Dana Watkins

"Dana Watkins convincingly transforms his character from a somewhat feckless, well-intentioned Victorian gentleman into an emotionally scarred man, his trust in human nature severely shaken and his respected place in society lost."

—The Philadelphia Enquirer on the revival of The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Dana Watkins' Resume

AEA/AFTRA/SAG

Email: danaw@earthlink.net

Stats: Height: 6', Hair: Brown, Eyes: Hazel Blue

Agent: The Carson Organization Ltd., Carson/Kolker, 240 West 44th Street, Penthouse 12, NYC 10036; (212) 221-1517

Film & Television

Unbridled (indie feature)	Flint (lead)	Juniper Films, Robert Fontaine Jr. dir.
Dream Girl	Sam (lead)	JavaJive Productions, Robbie Busch dir.
Scales	Young Man (lead)	Dawgs Lost Filmworks, Robert Fontaine Jr. dir.
The Empath (indie feature)	Luke (lead)	EKSI Inc., David Lowell Sonkin dir.
Never After	Rob (lead)	Columbia University student film, Keiko Takemura dir.
One Life to Live	Feaured player	ABC
MoonStrings	Lead	NYU student film, Rodolfo Galindo dir.
The City	Under 5s	ABC
Criss-Cross	Doug (lead)	Fortune Films, Antoinette Hart dir.
The Effects of Staring at Plants	Doc (lead)	SUNY Purchase student film, Drew Buckland dir.
The Break-in	Lead	SUNY Purchase student film, Maura Naughton dir.
Multiple feature screenplays (readings)	Lead	NYScreenwriters.org/Manhattan Theatre Club CC

New York Theatre

My First Time	Man One	New World Stages, Ken Davenport dir.
Marat/Sade	Charlotte Corday	Classical Theatre of Harlem, Christopher McElroen dir.
The Jazz Age	F. Scott Fitzgerald	The Workshop Theatre, Thomas Coté dir.
The Cherry Orchard	Petya Trofimov	Classical Theatre of Harlem, Chris McElroen dir.
Macbeth	Banquo	Classical Theatre of Harlem, Alfred Preisser dir.
King Henry IV, Parts I & II	Prince Hal	The Workshop Theatre, Jerry Less dir.
King Lear	Duke of Albany	Classical Theatre of Harlem, Alfred Preisser dir.
The Summer of Katya	Paul Treville	42nd Street Workshop, Manfred Boorman dir.
Native Son	Jan Erlone	Classical Theatre of Harlem, Chris McElroen dir.
An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe (writer/star of this one-man show, which ran for two years in NYC's West Village)	Edgar Allan Poe	The Waverly Inn, Katherine Ashe dir.
Kafka/Samsa	Lowy	42nd Street Workshop, Manfred Bormann dir.
Commedia Dell’ Jiles	Ensemble	Gotham Comedy Club, Donna Ducarme dir.
Sweat!	Tom	Westbeth Theatre Center, Donna Ducarme dir.
Isn't It Beautiful	Max	Westbeth Theatre Center, Bruce Post dir.
Shaking the Foundation	Phillip	Westbeth Theatre Center, Donna DuCarme dir.
Blood Dues	Jann Eller	American Theatre of Actors, Richard Galgano dir.
The Quickening	Joe	Collaborative Arts Project 21, John Steber dir.
Numerous opera productions, both in NYC and on national tours	Multiple roles	New York City Opera Company and Metropolitan Opera Company; directors included Franco Zeffirelli, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Dexter and Frank Corsaro

Regional Theatre

The French Lieutenant's Woman (world premiere)	Charles	The Fulton Theatre, Kate Saxon dir.
Crazy Eyes	Jack	Provincetown Rep, Paul Eckstein dir.
Frozen Dog	Vinny	Black Box Theatre, A. Dean Irby dir.
The Importance of Being Earnest	John Worthing	The Pepsico Theatre, Charles Maryan dir.
The Assassined Imagination	Ensemble	The Dance Lab Theatre, Travis Preston dir.
Scapino!	Scapino	The Pepsico Theatre, Gary Richards dir.
Cousins	Gordon Kirby	The Dance Lab Theatre, Lawrence Kornfeld dir.
As You Like It	Amiens	Black Box Theatre, Stephen Hollis dir.

Education

SUNY Purchase, Professional Acting Program	Studied with Israel Hicks, A. Dean Irby, Eulalie Noble, Joan Potter, Ronnie Stuart, Chuck Jones, and David Wells
On Camera Audition Technique	Studied with Alexa Fogel, Olivia Harris, and Eve Battaglia

Special Skills

Speak French fluently. US & European passport. Dialects include High British, Irish, Scottish, Australian, Southern, New York, French, and Russian. Play guitar and piano. Rollerblading, horseback riding, baseball, rock climbing, drive stick shift, gymnastics, juggling, fencing, stage combat.