Richard Sewell

Male

Portland, ME

United States

Profile Information:

Member's contact info (email and phone or agent):

rcsewell@colby.edu
207-613-9468

Member's age range:

66-70, 71-75, 76-80

Member's Affiliations:

Non Union

Portray-able or Actual Biological Look:

Caucasian / White

Member's PHYSICAL TRAITS (use format on the "Before Applying" page)

Ethnicity: New England Irish
Height: 5-9
Weight: 185
Eyes: Blue Hair: Grey
Suit: 44
Shoe: 10.5

Skills: Prop design and construction, set design, mask maker; artist; intermediate (US Army) Russian speaker; gardener, veteran.

Portrayable & believable accents or dialects (e.g. Southern, Chinese, Spanish, German, Boston, etc.):

Russian(intermediate fluency), German

Member's Performance Skills:

Card Playing - Hearts, Card Playing - Rummy, Swimming - general ability

Recent noteworthy acting experience (use the format on the Before Applying page):

FILM:
Island Zero,Alvis (Principal),Donkey Universe, Josh Gerritsen
Justice is Mind, Joseph (Lead), Affidavit Productions/Mark Lund
Respiration, Old Man (Principal), Monkey Shed Pictures/James Zibailo
Anniversary, Old Man (Principal), Gum Spirits/Carl Lakari
Pine, Maine storekeeper (Featured), Georgetown Pictures/Emily Deering
The Eighteenth Hour, Oswald Simm (Lead), Catharsis Productions, Damien Veilleux, dir.
For Lucy, Grandfather(Principal), Colby Prod/Milton Guillen
The Sense of the Scene, theater director, MPBN/ Maine Humanities Council
READ!, Shakespeare, MPBN/ Maine Humanities Council

TV:
ID Discovery:Unraveled, Bob Strout (Principal), Ted Poole, dir., NBC Peacock Productions

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL:
CU Promise, Driver Ed Teacher (Principal), Current Action/Liz Ferguson
Maine Health Access Foundation, Client (Principal), CD2 Prod/Aaron Duffey
So. Maine Health Center, Patient (Principal), Catama Pictures/Carlos Cuellar
Oxford Casino, Guest (Featured), CBC Advertising

STAGE:
Metamorphosis, Selenus & Philemon, guest artist: Colby College, L. Conner, dir.
He Who Gets Slapped, Baron Auguste, guest artist: Colby College, K. Syssoyeva, dir.
Life Is A Dream, Old King, guest artist: Colby College, Mary Shaw, dir.
I Take Your Hand in Mine, Anton Chekhov, Maine Hum. Council, K. Gordon, dir.
Death of a Salesman, Ben, ACAT Theater, Howard Koonce, dir.
Other select roles:
Lear, King Lear, The Theater at Monmouth, Ted Davis, dir.
The Tempest, Prospero, The Theater at Monmouth, K. Gordon, dir.
She Stoops to Conquer, Old Marlowe, The Theater at Monmouth, J. Kissel, dir.
The Masterbuilder, Halvard Solness, The Theater at Monmouth, Ted Davis, dir.

Other non-acting related work, hobbies or charities (not skills) in which this actor is involved (1 or 2 word descriptions):

Co-Founder/ Artistic Director, The Theater At Monmouth, Me, 1970-1995
Season selection, direction, casting, crew hires for AEA SPT

Emeritus Professor of Theater, Colby College, Waterville, ME, 1974-2003
Taught, acting, directing, playwrighting; directed 2-3 productions/year

* Director, for over 40 years
Community theater productions from G&S to modern political dramas

* Playwright
Productions in NYC, LA, Las Vegas.

VOICE ARTISTS ONLY [you must have a professional demo to upload]: illustrative 1-word descriptions for this actor's voice (e.g. conversational, announcer, warm, etc.):

Native Maine accent, English accents, announcer. Baritone.
Russian accent and conversation.

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