Jeremy X. Halpern
195 East 4th Street, Apt. #8
New York, NY 10009-7277
(212) 505-8111
5' 7" 140 lbs.
black hair, blue eyes
email: jxh@weirdos.com
url: http://www.weirdos.com/jxh/

Education:

New York University
1983-87 - Undergraduate Drama, B.F.A.

Training:
Theatre:Voice:
Jerzy Grotowski Jeff Halpern
Eugenio Barba Jane Odin
Leslie Varnick
Acting:Roy Hart Theatre (various members)
Anne Bogart
Kevin Kuhlke Movement:
Rina Yerushalmi Wendell Beavers
Jean Claude van Italie Mary Overlie
Andrei Serban Nina Martin
Julian Beck

1987-present - Verge, Founder and Artistic Director

Verge is a multimedia performance group which uses music and computers to create theatrical comedy shows and products. We have performed all over New York City, and recently produced our own CD, entitled "Little Idiot", in our own digital, fully automated MIDI recording studio. Our Macintosh promo, created in Director, can be sent to you upon request. Verge has produced three different shows for Manhattan cable TV, and is currently advertising "Little Idiot" nationally on Comedy Central.

Duties include: musical composition/arrangments (using MIDI/digital audio), booking gigs, advertising (including design and logistics), lighting design, vocal training, desktop publishing, database mangement, video editing/processing, maintenance of electronic equipment.


Performance/Directing Experience:
Role Production Director
2000
Lucifer Speak of the Devil (A Satanic Cabaret)myself
1999
Caliban William Shakespeare's Haunted HouseMark Greenfield
1998
P.T. BarnumBattle of the Dead Celebsmyself
Caliban William Shakespeare's Haunted HouseMark Greenfield
1997
Richard III William Shakespeare's Haunted HouseMark Greenfield
1996
Polonius/Gloucester/
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
William Shakespeare's Haunted HouseMark Greenfield
1992
the bald guy who gets
his testicles stepped on
The ViolinistRod McLucas
1991
BeelzebubThe Evil Elder of Eldridge Street Rod McLucas
1989
The WizardJourney to Ozmyself
1987
Stump TowersWhere's Dick?Anne Bogart
Aegeus/FluteA Midsummer Night's DreamKevin Kuhlke
SolangeThe MaidsClay Snider
1986
Robert WilsonDanton's DeathAnne Bogart
Sweeney ToddSweeney ToddJeff Halpern
1985
M1PlayClay Snider
WoyzeckWoyzeckClay Snider
1984
Headmaster SunstrokeSpring AwakeningAnne Bogart
GowerPericlesmyself
1983
Luther BillisSouth PacificAnne Bogart

Other skills:
Piano, Clarinet, Guitar, Bass, Magic, Ventriloquism (also extensive computer skills - digital audio and video, lighting)


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