James Carpenter is a San Francisco Bay Area stage actor, who performs with the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California, and the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco. ACT's Carey Perloff described him as "...one of the finest American actors anywhere."[1] Carpenter moved to the Bay Area in the mid-1980s and started appearing onstage regularly with Berkeley Rep.[1] Over the next few decades, he performed with other Bay Area companies including California Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, ACT, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Aurora Theatre, and the Black Box Theatre.[2] In 2010, he was awarded a Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.[1] The fellowships are awarded to the best American regional theatre actors, who are then invited to attend a master class.[3][4] In 2010, the emphasis of the fellowship was Shakespeare and the master teacher was Barry Edelstein.[4][5]
In 2001, he co-starred with Holly Hunter in By the Bog of Cats, a production by the San Jose Repertory Theatre. As of 2012[update], he had played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in ACT's annual production A Christmas Carol for seven years in a row.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d D'Souza, Karen (17 December 2012). "James Carpenter: The Bay Area's master actor". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Hamlin, Jesse (16 December 2010). "Scrooge among James Carpenter's wealth of roles". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Who Are The Lunt-Fontanne Fellows?". tenchimneys.org. Ten Chimneys Foundation (the estate of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ a b Lyden, Jacki (2010). Actors Retreat to Shakespearean Haven (Radio broadcast). Weekend Edition, National Public Radio. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ Malone, Sean. "2010 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows and Master Teacher Dedicate Week to Lynn Redgrave". tenchimneys.org. Ten Chimneys Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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