KENT BURNHAM

AEA/SAG/AFTRA
Height: 510
Weight: 160 lbs.
Hair/Eyes: Brown

kentburnham4@gmail.com

646-460-3666

DIRECTING:
Wittenberg
Southwest Shakespeare Company, AZ 2016
Romeo and Juliet
Southwest Shakespeare Company, AZ 2015 (Tour)
Man of La Mancha(assistant director)Chandler-Gilbert Community College, AZ 2015
Doubt: A Parable
Mesa Encore Theatre; Mesa, AZ 2015 (Best Play Nom)
The Tempest
Chandler-Gilbert Community College, AZ 2015
Arsenic and Old Lace
Hale Theatre; Gilbert, AZ 2014
Bohemian Valentine
Planet Connections Festival; NYC 2013 (Best Director)
Better Than Gosling
Primary Stages Developmental Wing; NYC 2013
Black Tie (assistant director)
Adirondack Theatre Festival; NY 2012
Running (assistant director)
Chester Theatre Company; MA 2012
Bohemian Valentine
Boomerang Theatre Company; NYC 2012 (staged reading)
Pinocchio
Penobscot Theatre Summer Academy; Maine 2009
Romeo and Juliet
The Shakespeare Theatre Summer Academy; DC 2005
DIRECTING FOR CHANDLER PREPARATORY ACADEMY, CHANDLER, AZ
Arsenic and Old Lace
Twelve Angry Jurors
Our Town
Harvey
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Loves Labours Lost
Merry Wives of Windsor
Antigone
Oedipus
Hecuba
A Flea In Her Ear
Once In A Lifetime
Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
Beaux Stratagem
Idiots Delight
Taming of the Shrew
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Directing Workshop for Theatre Educators; Juilliard, NYC
Directors Lab North (Lincoln Center, NYC); Toronto
Directing Workshop with Josh Hecht at Primary Stages, NYC

REPRESENTATIVE ROLES: (theatre)

The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay
True West
Lee
Dusk Rings a Bell
Ray
Pure Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
Wittenberg
Martin Luther
Orphans
Treat
Awake and Sing
Moe Axelrod
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sherriff Tate
Almost Maine
Various roles
Of Mice and Men
George
Night of the Iguana
Shannon
The Crucible
Hale
Women Beware Women Duke
Loves Labours Lost
Costard
A Christmas Carol
Solicitor, u/s Cratchit
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch
Spinning Into Butter
Ross
All My Sons
George
Picnic
Alan
Romeo and Juliet
Sampson, u/s Paris
Two Gentleman of Verona u/s Speed-Ensemble
Othello
u/s Cassio-Ensemble
Cannery Row
Doc Ricketts
East of Eden
Adam Trask
Terra Nova
Evans
Hamlet
Guildenstern
The Foreigner
Ellard
The Tempest
Ferdinand
The Tempest
Sebastian

Mesa Encore Theatre, AZ

Class 6 Theatre
Shaker Bridge Theatre, NH
Capital Rep. Theatre, NY
The Chester Theatre, MA
Seacoast Rep. Theatre, NH
Oldcastle Theatre, VT
Capital Rep. Theatre, NY
The Depot Theatre, NY
Arvada Center, CO
Penobscot Theatre, ME
Capital Rep. Theatre, NY
The Shakespeare Theatre /ACA
The Shakespeare Theatre /ACA
Fords Theatre, DC
Penobscot Theatre, ME
Penobscot Theatre, ME
Oldcastle Theatre, VT
Oldcastle Theatre, VT
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The Western Stage, CA
The Western Stage, CA
The Denver Civic
The Denver Civic
Sierra Repertory, CA
Sierra Repertory, CA
A Noise Within, Los Angeles

Brian Foley
Eric Shoen
Bill Coons
Maggie Mancinelli
Byam Stevens
Chase Bailey
Eric Peterson
Maggie Mancinelli
Chris Clavelli
Terry Dodd
Scott Levy
Maggie Mancinelli
Paul Mullins
Chris Grabowski
Matt August
Scott Levy
Nathan Halvorson
Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson
Henry Woronicz
Eleanor Holdridge
Bruce Sevy
Rick Kuhlman
Tom Humphrey
Terry Dodd
Gary Logan
Frank Latson
Denis Jones
Geoff Elliot

FILM/TV:
Law and Order: SVU
As The World Turns
One Life To Live
All My Children
General Hospital
Melrose Place
Long Lost Love
Discord
Smoke and Mirrors

TRAINING:

Co-Star
Recurring Under 5 (12x)
Recurring Under 5 (11x)
Under 5 (2x)
Under 5
Co-Star
Lead
Supporting
Supporting Lead

NBC Television
CBS Television
ABC Television
ABC Television
ABC Television
FOX Television
Long Love Films
Trinity Films
Harvest Moon Prods.

M.F.A. The Shakespeare Theatres Academy for Classical Acting

Acting: Michael Kahn, Ed Gero, Catherine Weidner, Floyd King, Ray Chambers
Voice/Speech: Ellen OBrien, Judith McSpadden, Sharon Freed, Gary Logan
Movement:
Roberta Stiehm
Clown: Chris Bayes
Mask: Isabelle Anderson, Dodi DiSanto (neutral, character, commedia)
Combat: Brad Waller- SAFD Certified- (Rapier, Dagger, Broadsword, Quarterstaff, Hand to Hand)
B.A. Theatre, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Shakespeare and Company Weekend Intensive
The Denver Center- Summer Intensive
HB Studios- Scene Study (Austin Pendleton)

SPECIAL SKILLS:
Excellent Maine and Boston accents. Stage combat certified. Ice Hockey, excellent ice skater, very good golfer,
tennis, running (marathons), hiking, bowling. Drivers license, great with children and animals. Talking act as my
dog Annicka.