Luke Chapman

actor | singer | dancer

  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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  • Rent

  • Rent

  • Rent

  • Crazy For You

  • Funny Girl

  • Funny Girl

  • Into the Woods

  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

  • Tommy

  • Tommy

  • Funny Girl

Past Shows & Resume


MusicalsRoleDirectorCompany
A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum		HeroGreg MacKellen42nd Street Moon
Very Warm for MaySonnyGreg MacKellen42nd Street Moon
RentMark CohenJerianne BansonRoyal Underground Theater Company
TommyLover/Hawker/VariousShane RayRay of Light Theater
Funny Girl in concertKeeny/Ziegfeld TenEric NeimanDiablo Theater Company
The Gilded (stage read)VincentReynaldi LolongTheater Artaud Z Space
Hello DollyStanley/DancerDennis LickteigDiablo Light Opera Company
Crazy for YouBilly/ensembleBrooke KnightBroadway by the Bay
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat		JudahJulian HoranShrunken Heads
Jekyll and HydeJekyll/HydeSarah BurnsteinShrunken Heads
Guys and DollsNathan DetroitSarah BurnsteinShrunken Heads
42nd StreetJulian MarshSarah BurnsteinShrunken Heads
Into the WoodsMysterious ManGina HayesShrunken Heads
Will Roger's FolliesClem RogersBrad FriedmanSan Mateo Performing Arts

PlaysRoleDirectorCompany
Winter's TaleFlorizelIrwin AppelLit Moon Shakespeare Festival
The TempestAntonioIrwin AppelUCSB
Midsummer Night's DreamLysanderIrwin AppelUCSB

Film and MediaRoleDirectorCompany
Munchies (2009)LuciousChappy BrothersChapman Digital

Training

1-year theater BFA training

  • Acting for stage. Various scene work and play analysis
    Instructors: Irwin Appel, Tom Whitaker, and Doug Kaback
  • Movement for stage. Work in neutrality and movement driven storytelling
    Instructor: Jeff Mills
  • Voice lab. Learning one's voice and how to control and maintain it, phonetics
    Instructor: Michael Morgan


Vocal Teacher: Richard Nickol


Dance

1-quarter modern dance, ballroom dance, and fencing
2008-present: studying dance at the Dance Arts Center in San Carlos

  • Ballet - Jayne Zaban, Win Marcinak
  • Jazz - Jayne Zaban, Patti Stetson Michelsen, Suzanne Springs
  • Tap - Debbie Dahlberg, Hilary McQuaide


Special skills

Extremely proficient in:

  • Tumbling and prat falls
  • 8 years martial arts
  • Fencing
  • Instruments - 4 years trumpet. Elementary guitar.


Schooling

  • BA in Dramatic Art    UCSB 2004-2008
  • High school diploma   SMHS 2000-2004