OLIVER CONANT - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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New York Stage (Selected)

The Unhappy

The Butcher

Medicine Show Theatre

Abu Casem's Slippers

Merchant Ahmed, Cadi, Ali

Gene Frankel Theatre

Dress of Fire

Hittite King

Abingdon

The Mummers Play

Mummer, Mercenary, Dragon

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble

Ubu in Chains

Pere Ubu

Medicine Show

Human Wishes

Levett

Medicine Show

Rhinoceros

Jean

Inwood Shakespeare Festival

The Tempest

Stephano

Inwood Shakespeare Festival

Tom Thumb the Great

King Arthur

Medicine Show

Measure for Measure

Provost

Frog & Peach

The Three Sisters

Feodor Illitch Kulygin

Modern Theater Project

Living with History

Arthur Koestler et al

Medicine Show

Dodsworth

Tubby Pierson, A.B. Hurd et al

Metropolitan Playhouse

Hamlet

Polonius, Grave Digger

Gallery Players

Danton's Death

Simon

ManyTracks 45th St Theater

W;t

Dr. Kelekian, Mr. Bearing

Nicu's Spoon Theater

Richard III

Lord Hastings

Frog & Peach

Hiding Behind Comets

Cole

Nicu's Spoon

Elizabeth Rex (Off-Off & Off-Broadway)

Luddy Beddoes

Nicu's Spoon, Center Stage

Much Ado About Nothing

Antonio

Hudson Warehouse

Romeo and Juliet

Capulet

Queens Shakespeare

Oleanna

John

Riverhead Incubator

Endgame

Hamm

Theater Ensemble

Finishing Touches (Broadway)

Kevin

Plymouth Theatre

Film/Student Film

It's a Man's World

Andrew

Dir. Ellie Ausefesser

Thumb's Up

Homeless Bob

Dir. Jeremy Joffee

Chef's Special

Dr. Strombolo

Dir. Eno Friedman (NYU)

The Debut

Lucius Biedemeyer

Dir. Tiana Matthews (Columbia)

The Answer

Vagrant

Dir. Frank Blake

Blacktruffle

Mr Beaver

Dir. Katelyn Howes (NYU)

The Doctor

Lead

Dir. Gregory Pellerito

Class of '44

Benjie

Dir. Paul Bogart

Summer of '42

Benjie

Dir. Robert Mulligan

Commercials/Television

Sam Adams

Colonial Brewmaster

Dir. Sean Cunningham

Sovereign Credit Card

Santa Claus

Dir. Sean Cunningham

Tribute to Helen Hayes

Young Suitor

PBS WNET

Education

BA, Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY

1978

MA, English Literature, Columbia University

New York, NY

1983

Training

Rapier, Dagger, Quarterstaff

Michael Haggins

Hudson Shakespeare

Shaking up Shakespeare

Pia Furtado, RSC

The Internationalists

Shakespeare Monologue Workshop

Joanne Zipay

Judith Shakespeare

Basic Stage Combat

John Ficarra, Galway McCullough

Combat Inc.

Verse Speaking Workshop

John Barton

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Oliver Conant is terrific as Pere Ubu. He gives us a model of delicious comic acting. He never flags, constantly churning out the energy the role demands… He’s tremendously goofy. --Steve Capra, New York Critic, June 2015

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 170 lbs

Director/dramaturg, Drive manual, standard, Own Vehicle, Proficient in French, Published writer, US Passport, Combat - Stage, Fencing, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - freestyle, Vocal Range: Bari-Tenor, Vocal Range: Tenor, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Italian Accent, Russian Accent