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GUEST ARTIST

Neil McGarry

Neil hails from Festival, Two Gentleman Of Verona (Crab the
Cape Cod. He is Dog) Excaliber Theatre Co., Los Angeles,
the seventh child The Winter’s Tale (Leontes) BCSC & NY
from a loving family Classical Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing
of ten children and (Benedick) BCSC & The Publick Theatre,
the brother of jazz Boston, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
singer and four-time (Theseus/Oberon & directed) BCSC,
Grammy nominee, Hamlet (the Ghost, Player King & directed)
Kate McGarry. BCSC, Macbeth (Macduff) BCSC, Macbeth
He began his work in the theatre in the (Malcolm) North Shore Music Theatre
summer of 1980 as an apprentice at the & Cape Rep, and Measure For Measure
Cape Cod Melody Tent. He has been a (The Duke), Love’s Labor’s Lost (King of
working professional actor for over 35 Navarre), The Merchant Of Venice (Antonio),
years with performances in theatre, film, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius), As
television and radio. You Like It (Oliver), Romeo & Juliet (Benvolio
& The Chorus) - all at The Publick Theatre,
Neil founded The Bay Colony Shakespeare Boston. He is currently working on a film
Company in the Autumn of 2012 and was of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.
Producing Artistic Director until June
of 2016. During his tenure, the BCSC Favorite roles include the New England
produced 12 works that toured regional premiere of Dead Man’s Cellphone (Gordon)
New England and one show, Burbage, that Lyric Stage Co., Boston, Doubt (Father
went to the New York Int. Fringe Festival. Flynn) Worcester Foothills Theatre, Of
At his departure from the BCSC, Neil Mice And Men (George) & The Crucible
received the ARTIE award from the town (Judge Danforth) for New Rep On Tour,
of Plymouth for “Artistic Excellence & and My Name Is Asher Lev (Aryeh, Jacob
Services to the Community of Plymouth, Kahn), Steel Pier (Mick Hamilton), The Rose
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty”. Tattoo (Mangiacavallo) all for Cape Rep.
The BCSC production of Charles Film and television credits include Sisters,
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was born in Hill Of Vision, Manaslu - Berg Der Seelen,
2013, (Best of Boston, 2013) and was Frank The Bastard, Edge Of Darkness, The
named “IRNE Best Solo Performance of Proposal, Killing Dinner, Fall Apart, Absent
2014” by the Independent Reviewers of Father, Bust, Stranger, and Stuff Stephanie In
New England. This performance toured The Incinerator, PBS/American Experience:
across the northeast United States for five Alexander Hamilton, ABC TV’s All My
years. In 2018, Neil and A Christmas Carol Children, and Showtime’s Brotherhood.
traversed Europe for the first time, touring His radio work includes: Six titles (leads
to Innsbruck, Dublin, London, Basel, and featured roles) in the Cape Cod Radio
Geneva, and Prague, finally concluding in Mystery Theatre collection, all broadcast
Bruneck, Italy. In 2019 A Christmas Carol by National Public Radio and Voice of
toured to London, Bath, Basel, Dusseldorf, America.
and Co. Leitrim. Neil received his training at the National
He has a special love for Shakespeare and Shakespeare Conservatory and is a proud
has performed in 24 of his 37 plays, roles member of Actor’s Equity Association
include: Hamlet (Hamlet) BCSC, Romeo & and SAG - AFTRA. He currently lives
Juliet (Romeo) Seacoast Rep, NH, Julius in the Italian Alps with his wife and three
Caesar (Brutus) Philadelphia Shakespeare children.

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