Joel Liestman
Last updated
May 18, 2020Joel’s current news
Soon to be seen in the Guthrie Theater's production of Cyrano. Go to www.joelliestman.com for more details.
Biography
Joel Liestman has been called "one of the Twin Cities most talented singer/actors" and "consistently excellent." His 20+ year career has taken him all over the United States and Japan.
He has performed with the Guthrie Theater in West Side Story, A Christmas Carol, The Music Man, South Pacific, A View from the Bridge, the World premiere of The Master Butcher Singing Club, My Fair Lady, and understudied 1776, King Lear and Sunday in the Park with George. Most recently he was seen in Prime Productions’ Two Degrees in the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio. With Nautilus Music-Theater, he was lauded for the one-man musical The View from Here, as well as Joan of Arc, Carousel, The Apple Tree, Man of La Mancha, the Ivey Award-winning I am Anne Frank, and in dozens of ROUGH CUTS programs. He's appeared at the Ordway Center in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor, Cinderella, The Rocky Horror Show, The Sound of Music, and seven installments of the very popular Broadway Songbook series. Other Twin Cities credits include This Side of Paradise (History Theatre), My Antonia (Illusion Theater), Mr. McGee & the Biting Flea (Children’s Theatre), King of Hearts (Theater Latté Da), Skiing on Broken Glass (Still Standing Prod./MN Fringe), Gangster No. 1 and The Grand National (The E.S.C.), and A Servants’ Christmas (History Theatre). His film credits include “How to Live Better” (ETS Productions), “Look Busy” (Greedy Falcon Films), and “Still Life” (Red Ant Productions). On TV, he has appeared on Comedy Central’s “Trigger Happy TV” and “Upright Citizens Brigade” and in numerous commercials.
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Résumé
INTERNATIONAL TOUR:
Joseph…Technicolor Dreamcoat Reuben Thirty Saints Prod./Broadway Asia / James Rocco
SELECTED TWIN CITIES:
Two Degrees Jeffrey Phelps/Eric Wilson/Malik Peterson Prime Productions / Shelli Place
West Side Story Glad Hand (u/s Schrank, Krupke) Guthrie Theater / Joe Haj
Sunday in the Park with George u/s Jules, Boatman, Mr. Guthrie Theater / Joe Haj
King Lear u/s Albany, Burgundy, First Servant Guthrie Theater / Joe Haj
South Pacific Lt. Buzz Adams (u/s Cpt Brackett, Cmd Harbison) Guthrie Theater / Joe Haj
A Christmas Carol
(5 productions) Ghost of Christmas Present/Mr. Bear/Sykes/Bumble Guthrie Theater / Joe Chvala & Lauren Keating
To Kill a Mockingbird Third Man (u/s Heck Tate) Guthrie Theater / John Miller-Stephany
The Music Man Oliver Hix (u/s Marcellus) Guthrie Theater / John Miller-Stephany
My Fair Lady Cockney/Loverly Quartet/Footman Guthrie Theater / Joe Dowling
Tales Along the Minnesota Trail
(2 productions) Various History Theatre / Rick Shiomi & Anya Kremenetsky
The Broadway Songbook of George Gershwin Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
The Broadway Songbook of the 1950s Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
The View from Here The Novelist Nautilus Music-Theater / Ben Krywosz
This Side of Paradise Morley Callaghan HistoryTheatre / Ron Peluso
The Broadway Songbook: Stephen Sondheim Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
The Broadway Songbook: Rodgers, Hammerstein, & Hart Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
I am Anne Frank* Peter Van Pels Nautilus Music-Theater / Ben Krywosz
The Broadway Songbook: Johnny Mercer Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
My Antonia Jim Burden Illusion Theater / Michael Robins
The Broadway Songbook: Contemporary Broadway Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
Joan of Arc Angel/Accuser Nautilus Music-Theater
Cinderella Ensemble (u/s King) Ordway Center / Nick DeGruccio
The Broadway Songbook: Irving Berlin Featured Singer Ordway Center / James Rocco
Joseph…Technicolor Dreamcoat Rueben Ordway Center / James Rocco
The Master Butchers Singing Club Ensemble (u/s Fidelis) Guthrie Theater / Francesca Zambello
Skiing on Broken Glass Mark Still Standing Prod, MN Fringe / Michelle O’Neill
Mr. McGee & the Biting Flea Man #1 (principal) Children’s Theatre Comp. / Peter Brosius
A View from the Bridge Immigration Officer #2 Guthrie Theater / Ethan McSweeny
The Apple Tree Adam Nautilus Music-Theater / Ben Krywosz
The Sound of Music Admiral Von Schreiber (u/s Capt. Von Trapp) Ordway Center / Wendy Knox
The Rocky Horror Show Eddie/Dr. Scott Ordway Center / James Rocco, Jayme McDaniel
1776 u/s Joseph Hewes, Col. McKean, Roger Sherman Guthrie Theater / John Miller-Stephany
Carousel Enoch Snow Nautilus Music-Theater / Ben Krywosz
Gangster No. 1 Bent Copper The E.S.C. / Bryan Bevell
Man of La Mancha Muleteer Nautilus Music-Theater / Ben Krywosz
King of Hearts Johnny Able Theater Latte Da / Peter Rothstein
A Servants’ Christmas: The Musical Mr. Warner History Theatre / Ron Peluso
OFF-BROADWAY:
The Great Debate Einstein, Nazi Lamb’s Theatre
Femme Fatale (workshop) Man Overture Theatre / Barry Harmon
SELECTED TV/FILM/RADIO:
Bobby’s Run Off Pastor Dan CutJaw Film Co / John J. Kaiser
Theater People Jake Metasynthesis Films / Matthew G. Anderson
Singing Telegram Man Dad Brandon Lohstreter
In an Instant: Trapped in Corn Jason Barrick ABC, Committee Films / Andy Awes
Powderkeg Live! Various Electric Arc Productions
How to Live Better Cop ETS Productions / Mark Ehling
Trigger Happy TV Giant Bunny Comedy Central Productions
Upright Citizens Brigade (TV) Subway Rider Comedy Central Productions
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