Thomas Derrah

Yevgeny Sergeyevich Dorn in The Seagull. One hundred and thirteen productions with the American Repertory Theater, including Nicolae Ceausescu in The Communist Dracula Pageant, When It's Hot It's Cole, title role in Julius Caesar, Melchiore in Cardenio, Jim Cunningham in Donnie Darko, A Marvelous Party!, Mr. Snowerberry, Mr. Grimwig, and Mr. Fang in Oliver Twist, various in The Onion Cellar, Trivelin in Island of Slaves, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, Chebutykin in Three Sisters, Zuniga in Carmen, Chief Cashier, Pollunder, Robinson in Amerika, Barry in Olly's Prison, Juno in Dido, Queen of Carthage, Razor/Colonel Bully in The Provok'd Wife, Chorus Leader/Priest in Oedipus, Stanley in The Birthday Party, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Son in Snow in June, Ulysses in Highway Ulysses, Ivan Petrovich in Uncle Vanya, Old Man in Lysistrata, Marquis de Sade in Marat/Sade, Iago in Othello, the title role of Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas, the title role in Richard II, the Chaplain in Mother Courage, the Sentry in Antigone, Autolycus in The Winter's Tale, Hal in Loot, Constance Garnett in The Idiots Karamazov, Giovanni in We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, Charlie Chaplin in Charlie in the House of Rue, Teddy Hodel in Valparaiso, Launcelot/Duke of Venice in The Merchant of Venice, Paul Brennan in The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Dr. Diaforos, Dr. Purgon, and M. Purgonin in The Imaginary Invalid, the title role of Shlemiel the First (on tour at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco), and the title role in Woyzeck. Other roles have included King Deramo in The King Stag, Tommy in Six Characters in Search of an Author, Marcus Dowling in The Naked Eye, Henry James in Alice in Bed, Captain Trash/General Lasky in Ubu Rock, Orgon in Tartuffe, Trinculo in The Tempest, Fluellen in Henry V, Orestes in The Oresteia, Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters, and Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. In addition he has toured with the A.R.T. company across the U.S., with residencies in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as well as throughout Europe, Canada, Israel, and Japan. Broadway: Jackie: An American Life (twenty-three roles). Off-Broadway: Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas (Johan), Big Time (Ted). Tours with the company across the U.S., with residencies in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and throughout Europe, Canada, Israel, Taiwan, Japan, and Moscow. Other: I Am My Own Wife (Boston Theatre Works), Approaching Moomtaj (New Repertory Theatre); Twelfth Night and The Tempest (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); London's Battersea Arts Center; five productions at Houston's Alley Theatre, including Our Town (Dr. Gibbs, directed by José Quintero); and many theaters throughout the U.S. Awards: 1994 Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence, 2000 IRNE Award for Best Actor, 1997 Los Angeles DramaLogue Award (for title role of Shlemiel the First). Television: Julie Taymor's film Fool's Fire (PBS American Playhouse), Unsolved Mysteries, Del and Alex (Alex, A&E Network). Film: Mystic River (directed by Clint Eastwood). He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, an acting instructor at the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, Harvard Extension School, and Harvard Summer School, and directs the A.R.T.'s annual production of The Island of Anyplace for children.