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Phone: 415.469.9654     Cell: 415.722.4541
E-Mail: rick[at]ricktwilliams[dot]com
Height: 5'10"      Weight: 169 lbs.
Hair: Brown-gray      Eyes: Blue-grey
Vocal Range: Bass to High-Baritone

BAY AREA CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS

PRODUCTION - ROLE - COMPANY - AWARD

1776 - John Adams - Willows Theatre - Best Actor, Musical, 2006, 2000
Man of La Mancha - Cervantes/Don Quixote - Willows Theatre - Best Actor, Musical 2003
The Mikado - Koko - Lamplighters - Best Supporting Actor, Musical, 1986

BAY AREA CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATIONS

PRODUCTION - ROLE- COMPANY - AWARD NOMINATION

A Little Night Music - Fredrik Egerman - Lamplighters - Best Actor, Musical, 2001
My Fair Lady - Henry Higgins - Lamplighters - Best Actor, Musical, 1999

OTHER MUSICAL THEATRE

PRODUCTION - ROLE - COMPANY

The Secret Garden - Ben Weatherstaff - Willows Theatre
Pardon My English - Commissioner Bauer - 42nd Street Moon
Show Boat - Captain Andy Hawks - Lamplighters
Candide - Pangloss - Lamplighters
A Song to Sing, O - George Grossmith - Cinnabar Theatre
Where’s Charley? - Spettigue - Lamplighters
Hello Dolly - Horace Vandergelder - Lamplighters
Oliver - Fagin - Piedmont Light Opera
1776 - John Dickinson - Broadway by the Bay

OPERA/OPERETTA

The Bandits - Old Pietro - Pocket Opera
The Merry Widow - Baron Zeta - Lamplighters
The Gondoliers - Duke of Plaza Toro - Lamplighters
The Yeomen of the Guard - Jack Point - Lamplighters
Iolanthe - Lord Chancellor - Lamplighters
Tosca - The Sacristan - West Bay Opera
The Pirates of Penzance - Major General Stanley - Lamplighters
The Merry Widow - Njegus - Pocket Opera
Trial by Jury - Learned Judge - Lamplighters
Barber of Seville - Dr. Bartolo - West Bay Opera
Patience - Bunthorne - Lamplighters
Princess Ida - King Gama - Lamplighters
Ruddygore - Robin Oakapple - Lamplighters
Die Fledermaus - Frosch - Lamplighters
H.M.S. Pinafore - Sir Joseph Porter/Dick Deadeye - Lamplighters
The Sorcerer - John Wellington Wells - Lamplighters

STAGE ROLES

Christmas Carol - Scrooge/Marley's Ghost/Fred - Mills Theater

ON CAMERA WORK

Public Service ad (2007) - George W. Bush - Underground Ads (for MoveOn.org)
Corporate training film (2006) - Contrasting roles using accent - Group301, San Francisco

VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Haydn, Mass in Time of War - Bass soloist - Viva La Musica (Spring, 2007)
Mozart, Requiem - Bass soloist - Viva La Musica (Winter, 2006)
Mozart, Coronation Mass - Bass soloist -Viva La Musica (Spring, 2006)
Mozart, Magnificat - Bass soloist - Viva La Musica (Winter, 2005)

SPECIAL SKILLS

ACCENTS

British (Standard, Cockney, North Country, West Country), Scottish, Irish, Australian,
Elevated American, New York, New England, East Coast, Southern & Western dialects, Jewish/Yiddish,
French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, East Indian

TRAINING

Stage combat, musical theatre dance and movement, singing, piano

Participant, Actor’s Equity Membership Candidate Program