Philip Cuomo

For the Portland Actors Conservatory Philip has directed Kimberly Akimbo, The Mail Order Bride and assistant directed An Experiment with an Air Pump. He helped create and facilitate the clown shows Pas Deux Bits and Box O' Briefs for the December Conservatory Showcases. He directed A Tuna Christmas for Oregon Repertory Theatre, and created and directed La Carpa Del Ausente and La Carpa Calavera (Drammy winner for outstanding achievement in directing) for Miracle Theatre. He has directed The Late Christopher Bean, his own Hermes' Mother and his own adaptation of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. He was the style and movement coach and fight choreographer for Third Rail Rep's production of Number Three, Hand2Mouth's Blue and From A Dream to a Dream ( a co-production with the Polish theatre company Stacja Szamocin ). He has given mask workshops for Artists Repertory Theatre's productions of Uncle Vanya and The Drawer Boy.

As a teacher, while in New York, Philip taught beginning acting at The Sonia Moore Studio of Theatre, clowning at Circus Minimus, and Literacy through Dance at the Bronx Arts Ensemble. Here in Portland his teaching credits include Mask for Imago, Movement for Artists Repertory Theatre's Actors-To-Go Program, Mask at Young People's Theatre Project at Jesuit High School, Level One Acting and Voice at Portland State University, and Movement at Willamette University. He has taught Mask, Movement, Improvisation and Voice at the Portland Actors Conservatory.

Philip was an artistic associate for three years with School is Fun Productions in St. Petersburg, Florida, creating and directing several shows for schools. He worked for The Orange County Historical Museum and The Tampa Historical Society adapting and directing shows based on museum content and historical documentation. As an actor he has appeared at Lincoln Center, The Hartford Stage, The Civic Theatre of Central Florida, and in Portland with Artists Repertory Theatre, Imago Theatre, and with Third Rail Rep in Nobody Here But Us Chickens.