About
About a Babich
A NYC-based actor with local housing in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, I’m willing to travel and hang my hat wherever the "story is good and the audience is listening." (Thanks, Slings & Arrows)
Regionally, I've had the privilege of performing with the American Shakespeare Center, Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theater, on the Minnesota Centennial Showboat, at Shakespeare's Globe in London, and at various theaters in my home state of Wisconsin.
I'm also the emeritus founder of BARd Shakes, a Minneapolis-based collective inspired by legends of Shakespeare's original practices and the work of Chicago's Back Room Shakespeare Project.
Credits (selected)
Film
Morning Breaks Short Sam (lead) Dir. Tasso Feldman
Fool Short Girl (lead) Dir. Jasmine Russ
International
Disney on Classic: A Magical Night (2019 Tour of Japan) Dir. Tony Clements; Cond. Richard Carsey
Mary Poppins/Featured Soloist
Regional Theatre (Selected Credits) *world premiere
Musicals
Jane Austen’s Emma by Paul Gordon Emma Utah Shakespeare Festival / Valerie Rochelle
South Pacific Nellie Forbush Utah Shakespeare Festival / Brad Carroll
Last Five Years Cathy Hiatt Third Avenue Playworks / Bill Theisen
Violet Violet Karl Skylight Music Theater / Sheri Williams Pannell
Victory Farm * Dottie Hoffman Northern Sky / Jon Hegge & music dir. James Valcq
Victory for Victoria * Victoria Woodhull Milwaukee Opera Theater / Jill Anna Ponasik
Matilda Acrobat (Trunch u/s) First Stage / Jeff Frank
The Happy Elf Ensemble First Stage / John Rando
Rudolph… Mrs. Donner/Ens First Stage / Jeff Frank
Sweet Revenge! Bess Minnesota Centennial Showboat / Peter Moore
Classical
As You Like It Rosalind American Shakespeare Center / Ralph Alan Cohen
Much Ado About Nothing Ursula, Conrade American Shakespeare Center / Jenny Bennett
Love’s Labors Lost Rosaline, Nathaniel American Shakespeare Center / Matt Davies
Hamlet Horatio American Shakespeare Center / Ensemble-directed
Richard II Duke of Aumerle American Shakespeare Center / Ensemble-directed
Henry VI Part 3 Elizabeth, Exeter American Shakespeare Center / Jenny Bennett
Richard III Elizabeth, Exeter American Shakespeare Center / Jenny Bennett
Man of Mode Harriet American Shakespeare Center / Christopher Marino
Way of the World Millamant American Shakespeare Center / Ensemble-directed
Merry Wives of Windsor Mistress Ford Door Shakespeare / Marcella Kearns
Henry V Alice/Montjoy Door Shakespeare / Matt Daniels
Charley’s Aunt Ela Delahay Utah Shakespeare Festival / David Ivers
Romeo and Juliet Balthasar (u/s Lady Capulet) Utah Shakespeare Festival / Betsy Mugavero
Taming of the Shrew Bianca u/s Utah Shakespeare Festival / Fred Adams
Two Gentlemen of Verona Luciana u/s Utah Shakespeare Festival / Robynn Rodriguez
Hamlet (edu tour) Hamlet Utah Shakespeare Festival / Frank Honts
Macbeth Malcolm, Porter Umbrella Group / Bo Johnson
Winter’s Tale Paulina London’s Globe (edu) / Bill Buckhurst
Winter’s Tale Perdita Optimist Theater / M.L. Cogar
Julius Caesar Metellus Cimber Optimist Theater / M.L. Cogar and Tom Reed
Twelfth Night Ensemble Optimist Theater / Laura Gordon
The Tempest Ensemble Optimist Theater / Ron Thomas
Contemporary
UPCOMING: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] “Daniel” (Allie) American Shakespeare Center / Ensemble-directed
Peter and the Starcatcher Prentiss American Shakespeare Center / Jim Warren
Jane Austen’s Emma Miss Bates American Shakespeare Center / Stephanie Holladay
Robin Hood * Marian/Sir Malcolm First Stage / Jeff Frank
Dracula Maid/Vixen Utah Shakespeare Festival / Jesse Berger
Last Stop on Market Street Tattooed Guitar Man First Stage / Johamy Morales
Staged Readings
Anne Page Hates Fun* Janice American Shakespeare Center / Ethan McSweeney
King Lear Albany Match: Lit / Lorenzo Landini