About

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About a Babich

A NYC-based actor, 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 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.

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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