Austin Ku
Harden-Curtis Associates (legit/NYC)       SAG, AFTRA, AEA       See Contacts page for commercial/print
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 * Denotes Current/Upcoming Performances                          Ht/Wt: 6'0"/165              

FILM and TELEVISION (Selected)             

   Blind Love (film festivals]     Leon (lead)            TroyFilm Productions: Troy Choi

   P3: Parabola of the Third       Reminghue (supp.)      8 AM Productions: David Daniels

   Lemmy Lemmm...                  Tom (supp.)            Dir: Jason Wehling

   Solve This! (spec pilot]        Thomas/Killer (guest)  OdeCurtis Productions (SF)

   Animal Crackers (episodic]      Raptors (v/o)          KEA Productions: Kamala Appel

   DMX: Party Up! (music video]    Bank Hostage (feat.)   Dir: Dave Meyers

MUSICAL THEATRE (Selected)                               

New York

   Whatever Man (by Ben Strouse)    Kory-Matsu/The Drill   NYMF: Hilary Adams

   Is There Life After High School? Man 2                  Opening Doors: Jeremy Gold Kronenberg

   Allegiance (by Jay Kuo)          Featured ensemble      Playwrights Horizons: Stafford Arima

     (Reading w/Lea Salonga, George Takei, Tamlyn Tomita, et al.)

   Honor (by Peter Mills)           Ensemble               Prospect Theater Co.: Cara Reichel

     (Reading w/Jose Llana, Paolo Montalban)

   And The Earth Moved (Tim Huang)  Man 1                  CAP21

     (Reading)

 * Madame Pascal (Baruah & Ricci)   Ken                    Nuyorican Poets Cafe

     (Reading)

Tours

   The MeshugaNutcracker            Velvel                 Nat'l Jewish Th. Festival: Scott Guggenheim

   Pirates of Penzance (TYA)        Frederic               SF Opera/Opera a la Carte: Jane Hammett

Regional 

 * Closer Than Ever                 Man 1                  STS Playhouse (Phoenicia, NY): Ricarda O'Conner

   Anything Goes (w/Rachel York)    Luke                   Kansas City Starlight: Eliot Wasserman

   Gutenburg! The Musical!          Doug; dance captain    New Repertory Theatre: Stephen Nachamie

   Adrift in Macao                  Tempura                Lyric Stage of Boston: Stephen Terrell

   Urinetown                        Tiny Tom, u/s Bobby;   San Jose Stage Company: Rick Singleton

                                         dance captain

   Sweeney Todd (w/James M Iglehart)Anthony (Award-winner) Foothill Music Theatre: Jay Manley

   Thoroughly Modern Millie         Bun Foo                Diablo Theatre Company: Ryan Weible

   The King and I                   Lun Tha, ballet Thomas Diablo Theatre Company: Dennis Lickteig

   Gypsy                            Tulsa                  Town Hall Theatre Co.: Kevin A. Morales

   A New Brain                      Roger                  Shotgun Players: Yuval Sharon

   Cabaret                          Hans/violinst, Rudy    Theatre on San Pedro Sq.: Gary A. DeMattei

   Miss Saigon                      Featured Ensemble      Lenape Regional PAC: Vincent Marini

   Children of Eden (w/James I.)    Snake                  Willows Theatre Company: Richard Elliott

   The Boys From Syracuse           Angelo, tailor         42nd Street Moon: Dennis Lickteig

   Oh Captain!                      First Sailor, Guide    42nd Street Moon: Greg MacKellan

   Finian's Rainbow                 First Man, Fiddler     42nd Street Moon: Bonnie Hellman

   Roberta (w/Kathryn Crosby)       Violin Player          42nd Street Moon: Greg MacKellan

   Paint Your Wagon                 Salem, Fiddler         42nd Street Moon: Greg MacKellan

Workshops

   The Burnt Part Boys              Jake [principal]       TheatreWorks (CA): Robert Kelley
     (by Tysen, Miller & Elder)
 
   Homeland (by Jay Kuo)            Lincoln [princ./orig.] SF New Theatre Workshop: George Quick

   Insignificant Others (by Jay Kuo)Jordan [princ./orig.]] Jon Sims AIRspace Workshop: Jay Kuo

   When Stars Collide               Ensemble               Eureka Theatre: Billy Philadelphia
     (by Billy Philadelphia & Val Penn Adams)

DRAMATIC THEATRE (Selected)

Tours

   Much Ado About Nothing           Balthasar, Watch       S.F. Shakespeare Festival: Kenneth Kelleher

   Water Pirates II (TYA)           Kip (lead)             Nat'l Th. for Children (MN): Chris Becker 

   The Inner Circle (TYA)           Mark                   NCTC-SF: Sara Staley

NYC

 *  167 Tongues (develop. reading)  Jacob                  Queens Theatre in the Park: Ariel Kreith

