Jim VanValen

Jim VanValen
Actors' Equity Association

Eyes: Blue Hair: Some Height: 5'10" Weight: 180 lbs.

REGIONAL THEATRE

RED	Rothko	Riverside Theatre, Iowa
Underneath the Lintel	The Librarian	Riverside Theatre, FL
An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf	Victor	Riverside Theatre, FL
A Steady Rain	Denny	Riverside Theatre, Iowa
Harvey	Elwood P. Dowd	Barter Theatre, VA
Twelfth Night	Feste, the Fool	Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, VT
As You Like It	Jaques	Riverside Theatre in the Park, IA
Rounding Third	Michael	Riverside Theatre, FL
Sylvia	Tom/Phyllis/Leslie	Riverside Theatre, FL
Tuesdays With Morrie	Mitch	Fulton Theatre, PA
Lightning Rod (world premiere)	William & Benjamin Franklin	Fulton Theatre, PA
The Grapes Of Wrath	Tom Joad	Barter Theatre, VA
Our Town	Doc Gibbs	Barter Theatre, VA
Ah! Wilderness	Uncle Sid	Riverside Shakespeare Festival, IA
Stones in His Pockets	Jake Quinn, et al	Riverside Theatre, Iowa
Manning Up (world premiere)	Donnie	Riverside Theatre, Iowa
Private Lives	Elyot	Old Creamery Theatre, IA
Treasure (world premiere)	Frederick Muhlenberg	Fulton Theatre, PA
Ragtime	Henry Ford	Fulton Theatre, PA
The Mystery of Irma Vep	Nicodemus, Lady Enid, et al	Iowa Summer Repertory, IA
14 (world premiere)	Ron	Partnership in the Arts, U. of IA
Three Viewings	Emil	Riverside Theatre, FL
She Loves Me	Sipos	Riverside Theatre, FL
The Foreigner	Charlie	Florida Repertory Theatre, FL
The Guys	Nick	Florida Repertory Theatre, FL
Biloxi Blues	Sgt. Merwyn J. Toomey	Florida Repertory Theatre, FL
The Merchant of Venice	Launcelot Gobbo	Riverside Theatre in the Park, IA
Out Of Order	George Pigden	Connecticut Theatre Festival, CT

FILM & TELEVISION

"5:45am" - Short Film	Lead	Independent Film Channel (IFC)
"CRC DataProtection" Internet Commercial	Lead	Ben Hill Media Productions
"Minnesota Test Championship"	Lead	Pearson Education Industrial
"Project Regatta"	Featured	IBM & ProfessorBright Films
"Trajectory Zone" Computer Game	Voice-Overs	Midnight Ryder Technologies
"Opstaller 6" - Animated Film	Voice-Overs	Frozen North Studios
"Majors Steakhouse"	Lead	Commercial (New York)
Commencement Speech (moments, circles)	Faculty Speaker	Cornell College, IA

TRAINING & RESIDENCIES
	MFA in Acting — University of Iowa MA in Theatre Arts — State University of New York at Stony Brook
	Acting: Stanislavski, Meisner, Period Styles (John Cameron, Debbie Mayo)
	Voice: Berry, Rodenberg, IPA, Dialect Work (Judy Leigh-Johnson)
	Movement: Stage Violence (Ralph Hall), Laban Effort-Shape (Terri Kent)
	Shakespeare: John Cameron, Thomas Kranidas
	Improvisation: Bill Bruehl
	Acting for the Camera: Louis Peterson
	Meisner Summer Intensive with Terry Knickerbocker
	Shakespeare�s Heightened Language with Patsy Rodenburg, OBE
	Meisner Teaching Certification with Larry Silverberg
	Resident Actor — The Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA (3 years)
	Associate Director/Resident Actor — The Arena Players Repertory Theatre, NY (2 years)

SKILLS

Accents (British RP, Cockney, American Standard, Southern, New York, et al)
Juggling, Improvisation
Associate Professor of Theatre & Head of Acting — Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA (2007-2016)