Gary began his acting career like everybody else – in grammar school plays and goofing around with his eight siblings in the basement. And, like everybody else, he’d rather forget about those episodes.

In 2002, Gary began his grown-up acting career with ComedySportz in Portland, OR. He has taken workshops there for four years and at the Brody Theater on and off since 2004. Gary has also studied sketch with John Breen, long-form improv with Phil Incorvia and musical improv with James Bailey.

Gary grew up in Agawam, Massachusetts and also has lived in Louisiana, Indiana, and Washington, DC before settling in Portland, Oregon, where he makes beer and lives with his rascally Australian Shepherd, Beauty.

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Once Upon a Palace Purple, an original play by Jaynie Roberts. "Purple" is an "unconventional fairy tale" told in a musical comedy format. Sisters Queen Violet of the Purple Kingdom and Scandalous of the Red Kingdom have been rivals since birth. Now it's a race to see who can marry off their daughters first. The Red princesses are gorgeous and talented; the Purples, not so much.

Improv

Comedy Improv – unscripted theater for all ages! Performed in theaters around Portland – and we’ll come to you, too.

• ComedySportz Portland
  Short-form improv. Over 70 short-form improv shows as well as several “after-hours” long form performances. Performed at ComedySportz, 1963 NW Kearney, Portland, OR.

  Upcoming shows: Sundays, April 6, 13, and 27, 7 PM.

• The Brody Theater
  Advanced Performance Workshop and show, June 2005
  


• Writer’s Block
  Gary’s independent short-form performance troupe. First performed together August 2005. Book a show for your company dinner or party!

Theater and Sketch

• Fatal Passage, an original play by Ellen Spiterali and directed by Donna Sellman-Pilorget and Elisabeth Goebel. Fatal Passage is a murder mystery dinner theater set in 1962 on an ocean liner. My character, hard-boiled Detective Cagney, has the job of solving the mysterious murder of a New York gangster on board.
• KCSz News
  A look at News, Sports, and Weather from the twisted prism of ComedySportz. Shows staged May 20, August 18, and October 20, 2006, and January 19, 2007.
  


• Willamette Writers Performance Workshop
  Staged readings of excerpts of six original plays per year. Read several roles. Friday, August 4, 2006, and August 3, 2007, Sheraton Inn/Portland Airport.
  


• Perfection
  "Perfection," an original play by Helen Hill. Role: Dr. Harrigan (lead). Performed as a radio play/stage reading July 16, 2006 at the Coho Theater.
  


• Eddie May Murder Mysteries
  Dinner theater to die for!
  


• John Breen’s Sketch Lab
  Two sketch shows – March 2004 and September 2005

Film and Voice

• garBski
  Sound and voice-over for Leslie Garbett and Kathryn Bukowski's hilarious glimpse into what two women REALLY talk about when nobody else is around. Come see what they do with their Twinkies! Debut performance May 19, 2006; upcoming shows TBA.
  
• Federal Bureau of Alternate Reality
  Gary was sound engineer and bit-part contributor in this radio play based on the novel by Douglas Watson. Aired December 2003-January 2004
  
• Commercial
  Played two roles – “Earl” and “the unhelpful clerk” – in a Platt Electric training film by Oregon Media Services, 2005
  
• Sound technician
  Gary has been the “Sound Guy” at some 40+ ComedySportz shows including “Puppetz vs. People” and after-hours and remote shows. Sound tech at CSz includes sound effects, music, player introductions, announcements, and lighting.