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Jack Novak Washington, DC local

619.204.6094 jackjacknovak@gmail.com

*no union affiliation Height: 6’1”

Voice: Bari-Tenor THEATRE Blue A Christmas Carol Aquarium Twelfth Night 2016 New Play Festival Wild Oats Wake Up, Brother Bear Pinocchio* The BFG (a love story) All's Well That Ends Well Fox Cried Not My Monkey** The Stone Tape Party*** 2014 New Play Festival Cowardly Christopher Co-Ed Prison Sluts (musical) Mime Orpheus

Pale Fred/Musician Jack Orsino Ensemble John Dory Brother Bear Pinocchio Mr. Tibbs/Puppeteer Man/Sprout Bertram Hare/Self Clown, Mariusz, & others Dusty Ensemble Christopher Clown Ensemble

Imagination Stage Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Imagination Stage Prince George's Shakespeare Festival Young Playwrights' Theatre Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Imagination Stage Faction of Fools National Children's Theatre Source Festival 2015 Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Back Alley Theater/Source Fest. 2013 InterAct Story Theatre Nu Sass Productions (at Capital Fringe) Young Playwrights' Theatre Synetic Theatre Annoyance Theatre, Chicago The Mime Company, Chicago

d. Kate Bryer d. Scott Alan Small d. Nick Vargas d. Christopher Dwyer d. Thembi Duncan/Lee

Cromwell/Maryam Foye d. Ian Gallanar d. Rex Daugherty d. Paul Reisman d. Kate Bryer d. Jess Jung d. Lizzi Albert Devised d. Ali Oliver-Krueger d. Angela Pirko d. Randy Baker/Ryan

Maxwell/Michael Dove d. Irakli Kavsadze d. Mick Napier d. Amanda Brown

*DC Metro Theater Arts Best of 2014 list: Best Children's Theatre Productions & Performances ** Nominated: Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Production: Theatre for Young Audiences *** Winner: Audience Awards for Best Comedy and Best Overall Show in Fringe Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Ensemble Member FILM TSA commercial Shape Your World (commercial) Fireman Training Film Bloodbath “Buckshot” (music video) NSTV: The Movie

Client Team Stock Market Colleague Various roles Sydney Clown Pitch man

MRB Films Distant Moon Media Fields Consulting Group Studio 22 Productions Independent Northwestern Sketch TV

d. Bryan Elsom d. Patrick Mason Staff director d. Cameron Gibson d. James Daniel d. Dan Millstein

IMPROV/VARIETY

*Performed opening sets for Jason Alexander, Joel McHale, Andy Samberg, and Flight of the Conchords. TRAINING Northwestern University Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude Major: Theatre— Acting (Gail Shapiro) Playwriting (Laura Schellhardt, Philip Dawkins, Mickle Maher) Other training— Improv (Second City, Annoyance Theatre, One Group Mind, Mee-Ow)

Voice (Warren Freeman, Fiona Chatwin) Mime (Synetic Theater, The Mime Company) Mask/Clown (Dody Disanto, Giovanni Fusetti, Mark Jaster & Sabrina Mandell, Omen Sade, Jon Sherman) Commedia del'Arte (Faction of Fools, Antonio Fava)

SPECIAL SKILLS Teleprompter; Dialects (IPA); Writing; Teaching; Juggling; Unicycling; Balloon art; Acro/tumbling; Hat manipulation; Contact juggling; Some devil sticks; Some Diabolo; Some breakdancing; Stand-up Comedy; Improv; Combat: Rapier, Unarmed, Quarterstaff (experienced); Aikido; Instruments: Guitar, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone; Can read music; Can improvise; Can sing ABCs backwards

Commonwealth Clown Cabaret Navy Pier Entertainment Mee-Ow*

long-form improv (Washington Improv Theatre company ens.) solo Mime/Clown (Fort Fringe, Washington, DC) improvisation, dance, stage combat (Navy Pier, Chicago) sketch/short-form improv (Northwestern University)

d. Mikael Johnson d. Karen Beriss d. Patrick Zielinski d. Jack Novak