David Eric Thompson

AEA Member
David Thompson

(he/him/his)

Understudy: Duke of Venice, Hektor and Ensemble in Othello

In 13 seasons at OSF: Northumberland, Sheriff and Ensemble in Henry IV, Part One (selected performances); Northumberland, Warwick, Snare and Ensemble in Henry IV, Part Two  (selected performances); Antiochus, Simonides and Pandar in Pericles; Cuigy in Cyrano de Bergerac, Sir Eglamour in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Friar Peter in Measure for Measure, Forester in As You Like It, Ensemble in Titus Andronicus, William Gallagher in Light Up the Sky, Captain Dumaine in All’s Well That Ends Well, Prince Henry in King John, Ensemble in King Lear, Helenus and Myrmidon in Troilus and Cressida, Nathaniel and Haberdasher in The Taming of the Shrew,Scurrile and Dondolo in The Revenger’s Tragedy. Understudy: Duke of York, John of Gaunt, Earl of Northumberland and Ensemble in Richard II

Other theatres: Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Oberon and Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Orlando in As You Like It, Orsino in Twelfth Night (Bellevue Repertory Theatre); Frederic Treves in The Elephant Man, Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew, Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey (Summer Repertory Theatre); Claudio in Much Ado about Nothing (Grove Shakespeare Festival); Dennis and Forest Lord in As You Like It (Long Beach Center Theatre). 

Other credits: OSF Resident Teaching Artist, 1998–present. 

Education: American Academy of Dramatic Arts; California State University, Fullerton.