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re: My Top Ten Actors in Non-Musicals Productions plus Honorable Mention of Performances

Posted by:	Richard Connema 09:24 pm EST 12/30/13
In reply to:	My Top Ten Actresses in Non-Musicals Productions plus Honorable Mention of Performances - Richard Connema 08:29 pm EST 12/30/13

THE TOP ACTORS IN NON MUSICALS OF 2013 MARK ANDERSON PHILIPS AND MARK BEDARD—the combination of these two in Samuel Becket’s “Waiting for Godot” was one of the great duo performances of the year. They brilliantly bicker in the manner of an old married couple. GABRIEL MARIN---gave an astonishing performance as a hopeful lose in “The Motherfker with the Hat”. Also for his performance as Donaldo the Borough president in “Storefront Church” at San Francisco Playhouse. DAVID SINAIKO as the Old Man in Eugene Ioneco’s ,“The Chairs” effortlessly commanded the stage and it was entirely convincing as the naive if pompous master of the mop and bucket. CRAIG MARKER---was outstanding as Greg in Neil LeBute’s “Reason to be Pretty” He came across as an interesting manual on how to make a bad situation worst. PATRICK KELLY JONES gives a brilliant performance as Alexander Herzen the central character in Tom Stoppard’s Coast of Utopia: Voyage and Shipwreck”. His speech at the end of the production is powerful. All three gave outstanding performances L. PETER CALLENDER, TOBIE WINDHAM AND NICHOLAS PELCZAR in “The Whipping Man”. It would be hard to separate the three since all three were superb. MARK ANDERSON PHILIPS—was fantastic as Faustus in The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus”” He handled the rich verse wonderfully in his cerebral edginess. DAN CLAGG was wonderful bring charm and skill in his performance of Romeo in Cal Shakes’ production of “Romeo and Juliet”. RON GNAPP as grandfather Dodge commanded the Magic Theatre stage from the beginning to the end of the production of Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child”. Also an astounding performance in San Francisco Playhouse of “Storefront Church”. RAY REINHRDT. It was great to see Ray back on stage this year in San Francisco Playhouse production of Storefront ChurchHe is a supreme professional and just watching him was fantastic. --------------------- HONORABLE MENTION --------------------- PATRICK ALPARONE gave a gripping performance as Vince and he ably bestrides the central inconsistency in the character in the Magic Theatre Production of Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child” JOE ESTLACK—gave a nuance performance as Clyde in the Shotgun Players production of “Bonnie and Clyde”. The chemistry between him and Bonnie was believable. ANTHONY FUSCO stopped the show in his long, impassioned, exhausting speech non-stop about besmirched nature of contemporary culture with funny zest in Berkeley Rep production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” PATRICK RUSSELL—gave a consummate performances as a womanizer sexist pig in Reason to be Pretty” at SF Playhouse. CHAD DEVERMAN gave an intense performance as Kit in Word for Word production of You Know Where the Men Are Gone” DAN HAITT AND PATRICK RUSSELL in Old Wicked Songs”. Both were brilliant in the roles of Professor Mashkan and the uptight American Stephan his pupil. RUDY GUERRERO was outstanding in the supporting role of fastidious bodybuilder Julio in “The MotherfWith the Hat a SF Playhouse Production. SEAN SAN JOSE gave a marvelous performance ranging from inconceivable range of emotions from ferocious delivery to understated nuance in Octavia Solis’s Si Llama Christina at the Magic Theatre. JULIAN LOPEZ MORILLAS was superb as the vengeance seeking Judge Hieronimo in the Elizabethan tragedy The Spanish Tragedy” presented by Marin Shakespeare Company. ALDO BILLINGLSEA as Lord Windermere gave a genuine dignity and seriousness to his character in the California Shakespeare production of Lady Windermere’ Fan MICHAEL RAY WISELY gave in flawless performance as Schmitz in the Aurora Theatre production of The Arsonists MARK ANDERSON PHILIPS—was outstanding in Good People playing the perplexing character Mike. His “southie” accent was perfect. GABRIEL MARIN gave a perfect performance as marine Tom in Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo He gave animosity and sedated humanity to the character. CRAIG MARKER superbly played the dimwitted man/child marine Kev to perfection in Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo WILL MARCHETTI played the tiger with stunningly deadpan humor that controverted the haunted look in his eyes in Bengal Tiger HOWARD SWINE was outstanding as Rustin and he gave hilarious exchanging leprous retaliations about his wife food in The Language Exhangeat Central Works. TOM NELIS is perfect at the poet Robert Lowell in the Berkeley Rep production of Dear Elizabeth. He is suitably disheveled as the poet Lowell. His manner impressively is self-assured and agonizingly needy by turns. CARL LUMBY gave a magnetic performance as the shy, almost immaturely soft-spoken man of unspecified age attending a dance at the community center in Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus a the Magic. SEAN SAN JOSE gave a wonderful thoughtful performance as Juan. He lend such earnestness to the center role of the production in Cal Shakes production of American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose RUDY GUERRERO was terrific playing Sam who was in love/hate relationship with Jack in Theatre Rhinoceros production of Drunk Enough to Say I Love You Sam Cohen who played Sam in the production was very convincing at playing the Brit Jack. He excellent acting decisions help move the play along. ALDO BILLINGSLEA is brilliant as Cody. He achieves the almost impossible feat of finding vicarious layers of susceptibly with the cold, cantankerous controlling Cody This in Aurora Theatre production of Neil La Bute’s This is How It Goes GABRIEL MARIN is perfect as the undependable MAN. He gives a sumptuously mannered performance. Also in Neil La Bute’s This is How It Goes The complete cast of Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness which consisted of Ryan Drummond, Brian Herndon, Patrick Kelly Jones and Sarah Moser presented by the Shotgun Players that is now playing.

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