Wesley L. Nowell
Actor, Stage and New Work
Minneapolis, MN · (612) 555 0148 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/wesleylnowell
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Eleven years of professional stage work on Equity contracts
CREDITS
Twenty nine productions, sixteen of them leading roles
SPECIALTIES
New play development, Shakespeare, contemporary drama, staged readings
RANGE
Mezzo soprano, plays twenty five to forty, comic and dramatic
CREDENTIALS
Actors Equity Association, Society of American Fight Directors recognized combatant
TRAINING
Master of Fine Arts in acting, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Executive Summary
Actors Equity Association member with eleven years of leading and supporting roles at League of Resident Theatres houses across the upper Midwest. Strongest in new play development and Shakespeare, with certified stage combat and a trained mezzo soprano voice. Returns to three companies each season as an invited guest artist.
Signature Achievements
- Played Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing for forty two performances in a sold out summer repertory.
- Originated Delia in a world premiere that transferred to an off Broadway run the following season.
- Held a three season resident company contract and covered eleven principal roles without a missed entrance.
- Won a regional critics award for a lead dramatic performance seen by nine thousand patrons.
Professional Experience
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
Prairie Fire Theater Company, Minneapolis, MN 2026
Summer Shakespeare in a 480 seat thrust house on a League of Resident Theatres agreement.
- Carried the comic spine of the production across forty two performances in rotating repertory.
- Executed the rapier and dagger duel set by the fight director.
- Led two student matinee discussions a week for visiting high school groups.
Delia in The Weight of Water, world premiere
Northern Light Stage, Saint Paul, MN 2024 to 2025
New play developed through two workshops and a four week rehearsal period with the playwright in the room.
- Built the title relationship through nine script revisions during previews.
- Recorded the audio play version of the script for the company podcast series.
- Traveled with the production to a national new play festival for two invited performances.
Resident company member, rotating repertory
Cedar Valley Repertory, Cedar Rapids, IA 2021 to 2023
Season company of fourteen actors playing three shows in repertory plus a touring outreach title.
- Played six named roles and understudied five more across three seasons.
- Taught verse workshops for the apprentice company each January.
- Performed the outreach production in thirty one schools across eastern Iowa.
Licensure and Certification
Actors Equity Association, member since 2016
Society of American Fight Directors, recognized combatant in unarmed and rapier and dagger
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid certified through the American Red Cross
Education
Master of Fine Arts in acting, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 2015
Bachelor of Arts in theater, Grinnell College, 2012
Core Skills
Shakespearean verse · Cold reading · Self tape auditions · Standard American dialect · Irish dialect · Appalachian dialect · Mezzo soprano · Rapier and dagger