic: The Taylor Horner Story

Co-Star

Independent

Upper Eastern Philosophy

Co-Star

Independent

FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY and STUNT COORDINATION

Man of La Mancha

Fight Director

Chamber Opera Chicago

Carmen

Assistant Fight Director

Chamber Opera Chicago

Hurrah For The Next Who Dies

Assistant Fight Director

DePaul Theatre School

Machinal

Fight Choreographer

DePaul Theatre School

Bad Girls Go Places

Fight Choreographer

Independent

Tongue

Fight Choreographer

Independent

No Heart, No Valentine

Fight Choreographer

Independent

The American Dream

Fight Choreographer

Independent

Never Swim Alone

Fight Choreographer

Theatre Seven

A Place with the Pigs

Fight Choreographer

Truth Justice Players

Accordion Crimes

Fight Choreographer

DePaul Theatre School

Cloud Tectonics

Fight Choreographer

DePaul Theatre School

Love and Sci-Fi

Fight Choreographer

Independent

Table Stakes

Fight Choreographer

Independent

The Day Job

Stunt Performer

Broken Pancreas Prod.

INDUSTRIALS

Principal

University of Chicago

Ensemble Player

Chicago Parks District

Ensemble Player

Coney Island Circus Days

Principal

NYC Dept of Education

VOICEOVER

Principal

Ray Meyer Fitness & Recreation

MODELING

Like a LAMB to the SLAUGHTER

Independent

EDUCATION and TRAINING

B.F.A. Acting

DePaul University

Recognized Actor/Combatant, 2007-2011

SAFD

Theatrical Firearms Safety Course

SAFD

Winter Wonderland Workshop 2008

SAFD

Certified Personal Trainer

ACSM, NSCA

CPR Certified

American Heart Association

Shakespeare and First Folio Script Analysis

Various

Ongoing Education

Shakespeare Forum

Weapon Proficiencies: Advanced Unarmed (Examiner's Award for Excellence); Intermediate Knife, Broadsword, Quartestaff, Right- and Left-Handed Rapier & Dagger; Beginner Right- and Left-Handed Smallsword and Single Sword; beginner bullwhip; Intermediate Firearms

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'10"

Weight: 200 lbs

Commedia dell'Arte, Mask, Mime, Stage Make-up, Dialects / Accents, Basic Gymnastics, Circus Arts, Fitness, Nutrition, Fight Choreography, Stunt Work, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Combat - Stage, Martial Arts - Jiu-Jitsu, Martial Arts - Jujutsu, Rollerblading, Weight Lifting, Wrestling, Chef, Dance Ballroom, Dance Swing, Dance Tango, Firearms, Guitar Bass, Improvisation, Mime, Stunts, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, Australian Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, East Indian Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Irish Accent, Italian Accent, Puerto Rican Accent, Russian Accent, Scottish Accent, Spanish Accent