Jere Van Patten

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JERE  VAN  PATTEN  SAG (eligible)    

Email: jerevp@aol.com          Web: www.jerevanpatten.com 
Height: 6'2"          Weight: 250          Hair: Black            Eyes: Blue          Voice: Tenor

TV/COMMERCIALS/RADIO
Valley Toyota Dealers - Local Commercial - Principal - Cramer-Krasselt
Arizona Diamonbacks - National Broadcast - National Anthem Soloist - FOX Television
Comic Intervention - Guest Host - AM1100 KFNX / Phoenix, AZ

THEATRE
The Nerd – Rick Steadman – Hale Centre Theatre (Goldy Award Winner)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Peter Quince – The Shakespeare Theatre (AriZoni Nominee)
13 Rue de L’Amour – Douchotel – Theatre Outback
Twelfth Night – Feste – Desert Rose Theatre
The Curious Savage – Hannibal – Hale Centre Theatre
Romeo & Juliet – Nurse – Desert Rose Theatre
Catch Me if You Can - Father Kelleher - Hale Centre Theatre
Beyond Therapy - Bruce - Southwest Shakespeare Conservatory
Love's Labors Lost - Berowne - Southwest Shakespeare Conservatory
As You Like It - LeBeau / Amiens - Southwest Shakespeare Company

MUSIC THEATRE
Lucky Stiff - Harry Witherspoon - Theatre Outback (AriZoni Award Winner)
Little Shop of Horrors - Mushnik - Phoenix Theatre (Goldy Award Winner)
I Love You, You're Perfect... - Man 1 - Theatre Outback (AriZoni Nominee)
12 Princesses - Bob the Gardener - Theatre Outback (AriZoni Nominee)
Forever Plaid - Jinx - Hale Centre Theatre
Blackbeard - Stede Bonnet - Herberger Theatre Center
Beauty & the Beast – Cogsworth – Hale Centre Theatre
Parade - Luther Z. Rosser - Theatre Outback
Forever Plaid - Jinx - Tempe Little Theatre
Jack & the Beanstalk - Hocus - Hale Center Theatre
Guys & Dolls - Nicely Nicely Johnson - Theatre Outback
Oliver! - Mr. Bumble - Valley Youth Theatre
She Loves Me - Ladislav Sipos - Theatre Outback
Kiss Me Kate - Harry Trevor/Baptista - Theatre Outback
My Favorite Year - Leo Silver - Theatre Works
Footloose - Rev. Shaw Moore - Theatre Outback
Hello, Dolly! - Cornelius Hackle - Gilbert Fine Arts
A Christmas Carol - Narrator / Old Joe - Hale Centre Theatre (2 years)
Grease! - Vince Fontaine - Theatre Outback
A Funny Thing Happend... Forum - Protean - Southwest Shakespeare Company
Joseph... Technicolor Dreamcoat - Simeon / Baker - Theatre Outback
South Pacific - Stewpot - Theatre Outback
The Merry Widow - Barron Vladimir Popoff - Theatre Outback

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES / CONCERTS
Valley Youth Theatre 20^th Anniversary Alumni Concert
Performed with Max Crumm, Jordin Sparks, Emma Stone & Chelsea Staub
Phoenix’s Symphony Hall (2009)
1st Annual Spire Music Christmas Concert
Emcee & Featured Soloist at Mesa Arts Center's Ikeda Theatre(2006)
AriZoni Awards Ceremony
Performed, "Carribean Plaid" from Forever Plaid (2006)
Joseph Smith the Prophet
Performed as "Preacher" at ASU's Gammage Auditorium (2006)
He is Jesus Christ
Performed as "Pharisee" at ASU's Gammage Auditorium (2005)
Uniting Artists 2005
Emcee
AriZoni Awards Ceremony
Performed, "A Stud & A Babe" from I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (2004)

AWARDS & HONORS
2006 Goldy Award Winner
Actor in a Leading Role - The Nerd

2006 AriZoni Award Nominee
Best Supporting Actor - A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Winner - Overall Production & Best Director)

2005 AriZoni Award Nominee
Actor in a Leading Role - 12 Princesses
(Winner - Overall Production)

2005 Goldy Award Winner
Actor in a Supporting Role, Musical - Little Shop of Horrors

2004 AriZoni Award Nominee
Actor in a Leading Role - I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
(Winner - Overall Production)

2003 AriZoni Award Winner
Actor in a Leading Role - Lucky Stiff

2003 Chancellor's Award Winner
Outstanding Performer - Maricopa Community Colleges

TRAINING
Arizona State University (BA Theatre - 2011)
(Acting, Directing, Improvisation with Youth, Theatre for Social Change,
Playwriting, Theatre Organization & Management, Elements of Design, etc.)

Southwest Shakespeare Conservatory
(Voice & Diction, Movement, Improvisation, Acting,
Mime, Stage Combat, Musical Theatre)

Mesa Community College
(Acting, Musical Theatre, Directing, etc.)

Acting
Kevin Dressler, Randy Messersmith, Jean Thompson, Michael Watson

Commercial Acting
Elayne Stein

Private Voice
Sue Anne Lucius

Dance
Lawrence Rollins - Campbell’s Dance Studio

SPECIAL SKILLS
Singing - Tenor; Character Voice; Improvisation; Shakespeare; Yo-Yo; Juggling; Stage Combat; Coaching Children; Percussion; Physical Comedy; Emcee; Infectious Laughter