FRED WOLINSKY - Acting Resume
AEA, SAG-AFTRA
AEA, SAG-AFTRA
Height: 5’8” Weight: 140 lbs
Hair: dark brown Eyes: hazel
REPRESENTATIVE ROLES:
Alan Turing BREAKING THE CODE (“Best Actor in the Hudson Valley” by Times Herald Record)
Dr. Frederick Treves THE ELEPHANT MAN
Hersch MASQUERADE by Brian Petti (world premiere)
Mike A CHORUS LINE
Sgt. Trotter THE MOUSETRAP
John OLEANNA
Franz Neimitz BEETHOVEN/KARL (Playwrights Horizons, NYC)
Pancakes THE WAR PARTY by Leslie Lee (New Dramatists, NYC)
various roles SHAKESPEARE IS ALIVE... (National Theatre Company—AEA tour)
various roles CHARLIE & COMPANY (National Theatre Company—AEA tour)
James Wilson 1776 (Cortland Rep. Theatre)
Schroeder YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Gateway Playhouse)
Caesar Rodney 1776 (Gateway Playhouse)
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
SPECIAL SKILLS:
EDUCATION:
Hair: dark brown Eyes: hazel
REPRESENTATIVE ROLES:
Alan Turing BREAKING THE CODE (“Best Actor in the Hudson Valley” by Times Herald Record)
Dr. Frederick Treves THE ELEPHANT MAN
Hersch MASQUERADE by Brian Petti (world premiere)
Mike A CHORUS LINE
Sgt. Trotter THE MOUSETRAP
John OLEANNA
Franz Neimitz BEETHOVEN/KARL (Playwrights Horizons, NYC)
Pancakes THE WAR PARTY by Leslie Lee (New Dramatists, NYC)
various roles SHAKESPEARE IS ALIVE... (National Theatre Company—AEA tour)
various roles CHARLIE & COMPANY (National Theatre Company—AEA tour)
James Wilson 1776 (Cortland Rep. Theatre)
Schroeder YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Gateway Playhouse)
Caesar Rodney 1776 (Gateway Playhouse)
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
- Audiobook narrator and producer, with books available through Audible.com
- Director and choreographer (separate resume available upon request)
- Professional puppeteer, ventriloquist and magician
- Actor and puppeteer in TV commercials and industrial videos for Burger King, GTE Telephone, NY Telephone, Burlington Industries, and J.C. Penney’s
- 1984-2009 – Founder, Executive Director and Artistic Director of Encore Performing Arts, Inc., a non-profit agency which develops, promotes, and books professional touring shows for children and family audiences in all fields, with productions touring to Candlewood Playhouse, Westbury Music Fair, Emelin Theatre, Shea Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and many, many other venues
- 1979-88 – Founder, Producer, and Artistic Director of Pegasus Productions, producing national touring shows with life-sized puppets and live actors
SPECIAL SKILLS:
- Character voices of all kinds and genders
- Dialects: Southern, New York, Long Island, New England, Appalachian, British, Irish, Cockney, Indian, Scottish, French, Spanish, German, Eastern European, Jewish, speech impediments, and can easily pick up other accents
- Dance and mime training
- Professional magician, ventriloquist, and puppeteer
- Professional, Nationally Certified Sign Language Interpreter
EDUCATION:
- B.A., Theatre Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.
- Attended National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, CT.
- Private dance, voice, acting, and mime classes in NYC.