Wade McCollum

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name = Wade McCollum


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Wade McCollum is an American film actor, stage actor and musician, and is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild. He currently resides and appears in Los Angeles, CA and New York, New York.

McCollum grew up on the road, traveling with his father who was a drummer for a number of bands including Foolish Pleasure, Reflections, and Tracer. Over the past ten years, McCollum has honed his skills in the theatre by performing, playwriting, composing and producing. McCollum attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and has performed with professional and regional theatres such as Utah Shakespearean Festival, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Willamette Repertory Theatre, triangle! Theatre, Celebration Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre and most recently for Portland Center Stage. He is also the co-founder and artistic director of Insight Out Theatre Collective [http://www.iotcpdx.com] .

In 2005, McCollum toured his music with Holcombe Waller to New York City, Los Angeles and Portland. McCollum has recently completed his first album "Beauty is a Streetlight", directed his first TV pilot and is currently planning the next production/workshop of "ONE", the rock musical he has been working on for many years.

elected roles

With Portland Center Stage

* The Emcee in "Cabaret" (2007/2008 season)
* Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (and all other roles) in "I Am My Own Wife" (2006/2007 season)
* Bat Boy, in "" (2003/2004 season)
* Lancelot Gobbo in "The Merchant of Venice" (2003/2004 season)

With Artists Repertory Theatre

* Phaeton/Ceyx in "Metamorphoses"
* Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald in "Assassins"

With triangle! Theatre

* Hedwig/Tommy Gnosis in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

Other theaters

* Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show"
* Mary in "On the Verge"
* Sid in his own play "ONE", the musical he wrote and co-composed with Eric Nordin.
* Norm Waxman in the San Francisco/Chicago company of "Jersey Boys"

Awards

* Portland Drammy awards for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" in 2003, and again for "Bat Boy" in 2004
* Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle - Best Lead Performance for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" in 2004
* LA Ovation award - Best Actor in a Musical in 2004
* BackStage West Garland Award – Best Lead Performance in 2004

External links

* [http://www.wadesong.com Official website]
* [http://www.iotcpdx.com/about/founders/founders_wm.htm Insight Out Theatre Collective :: Wade McCollum]
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