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Duane Sawyer

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Company Member

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Actor

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DUANE SAWYER has been an OpenStage Company Member since 1992 and has performed in numerous productions with the Theatre, appearing most recently in Saint Joan, The Solid Gold Cadillac, The Play's the Thing and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, for which he received the OpenStage OPUS for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He also has appeared with The Acting Company in Loveland in The Compleat Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged) and Fools and as Felix in The Odd Couple, among others. Duane has designed and illustrated numerous posters for OpenStage Theatre, most recent for Little Shop of Horrors, Noises Off, Picnic, The Solid Gold Cadillac, The Play's the Thing and Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage. Duane made his directorial debut with openstage etc's production of The Shape of Things and directed the world premier of openstage etc's production of The Harvey Project last season. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Graphic Design and devotes his time when off-stage to being a professional artist and owner of Eon Studio, Inc., a screen-printing and design firm.



Roles

2010-2011
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure - Assistant Director

2009-2010
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol - Poster Designer

2008-2009
As You Like It - Corin/Gower (soldier)
Little Shop of Horrors - Graphic Artist

2007-2008
The Harvey Project - Director
The Harvey Project - Graphic Artist

2006-2007
Saint Joan - Steward/Pages/Soldier
Picnic - Graphic Artist
Boston Marriage - Graphic Designer

2005-2006
The Solid Gold Cadillac - Graphic Artist
The Solid Gold Cadillac - Warren Gillie
The Shape of Things - Graphic Artist
The Shape of Things - Director
The Shape of Things - Set-In Crew
The Shape of Things - Sound Designer

2004-2005
The Play's the Thing - Graphic Artist
The Play's the Thing - Mell
The Drawer Boy - Assistant Director
Major Arcana - New Splendid Lady; Raphael Rooney; Zebra 12
Major Arcana - Just You Wait; Skip Taylor

2003-2004
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage - Set-In Crew
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage - Baxter Blue
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage - Graphic Artist
Proof - Set-In Crew
Moon Over Buffalo - Set-In Crew
Yellow Rose & The Ghost Man - Graphic Artist
Portals - Commander Razard; Ripper; S'kar; Elevator Concierg

2002-2003
Laughter on the 23rd Floor - Val Skolsky

2001-2002
The HOT L Baltimore - Wall Mural
Henry IV, Part 1 - Gadshill

2000-2001
The Mousetrap - Mr. Paravicini
The House of Bernarda Alba - Board Operator
Harvey - E. J. Lofgren

1999-2000
The Man Who Came to Dinner - Banjo

1998-1999
The 1940s Radio Hour - Lou Cohn
King Lear - Oswald

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