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Jim Kropa jim @ kropa.net 319-270-5297 Voice: Baritone Height: 6' 2"; Weight: 180 Hair: Brown; Eyes: Blue

Regional, Touring, and Community Theatre Roles

THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA	T. Lawrence Shannon	Classics at Brucemore http://www.brucemore.org/
MACBETH	Macbeth
THE GRAPES OF WRATH	Tom Joad
THE FANTASTICKS	El Gallo
THE TEMPEST	Caliban
ROMEO AND JULIET	Mercutio
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING	Borachio
ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh	Haemon
THE PILLOWMAN	Katurian	Urban Theater Project of Iowa http://www.urbantheaterproject.org/
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY	Steve Heidebrecht
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	Howard Wagner	Riverside Theatre http://www.riversidetheatre.org/
APARTMENT 3A	Elliot Brown
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST	Jack	St. Croix Festival Theatre http://www.festivaltheatre.org/
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM	Puck, Philostrate, Starveling
THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT	Rutkowski, Gus
MACBETH	Macduff	American Shakespeare Center http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/
LOVE'S LABORS LOST	Dumaine
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR	Master Page
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR	Dr. Cardin	Theatre Cedar Rapids http://www.theatrecr.org/
ENCHANTED APRIL	Anthony Wilding
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW	Eddie, Dr. Scott
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS	Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. et al.
CABARET	Ernst Ludwig
LAURA	Shelby Carpenter
HONK!	the cat
rEvolutioN 1963-1973	company
INSPECTING CAROL	Larry
THE COMPLEAT WRKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (ABRIDGED)	company
FRANKENSTEIN	Victor Frankenstein
DRACULA	Dr. John Seward
MOON OVER BUFFALO	Howard	Old Creamery Theatre Company http://www.oldcreamery.com/
DOUBLE TROUBLESHOOTERS	co-writer & company
IOWA TALESPINNERS	company

Education and Training

B.A. English, Grinnell College, 1995.

National Theatre Institute, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Waterford CT.

Acting & Voice: Richard Digby Day, Dilys Hamlett, Gillian Lane-Plescia
Movement: Isabelle Anderson, Jaclynn Villamil, Janis Pforsich, David Chandler

Special Skills

Dialects, juggling and fire eating, horseback riding, skating, speaking Spanish, playing tuba & euphonium.