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| Abe's theater page |
(Last Update: 17:34 PDT 4 November 2023 )
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 with Shakespeare Santa Cruz | 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 (with Shakespeare Santa Cruz) | 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 |
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| 22 April 2012 | Donations are welcome | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 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 | improv troupe | |
| 19–22 July 2012 | Hunger Games: the Great Debate | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann | Seneca Crane (Thurs/Sat), Peacekeeper/Tribute (Fri/Sun) | |
| 18 August 2012 | Venus and Adonis | WEST Performing Arts (with Shakespeare Santa Cruz) | John Pasha | Adonis (one of several), Friar Lawrence, Iachimo | |
| 2 December 2012 | "Creature from the Marine" | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 19–20 January 2013 | The Imaginary Invalid | WEST Ensemble Players, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | Thomas Defois, Old Woman (Gypsy play) | |
| 3 March 2013 | "Gotta Catch 'em All" | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 28 April 2013 | "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Ten of Us" | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 4–5 May 2013 | The Outsiders | WEST Ensemble Players, WEST Performing Arts |
Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | Randy Adderson (a Soc), Mr. Syme (a teacher) | |
| 12 May 2013 | "Ceiling Sailor" (Santa Cruz Improv Fest) | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 5–7 July 2013 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann, Hunter Wallraff | Tom Bueller (the father) and Anheiser (a student) in cast 2, Policeman in cast 1 | |
| 19 July 2013 | Actors' Conservatory | WEST Performing Arts | Ailin Conant of Theatre Témoin | M.C./security guard in Robin Hood, Huntsman/mirror/dwarves in Snow White, ensemble in Finding Nemo | |
| 17 August 2013 | Uneasy, an exploration of Henry V (Teen Conservatory) | WEST Performing Arts (with Shakespeare Santa Cruz) | Sarah Kate Anderson | Henry V (one of many), Chorus (one of many), Dauphin | |
| 3 November 2013 | "Planet of the Abes" | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 19 November 2013 | Discrete Cities 1 | Bruce Bratton's "Universal Grapevine" on KSZC 88.1 FM | reading his story for Bookshop Santa Cruz Young Writers' Contest | ||
| 21–22 Dec 2013 | Inspecting Carol | WEST Ensemble Players, WEST Performing Arts |
Terri Steinmann & Hunter Wallraff | Sidney Carlton (hence, Jacob Marley and Fezziwig) | |
| 30 Dec 2013–3 Jan 2014 | interactive site-specific theatre | WEST Performing Arts | Ailin Conant of Theatre Témoin | ||
| 18–19 Jan 2014 | Call of the Wild | WEST Performing Arts | Terri Steinmann, Hunter Wallraff, Sarah Kate Anderson | John Thornton, a husky, a narrator | |
| 25–26 Jan 2014 | Mostly in the Timing | Alternative Family Education (with WEST Performing Arts) | Clara Burros, Terri Steinmann, Malakai Wade, and Ari Kellet | Frank Mikula in "Mere Mortals", Horace in "Time Flies", Leon Trotsky in "Variations on the Death of Trotsky", Collin in "Elevator", Pedestrian and Unemployment Worker in "Degas, C'est Moi" | |
| 2 February 2014 | "Soup or Bowl" | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 9 February 2014 | WEST Variety Show | WEST Performing Arts | Mark Antony (Caesar's funeral speech), Horace in "Time Flies" | ||
| 23 March 2014 | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | ||
| 25 April 2014 | AFE Talent Sharing | Alternative Family Education | Therese Johannesson (M.C.) | monologue "But Soft" from Woody Allen's Without Feathers | |
| 9–11 May 2014 | Much Ado About Nothing | WEST Ensemble Players, WEST Performing Arts |
Alissa Lund | Don John | |
| 16 May 2014 | A Really Big Meteor: extinction of the dinosaurs | Dinosaur Prom, WEST Performing Arts |
