Mitchell Hébert

Professor

301.405.6684
2820 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
mhebert@umd.edu
www.mitchellhebert.com

Education/Training: M.F.A. in Acting, University of Washington, 1983; B.F.A., Theatre, University of Wisconsin, 1980.

Areas of Specialization/Interest: Acting, Directing

Professional Affiliations: AEA, SAG, AFTRA, SSDC

Representative Productions:

Russ in Clybourne Park (World Premier 2010) at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, where he is a long standing company member. Other Woolly credits include: Charles in The Clean House, Reuben in Patience, Jimmy in Heaven, Tom Bates in Brimstone and Treacle, The Irish Man in The Gigli Concert, and Frank in Kvetch. Weston, Curse of the Starving Class (Woolly/UM). At Round House Theatre: where he is a member of the Artists Round Table, Around the World in 80 Days (Phileas Fogg) (2010), Eurydice (Lord of the Underworld/Nasty Interesting Man), Treasure Island (Israel Hands), Crime and Punishment (Porfiry), Mr. Dussel in The Diary of Anne Frank, Morgan in The Drawer Boy, Mayor Robert F. Wagner in Shakespeare, Moses, & Joe Papp, Rolly Moore in Criminal Genius, and Escape from Happiness, Leonard in One Shoe Off.  Olney Theatre Center: Peter Pan (Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Tartuffe in Tartuffe, Dysart in Equus, Salieri in Amadeus, Rabbit Hole (director). At Rep Stage: Mrs. Farnsworth (Mr. Farnsworth). Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, at Everyman Theatre; Vanya in Uncle Vanya. Other local credits include: the title role in Nathan the Wise at Theatre of the First Amendment. FILM: The Hunley. TELEVISION: the title role in Nathan the Wise on PBS-TV, Homicide: Life on the Street. RADIO: LA Theatre Works/NPR, Col. Martin “Jiggs” Casey in Seven Days in May (with Ed Asner and Senator Fred Thompson), Lt. Commander John Challee in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Aaron Geldhart in The Substance of Fire, (with Ron Rifkin) Jim Bayliss in All My Sons (with Julie Harris).

Honors and Awards:

Creative and Performing Arts Award (CAPA), 1987; 2004 Helen Hayes Award nomination Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play; Morgan in The Drawer Boy at Round House Theatre; 2009 Helen Hayes Award nomination Outstanding Ensemble, Rabbit Hole at Olney Theatre Center.