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James Newcomb*

Mr. Collins and Ensemble in Pride and Prejudice
Worcester in Henry IV, Part One
Third General and Third Quartet in Throne of Blood

In 13 seasons at OSF: Viscomte Valvert in Cyrano de Bergerac; Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Richard III in Richard III; Richard in Henry VI, Parts Two and Three; Dogberry in Much Ado about Nothing; Bolingbroke in Richard II; Theseus and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Quillery in Idiot's Delight; Polixenes in The Winter's Tale; Thersites in Troilus and Cressida; Laertes in Hamlet; Hero in The Rehearsal; Camille in A Flea in Her Ear; Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Flamineo in The White Devil; Ivan in The Ladies of the Camellias; Bill Walker in Major Barbara; Leo in At Long Last Leo; Garry Lejuene in Noises Off, among others.
Other OSF credits: Seven seasons as fight director.
Other theatres: The Globe Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, San Diego Repertory, South Coast Repertory, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Denver Center Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Public Theater.

Other credits: Adjunct professor, University of California, San Diego.

Awards: Drama-Logue Award for Touchstone in As You Like It, Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Oxford Society Award for Artistic Excellence.

* member of Actors' Equity Association

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Full time: 325
Part time: 175
Average length of service: 8 years
Volunteers: 600

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