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Jeffrey Carlson
Bachelor of Arts, 1997

Jeffrey Carlson appeared in ABC’s All My Children as the fictional rock star, Zarf. Jeffrey played Prince Hal in Chicago Shakespeare’s production of Henry IV, pts. 1 and 2 by William Shakespeare, directed by Barbara Gaines. This production then transferred to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K. as part of their Complete Works season. Broadway credits include: Marilyn (Drama Desk Nomination) in the Rosie O’Donnell-produced musical Taboo, music and lyrics by Boy George, book by Charles Busch; Valere in Tartuffe by Moliere, directed by Joe Dowling (Roundabout Theatre Company); Billy in Edward Albee’s The Goat or Who is Sylvia? directed by David Esbjornson. Pre-Broadway credits include: James Keller in The Miracle Worker by William Gibson (with Hilary Swank). Off Broadway credits include: Steindorff in Bach at Leipzig by Itamar Moses, Pam MacKinnon (New York Theatre Workshop); Chris Ferrando in Manuscript by Paul Grellong, directed by Bob Balaban (Daryl Roth Theatre); Gash in Last Easter by Bryon y Lavery, directed by Doug Hughes (Manhattan Class Company); Gil/Jody in Thief River by Lee Blessing, directed by Mark Lamos (Signature Theatre Company). Regional credits include: Lorenzo di Medici in Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset, translated and adapted by John Strand, directed by Michael Kahn (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C.); Marchbanks in Candida by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Lisa Peterson, and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by Emily Mann (both productions at The McCarter Theatre); and work with the Cape Cod Theatre Project and the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference. Film credits include: The Killing Floor, Hitch, Backseat, and Nowhere To Go But Up. Television credits include: Law & Order: SVU, Plainsong (CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame), and featured in the PBS American Masters documentary on The Juilliard School. He was a 2001 graduate of the Juilliard School in addition to his work at UCD, and was a 2000 member of the Guthrie Experience at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also the recipient of the 2004 Marian Seldes-Garcon Kanin Fellowship. In the summer of 2007, Jeffrey played the title role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet directed by Michael Kahn at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C.

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