(Last Update: 22:27 PDT 18 May 2012 )
Abe has enjoyed doing theater since an early age. Here is as complete a list of his performances as we can recall (plus theater tech classes). Information about other aspects of Abe's life can be found on his web page.
| date | title | producer | director | role(s) |
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| 2000? | What Happened to the Dinosaurs? | Granary Preschool | Jim Allen | Paleontologist |
| 2001? | The Balloon Seller (video) | Granary Preschool | Jim Allen | Balloon Seller (also a co-author) |
| 2002 | Sleeping Beauty | Santa Cruz Parks and Rec. | Gina Camarillo | Wall of Thorns |
| Summer 2003 | Kamp Kaos | Santa Cruz Parks and Rec. | Gina Camarillo | Wendell |
| Spring 2004 | Trickster Hare's Feast | Meridian School (Seattle) | Mr. Holmes | villager |
| 31 July 2004 | Wizard of Oz | Pisces Moon | Terri Steinmann | Hank / Macintosh Apple Tree / Poppy |
| 2004-2005 | Harry Potter skits | recess theater@Bay View School | self-directed | various roles |
| 16 March 2005 | Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship | Pisces Moon@Bay View School | Terri Steinmann | Boromir |
| 2 July 2005 | James and the Giant Peach | Pisces Moon | Terri Steinmann | Grasshopper |
| 24 July 2005 | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | Pisces Moon | Terri Steinmann | Edmund |
| 6 Aug 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4) | Pisces Moon | Terri Steinmann | Bartemius Crouch Sr. / Bartemius Crouch Jr. |
| 16 Dec. 2005 | Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh | Spring Hill School | Abe Karplus | Gilgamesh (also author) |
| 17 Dec. 2005 | Stuart Little | Pisces Moon | Terri Steinmann | Mr. Frederick C. Little / Mr. Clydesdale |
| 1 March 2006 | improv | Water the Weeds | Joya Winwood | |
| 22 March 2006 | Foolish Tales | Spring Hill School 4th grade | Liliana Moraru and Liz Fowler | Simon the Dairyman |
| 19,20,21 May 2006 | Star Wars: a New Hope | Pisces Moon | Terri Steinmann | Cast 1: General Dodonna, Cast 2: Luke Skywalker |
| 22 July 2006 | The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad | Pisces Moon | Mandy Metcalfe, Alyssa Escobar, and Eleni Giannis | Judge, Foxy the Fox |
| 18 August 2006 | Peter Pan Puppets | Pisces Moon | Dara Thornton | Peter Pan |
| 12 Dec. 2006 | About the Magic Flute | Spring Hill School 5th grade | Liliana Moraru | Tom |
| May 2007 | Mean Mr. Mustard gets the Walrus Treatment (video) | Spring Hill School 5th grade | Bob Biegert | Mean Mr. Mustard (#1) |
| 2-3 June 2007 | Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Pisces Moon | Mandy Metcalfe | King Arthur |
| 4 June 2007 | The Shotgun a radio play | Spring Hill School 5th grade | Kirsten Olsen | Railway Porter (also author) |
| 6-7 July 2007 | Robin Hood | West End Studio Theatre | Mandy Metcalfe | Friar Tuck |
| 22 July 2007 | Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (6) | West End Studio Theatre | Mandy Metcalfe and Terri Steinmann | Hufflepuff student/Caractus Burke/Dean Thomas/Fenrir Greyback |
| 17-18 August 2007 | Adventures of a Comic Book Artist | West End Studio Theatre | Kelsey Holtaway | Kid #5/Dr. Shock Clock |
| 2-3 April 2008 | Final Dress Rehearsal | West End Studio Theatre | Mandy Metcalfe | "Author" |
| 16 April 2008 | Fairly Stupid Tales | Spring Hill School 6th grade | Jennifer Riddle | Jack (the narrator) |
| 22 May 2008 | Dis-connected | Spring Hill School 5th grade | Bob Biegert | understudy for Kabir |
| 5 June 2008 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1) | West End Studio Theatre | Eleni Giannis | Harry Potter |
| 7–18 July 2008 | Acting for the Camera | Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation | Doree Steinmann | various short roles (including Stephen Hawking) |
| 8, 10 August 2008 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7) | West End Studio Theatre | Terri Steinmann | Dirk Cresswell, Mundungus Fletcher, Bogrod, James Potter |
| 2,3,4 July 2009 | M*A*S*H | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann | Father Mulcahy (also graphic design) |
| 6-10 July 2009 | Tech Training and Board Ops class | WEST Performing Arts | Ronn Reinberg | |
| 24, 25 July 2009 | Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events | WEST Performing Arts | Dara Thornton | Lemony Snicket (also graphic design) |
| 7 June 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Georgiana Bruce Kirby 8th-grade play | Nigel Sanders-Self and MarNae Taylor | Puck and Philostrate |
| 22,25 July 2010 | The Other Side of Sanity | Pauline James | Pauline James | Robert |
| 7 August 2010 | On Board with the Bard: A Love Story | WEST Performing Arts | various actors and staff of Shakespeare Santa Cruz | Sonnet 29, Proteus, ensemble. |
| 14 August 2010 | First Conservatory | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann | Alfonso Churchill (Spoon River Anthology), Linus |
| Sept 2010–Jan 2011 | Theater class | Santa Cruz High School | Lara Yurman | |
| 19–21 November 2010 | The Lightning Thief | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann | Sophocles cast: Hades, Boy #1, fountain; Euripides cast: Luke, Student #2 |
| 30 April 2011 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann | Sherlock Holmes |
| 30 June–2 July 2011 | The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann | Mr. Prosser, Narrator, Vroomfondel |
| 6 August 2011 | Teen Conservatory—Shakespeare's Disguises | WEST Performing Arts | John Pasha | Sylvius, Malvolio, Sonnet 64, Ensemble |
| 2–3 December 2011 | Egad, the Woman in White | WEST Performing Arts | Lori Rivera | Sir Percival Glyde |
| 11 March 2012 | A Whole Lotta Bogus | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | Introduction. Games: Freezedance; He Said, She Said; Herald; The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Karate Chop |
| 13 April 2012 | AFE Talent Sharing | Alternative Family Education | Jasmin Gerer (M.C.) | monologue from |
| 22 April 2012 | Donations are welcome | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | |
| 28–29 April 2012 | On the Fringe | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | Speaker (Sexy and I know it), Hallucination (The Doll), Dad (The Best Daddy) |
| 18 May 2012 | School Days @ MAH | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | |
For his 9th grade drama class at high school, Abe had to make a director's notebook for Act II, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He decided to do the notebook in HTML, and wrote javascript code to auto-number the lines of the play and provide cross-references. As the assignment called for, he did include a costume drawing, set design, notes on blocking, motivation, props, and so forth.
| date | title | performed |
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| December 2005 | Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh | Spring Hill School 16 Dec. 2005 |
| May 2007 | The Shotgun a radio play | Spring Hill School 4 June 2007 |
| June 2007 | The Third-story Bedroom | no |
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Questions about page content should be directed to
Kevin Karplus
Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
USA
karplus@soe.ucsc.edu
1-831-459-4250
318 Physical Sciences Building