Hunter Wallraff | improv troupe | |
| 11–13 July 2014 | Beetlejuice | WEST Performing Arts | Otho | ||
| 9 August 2014 | Villains and Braggarts | WEST Performing Arts (with Santa Cruz Shakespeare) | John Pasha | Sonnet 133, Malvolio, Richard III, Theseus | |
| 22 August 2014 | Bon Bon Voyage (fund raiser) | WEST Performing Arts | Modern Major General, Woody Allen's Shakespeare monolog | ||
| 12 March 2015 | Scene from Chekhov's A Marriage Proposal | UCSB THTR 5: Intro to acting | Joyelle Ball | Ivan Vassiliyitch Lomov | |
| 30–31 May 2015 | Plays Against Humanity | UCSB's Multicultural Center Drama Company | various | ||
| 14 August 2015 | Reduced Romeo and Juliet | WEST Performing Arts (with Santa Cruz Shakespeare) | John Pasha | Romeo (Act III) | |
| 10–11 March 2016 | A Pair of Pantalones | UCSB College of Creative Studies | Gerry Hansen | Fichetto | |
| 4–5 June 2016 | Love's Labour's Lost | UCSB Shakespeare in the Park | Gerry Hansen | Boyet | |
| 13 August 2016 | Lysistrata | WEST Performing Arts | John Pasha | Magistrate/Athenian Ambassador/Men's Chorus | |
| Winter 2017 | UCSB THTR 140A: Advanced Acting Workshop | ||||
| 10–11 June 2017 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | UCSB Shakespeare in the Park | Gerry Hansen | Peter Quince | |
| 9–10 June 2018 | Romeo and Juliet | UCSB Shakespeare in the Park | Dave Mancini | Tybalt | |
| 2–4 November 2018 | The Ballad of 423 and 424 | UCSB Fall One-Acts | Stefan James | Roderick | |
| 8–10 February 2019 | The Other Room | UCSB Winter One-Acts | Billie Stouter | Donovan | |
| 23 February 2019 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | UCSB | Brad Majors | ||
| 31 Oct 2019, 15 Feb 2020, 14 Feb 2022, 31 Oct 2022, 14 Feb 2023, 31 Oct 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ UC Theatre, Berkeley) | one of the Brads | ||
| 30 Nov 2019, 29 Oct 2021, 5 Feb 2022, 9 Jul 2022, 30 Oct 2022, 14 Jan 2023, 1 Apr 2023, 1 Jul 2023, 9 Aug 2023, 30 Oct 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ 3Below! San Jose) | Brad Majors | ||
| 11 January 2020 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ Albany Twin Theater) | Brad Majors | ||
| 28 April 2020 | Don't Rush Challenge | Barely Legal | one of the Brads | ||
| 1 May 2020 | Audition video: Benedict's "This can be no trick" monolog | for Actors Ensemble of Berkeley | |||
| 13 Sept 2020 | The Imaginary Invalid | Actors Ensemble of Berkeley | Meryn MacDougall | M. de Bonnefoi | |
| 12 June 2021 | scenes from Rocky Horror Picture Show | Barely Legal | Brad Majors | ||
| 2 Oct 2021 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@Phoenix Theater in Petaluma) | one of the Brads | ||
| 31 Oct 2021 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ UC Theatre, Berkeley) | one of the Brads | ||
| 17 Dec 2021 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ 3Below! San Jose) | Brad Majors | ||
| 5 Mar 2022, 15 Oct 2022, 14 Oct 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@Phoenix Theater in Petaluma) | one of the Brads | ||
| 16 Apr 2022 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@Fox Theatre Redwood City) | one of the Brads | ||
| July 2022 | Fortinbras | Actors Ensemble of Berkeley | Michael R. Cohen | Barnardo/English Ambassador/Hamlet's Father | |
| 20 Oct 2022 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal in Sacramento | one of the Brads | ||
| 22 Oct 2022, 21 Oct 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal State Theatre in Modesto | one of the Brads | ||
| 18 Mar 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast (Versailles show) | Barely Legal (@Phoenix Theater in Petaluma) | Brad Majors | ||
| 9 Sep 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ 3Below! San Jose) | Ralph and one scene as Frank | ||
| 4 Oct 2023 | Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast | Barely Legal (@ The Curran Theatre) | one of the Brads, Betty | ||
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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