Casey E Lewis
Last updated
January 11, 2019
Casey’s current news
Soon to be shooting a supporting role on the Twin Cities produced indie feature Sold Out.
In the Spring will be understudying a few roles in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Guthrie Theater.
Biography
Casey relocated to the Twin Cities from Los Angeles, where he lived for fifteen years. During that time he worked on USA Network's Colony, Showtime's Masters of Sex, Transparent on Amazon and YouTube Red's Do You Want To See A Dead Body?, as well as multiple independent short films and features. There he also collaborated on stage with Chrysalis Stage, Knightsbridge Theatre, Zoo District and Celtic Arts Center Theater. In addition to voicing characters in video games and spots for Gradifi, The Digital Entertainment Group, Red Bull and Colonial Williamsburg, Casey has appeared on camera in commercials for Nissan, Chevrolet and Best Buy. Prior to his time in Southern California, Casey lived in Minneapolis, where he worked with such companies as the Guthrie Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Frank Theatre and Park Square Theatre. Regionally he has worked with Door Shakespeare in Door County, Wisconsin; Cold Comfort productions in Castine, Maine; Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park; and Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. Favorite roles include Morell in Candida, Septimus in Arcadia, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Casey received his BFA in Theatre/Acting from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, and his MFA in Acting from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Casey studied with Michael Bofshever at his studio doing scene and exercise work, with Robert D'Avanzo for on-camera auditioning, and improvisation at the Groundlings School. He trained in commercial VO with Huck Liggett at The Voicecaster and Marc Cashman, as well as animation with Cynthia Songé, and promo VO with Gene Cordes.
Casey is also the owner of SRVCSrendered, which specializes in actor promotion and performance support, helping actors achieve their career goals with strategic, high-quality business solutions. Services include Audition Recording, Website Design, Postcard and Business Card Design, and Coaching and Consulting, with the aim of helping clients perform better in their art and their business.
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Résumé
Theatre (partial list)
The Miracle Worker Captain Keller Yellow Tree Theatre
Candida Rev James Morrell Chrysalis Stage
Twelfth Night Malvolio Knightsbridge Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew Tranio Zoo District
Bedtime Story Mulligan Celtic Arts Center Theater
Ah, Wilderness! (tour) Bartender Guthrie Theater
Twelfth Night Sebastian Door Shakespeare
The Threepenny Opera Filch Frank Theatre
Cyrano de Valvert & Ensemble Theatre de la Jeune Lune
The Lady From The Sea Arnholm 15 Head - a theatre lab
Leaves Patrick Cheap Theatre
O Pioneers! Emil Great American History Theatre
Arcadia Septimus Park Square Theatre
Measure for Measure Angelo Cold Comfort Productions
Crimes of the Heart Doc Cold Comfort Productions
Measure for Measure Provost Frank Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Cold Comfort Productions
Talking Heads Graham Cold Comfort Productions
Television
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? Co-star Abominable Pictures/Alex Fernie dir
Colony Co-star Legendary-USA/Peter Leto dir
Transparent Co-star Amazon/Andrea Arnold dir
Masters of Sex Co-star Showtime/Jeremy Webb dir
Film
Christmas Break-In Supporting Michael Kampa dir
Princess of the Row Supporting Max Carlson dir
Plastic Beach Lead Dan Shulman-Means dir
Writing the Wave Supporting Kevin Lawrence King dir
Masquerade Lead Mikayla Wiseman dir
Tolkien’s Road Lead Nye Green dir
Acknowledge Lead Patrick McCormick dir
A Fistful of Lira Lead Rachel Weeda dir
Friendly Advice Lead Tyler Goeckner-Zoeller dir
Roner Lead Sam Karp dir
Training
The Groundlings School – Basic, Intermediate
Michael Bofshever Studio – scene study, exercise work
M.F.A. Professional Actor Training Program, Louisiana State University
B.F.A. Pre-professional – Acting, Southwest Texas State University
Acting – Kenneth Washington (Guthrie Theater), John Dennis, Barry Kyle (Shakespeare)
Voice – Mira Kehoe (Guthrie Theater), Joe Gilday (Linklater)
Movement – Marcela Lorca (Guthrie Theater), Annmarie Davis (Alexander, Feldenkrais)
Stage Violence (hand to hand, stage rapier) – Kevin Colman of Shakespeare & Co.
Commedia dell’ Arte workshop with Jon Kellam of Zoo District and The Actors’ Gang
Character Development – Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Dominique Serrand & Vincent Gracieux
Special Skills
Basic handgun training, Stage rapier, Dialects (Standard British, Cockney, French, German, Irish),
Two step, Waltz, Horseback riding (Western), Bongos, Bullwhip, Bocce, Computer Skills, Digital photography/imager
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