RUSSELL TAYLOR

SAG     AEA

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Theatre Directing: Chained to Freedom, Bad Dog, Angels Fall, The Revelation Circus: A King James Primer, Naked Macbeth, The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, The Berliner Faustus, The Importance of Swinging Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Andorra, Peter Pan, The Crucible, A Company of Wayward Saints, The Diviners, Fool of Hearts.

Cabaret Directing: "Jaron Vesely: Something Good," "The Fabulous Pink Flamingos: Last Call at the XMAS Lounge," "The Fabulous Pink Flamingos Live from the Lu'au Lounge," "Revival! The Gospel According to The Fabulous Pink Flamingos."

In 2006 Taylor received the Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing for "The Fabulous Pink Flamingos Live from the Lu’au Lounge."

He's written the book for five musicals — Come by Here, Sons of Adam Daughters of Eve, Hollywood Hallelujah, Far Away Places, Waiting on Blue — all during his five year run as an High School Drama Teacher. He collaborated with Virginia Rudolph on the book, music and lyrics for the musical Fool of Hearts.

As an actor, Taylor’s work includes: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), Picasso at The Lapin Agile (Freddy), The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd (Cocky), Oklahoma! (Ali Hakem), P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (Jimmy/Vito), and Fool of Hearts (Fool). He has also served his mandatory time singing and dancing in productions of Godspell, Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, and Guys and Dolls.

Taylor's theatre-adjacent career includes work as: “Fuzzy” the Singing Cop at Disneyland, a walking puppet theatre at Knott’s Berry Farm, an improviser at the L.A. Connection, a day care worker, a Sunday School Teacher, a Bible Salesman, and a graphic artist.

In 2005, he released his first CD, the EP Familiar Stranger: Songs by Phyl Fraser. In 2007 he co-produced the CD The Fabulous Pink Flamingos' Songs from the Lu'au Lounge.

In seventh grade he was voted “Most Humorous” by Mrs. Argebright’s Speech and Drama Class. He has been trying to live up to the honor ever since.

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