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Jim Coates, PhD
Acting Resume
FILM, TV, VIDEO
Byline | Louis Ferrari (starring) | "B" Movies Productions |
Candidate Kid | Police Chief Whittman | Incline Productions |
Gunfighter | Nathaniel Case (featured) | Lindsay Shonteff Productions |
"Volatile" | Al Brown (starring) | Illinois Film Festival (Award winner) |
Sunstroke (w/ Jane Seymour) | Bar Party Animal | HBO Cable (dir., James Keach) |
Awakening Lands (Hal Holbrook) | Pioneer, Stand-in | Burbank Studios (dir., Boris Sagal) |
Virtual Justice (video) | Parent & V.O. (featured) | ASU Inst. for Arts (dir., Muriel Magenta) |
Job Training Series (video) | Interviewer (8 variations) | U. of Minn. (Indust. Psych. Dept.) |
"The Roofer Program" (video) | Spokesperson | US Army CERL |
THEATRE (Additional roles available upon request)
Murder at Rutherford House | Wendle Weedle (lead; 600+ perfs) | Scene-of-the-Crime Prods. |
Murder at Greystone Manor | Harold Joy (major: 400+ perfs) | Scene-of-the-Crime Prods. |
Murder and the Family Jewels | Butler A. Butler (lead) | Hueydot Productions |
Below the Belt (Dresser) | Dobbitt (major) | Actors Theatre of Phoenix |
Closet Madness (Shisgal) | Billy Wesker (major) | Actors Theatre of Phoenix |
Waiting for Godot (Beckett) | Lucky (major) | Station Theatre |
Candida (Shaw) | Marchbanks (major) | Illinois Summer Rep. Co. |
The Country Wife (Wycherley) | Pinchwife (lead) | Krannert Center for Perf. Arts |
Faust, Part I (Goethe) | Faust (u/s to Edw. Atienza) | Krannert Center for Perf. Arts |
South Pacific (Rogers/Hammerstein) | Capt. Brackett (major) | Sunshine Playhouse |
Richard III (Shakespeare) | Richmond (major) | Miller Theatre |
You Know I Can't Hear You ... | Jack & other roles (lead) | Theatre-on-the-Ridge |
TRAININGACTING:
Commercial Acting Classes with Elayne Stein
Improvisation Classes with Louis Anthony Russo (dec.)
Guerilla Auditioning Workshop (16 hours) with Donna Ekholdt & Mark Sikes
Intensive Auditioning Workshop (16 hours) with Perry Bullington
THEATRE: Ph.D. ('84) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Barnard Hewitt (dec.)
TEACHING: Theatre Educator (since 1969) and Director (75 theatre productions)
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE: AmSAT-certified teacher ('88) with Joan & Alex Murray
DANCE: Patricia Hruby, Suzanne Oliver, One Plus One . . ., Aurora Villacorte.
SPECIAL SKILLS & INTERESTS:
Dialects and Voices (Most U.S. regional patterns, plus Cockney, High British, Irish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Caribbean, character voices, emotions, ages, health, animal noises),
Dance (Modern, Contact Improvisation, Social, and Ballroom), Teaching the Alexander Technique, Roller Skating (Street and Rink), Juggling, Public Speaking, Softball, the Internet, and, of course, Hambone!