Joel Thingvall
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PARK SQUARE GENERALS 2019
Biography
A DRAMATIC HUMORIST
A CHARACTER - A FACE - A MOMENT
Actor 50s/60s
Currently working voice-overs, industrial, short films, on-camera, and commercial and television projects, as well as the occasional stage production
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Résumé
PEFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Merlin Magic Shows Burger King Corporation
Saturday Science Clubhouse Iggy the Iguana Science Museum of Minnesota
Storytalers Minneapolis Public Schools/Parks
GorillaGrams Eastern Onion
Duck Soup Players Playwright, Performer, Manager Marine-on-St.Croix
Reader’s Theater St. Cloud School System
The Sad Clown Street Mime in Parks
Drinking Game Minnesota Various Readings, Bryant Lake Bowl
MINNESOTA FRINGE
Miss Longview Texas Drag Pageant (2014) Dinky - Dir. Mark Hooker Brazen Theatre
Stuck in an Elevator with Patrick Stewart (2013) Dr. Who - Dir. Kevin Houle Writer: Brandon Taitt Theatre Cosmic
Kafkaesque: A Musical Metamorphosis (2012) The Father - Dir. Eli Coats Writer/Composer: Nathan Schilz Studio Alethea
Scenes on a Park Bench (2011) Jobless Man - Writer/Director Garrett Rademacher Mercury Ninety Productions
Nightmare Man (2011) Project Development - Dir. Paul von Stoetzel Writer/Composer Nathan Schilz Studio Alethea
DINNER THEATRE/SUMMER STOCK
Ole and Lena's Christmas (Ole) Funside Dinner Theatre Stillwater, Minnesota
The Fantasticks (Mortimer) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Broderick) A Flea In Her Ear (Camille) Teddy Bear Players Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Once Upon A Mattress (King Sextimus) A Funny Thing Happened On Way To Forum (Erronius) The Fantasticks (Mortimer) Carrousel Inn Dinner Theatre Columbus, Ohio
Arsenic and Old Lace (Rev. Harper) Odd Couple (Vinnie) Rainmaker (File) You Can't Take It With You (Ed) Theatre L'Homme Dieu Alexandria, Minnesota
Man of LaMancha (Paco) Thurber Carnival (Player) Roar of Greasepaint Smell of Crowd (Bully) Genesis Theatre Reading, Pennsylvania
OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE
Tartuffe (Tartuffe) Julius Caesar (Cinna) Volpone (Voltaire) Tempest (Gonzolo) Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew) Merry Wives of Windsor (Simple) Shakespeare and Company White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) Taming of the Shrew (Tranio) Twelfth Night (Fabian) Shakespeare in the Streets Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Philostrate) Upright Egg Theatre Company St. Paul, Minnesota
MINNESOTA THEATRE
Lillies of the Field (Orville Livingston) Shadowlands (Warnie Lewis) Mercy Unrelenting (Doctor/Father/Priest) Open Window Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ice Glen (Grayson) The Fantasticks (Bellomy) Genghis Kahn (Aide-de-Camp) Theatre in the Round Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fox on the Fairway (The Starter) Old Log Theatre Excelsior, Minnesota
As You Like It (William) You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Kirby) Little Moon of Alban (Father Curran) Pinocchio (The Sly Fox) Drunkard (Farmer Jones) Diary of Anne Frank (Mr. Frank) Dark of the Moon (John Witch Boy) Paint Your Wagon (Sam) Camelot (Merlin) Lakeshore Playhouse White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Othello (Clown) Fantasticks (Mortimer) Lamp At Midnight (Gepe) Theatre of Involvement Minneapolis, Minnesota
Promises Promises (Kirklebee) Beggar on Horseback (Homer Cady) Dark of the Moon (Preacher Haggler) Theatre 1900 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Searching for the Soul of Science (Will the Bartender) Brazen Theatre Mineapolis, Minnesota
Arsenic and Old Lace (1975) (Dead Body/Atmosphere) Guthrie Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota
FILMSCRIPTS STAGED READINGS
BILL COOPER PROJECTS: The Queen's Deception (2012) Selby - Al Easter writer ; Bill-Land (2011) General Waring/various- David Erickson writer; Devil's Gardener (2010) General Gaites - Chris Becke, writer
PLAY BY PLAY BOOKS READINGS: Food For Thought (2011) Directions - Rich Rubin, writer; Shelf Life (2011) Sal - Mic Weinblatt, writer; Eat the Rich (2011) Jamie - Luke Weber, writer; True Scent (2011) Butler - Greg Abbott, writer.
GONZO THEATRE STAGED READINGS The Most Incredible Thing: The Life of Hans Christian Andersen Laura C.J. Owen, writer (Old Hans Christian Anderson) Gonzo Group Theatre Saint Paul, Minnesota
OTHER THEATRE
The Prince and the Pauper (Miles Hendon) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (George) Blue Monster (Taer) Summer and Smoke (Archie Kramer) Personal Appearance (Broderick) Stanley (Mr. Laurel’s Shadow) A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit) The Miracle Worker (James) J.B. (Jonanthan) Dracula (Jonathan Harker) Oh Dad Poor Dad Mama’s Hung You In The Closet...Feeling So Sad (Bellboy)
EXPERIMENTAL/GROUP THEATRE
Group 239
Braille
We’re Only In It For The Money
Reflections
The Green Cuckatoo
An Enemy of the People
Everyman
The Lottery
The Great White Hope
Sweet Eros/Whiskey
Shakespeare Games
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota BES Degree - course concentration Theatre Arts and Journalism plus Graduate courses in Theatre Arts. Studied Speech/Communication at St. Cloud State University. Also, Religious Theatre at Viterbo College.
TRAINING
MASTER CLASSES in MASK: Carlo Mazzone-Clementi. PLAYWRITING: Charles Nolte. ACTING: Louis Dezseran, Warren Frost. MIME: Mamako, Tony Hodek, Ladislav Fialka, Samuel Avital, Reid Gilbert, Jacques LeCoq. DANCE: Robert Moulton, Loyce Houlton, Charles Weidman, William Burdick. ON-CAMERA AUDITION TECHNIQUES: Bill Cooper. MEISNER/LEWIS ACTING WORKSHOP: Sandra K. Horner. VOICE: Beth Chaplin. THEATRE MENTOR: Dr. Louis H. Campbell. Extensive experience in theatrical and film criticism. Opinion writer for major metro dailies. Accomplished editor. Extensive background in Theatre Business Management and Entertainment Public Relations and Promotion. AWARDS: Member of Playwrights Lab. Playwriting grants from Jerome Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, two Minnesota State Arts Board grants, Dayton-Hudson Production Grant, winner of Jacksonville University One-Act Playwriting Competition.