    167 Tongues (commissioned play) Jacob                  Jackson Repertory Theatre: Ariel Kreith

    The Siege of Numantia (reading) Caius Marius           Leviathan Lab: Carlos Armesto

Regional

   M. Butterfly (w/Francis Jue)     Kurogo, u/s Song       TheatreWorks (CA): Robert Kelley

   Much Ado About Nothing           Balthasar, Sexton      NorthEast Shakesp. Ens. (NH): John Goodlin

   In the Blood [reading]           Doctor/Trouble         Marin Theatre Co.: Jasson Minadakis

   365 Days/365 Plays (6/11-17)     company                TheatreFIRST (CA): Clive Chafer

   The Two Noble Kinsmen            Arcite                 African American Shakes: David Skillman

   Corpus Christi                   James the Less         Little Room Downstairs (TX): Richard Laub

   Behind the Scenes [new work]     Chan (principal)       Martinez Opera: Cesare Curzi

   Buzz (TYA)                       Actor 3 (James/Tyra)   NCTC-SF: Sara Staley

   Get Real (TYA)                   Actor 1 (Harry Potter) NCTC-SF: Sara Staley

Workshops

    Stereopticon (Erik Ehn)         Kamikaze Pilot (lead)  PlayGround SF: Elizabeth Williamson

    Errors of Omission (Aaron Loeb) Boy                    PlayGround SF: Nancy Carlin

    The Fabulous... Captain Queer   Male Voice (narrator)  NCTC-SF: Arturo Catricala

      (Prince Gomolvilas)

COMMERCIALS

   List Available Upon Request

INDUSTRIALS

A.S.K. LEARNING              FOLEY'S DEPT. STORES            SERVICE CORPS INTERNATIONAL 
B-PAD GROUP, INC.            GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE           SHUTTLE WORLDWIDE
BUSINESS OBJECTS             HILTON HOTELS                   SYMANTEC/VERITAS SOFTWARE
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.          MERIDIAN-EATON GLOBAL           WADSWORTH_THOMSON LEARNING
COYOTE POINT MUSEUM          PG&E                            WAL-MART                  

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AUTODESK, INC.               FIDELITY                        PROF. CULINARY INSTITUTE

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.          MOTOROLA                        PROGRESSIVE AUTO INSURANCE

DISCOVERY CHANNEL            PANTENE                         S.F. VISITORS' BUREAU

EDUC'L TESTING SERVICE       PFIZER                          UNITED TECHNOLOGIES

AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS (Selected)

  * Company Member Leviathan Lab (Asian American classical ensemble; Ariel Estrada), 2010-

   Soloist        Leviathan Lab kick-off benefit concert (MD: Gillian Berkowitz), 2010

   Performer      Lyric Stage Company's annual Lights Up! Benefit (Spiro Veloudos), 2010

   Soloist        Great Waters Pops, The Sensational Sixties (Con: Peter Mansfield), 2009

   Performer      Lyric Stage Company's annual Lights Up! Benefit (Spiro Veloudos), 2009

   Performer      A.R.T. Press Conference welcoming Diane Paulus, Red Sox Nation, 2009

   Soloist        Boston Pops, Bernstein Tribute (Conductor: Keith Lockhart), 2009

   Soloist        Great Waters Pops, Best of Broadway (Con: Peter Mansfield), 2008

   Company Member Red Ladder Theatre Company (Artistic Director: Karen Altree Piemme), 2007

   Company Member PlayGround S.F. Company (Artistic Director: Jim Kleinmann), 2006-2007

   Recipient      Dean Goodman Award, Supporting Actor (Anthony, Sweeney Todd), 2005

   Performer      SF Performing Arts Library & Museum Gala (Green Room Revue), 2005 

   Performer      42nd Street Moon Gala (I Remember it Well: Songs of Alan Jay Lerner), 2003

   Winner         Boalt Hall Talent Show/Competition ("I'll Cover You" duet from Rent), 2002

TRAINING and EDUCATION (Selected)

Education: 
   M.M., Musical Theatre        The Boston Conservatory: Kerry Deal, et al.   

   B.A/B.M. (Voice/Opera major) Rice Univ./Shepherd School (TX): Kathleen Kaun, et al.             

     Young Artist summer program  Seagle Music Colony (NY): Ellen Shade, Susan Yankee, et al.   

   Vocal Concert summer program Aspen Music Festival (CO): Viviane Thomas, et al.   

   J.D. (Law degree)            UC Berkeley School of Law/Boalt Hall (CA)

Training:

   Voice - 15 years  

Musical Theatre/NYC: Tom Burke; BoCo: Kerry Deal; SF: Jon Call.

Classical/Rice University: Kathleen Kaun, Andrea Jaber, Chris Holloway;

   Seagle Music Colony: Ellen Shade, Susan Yankee; Aspen Music Festival: Viviane Thomas;

   SF: Brian Antonio Nagore, Gregory and Marcie Stapp; MO: Jay Middleton.

   Musical Theatre Coaching - 9 years   

NYC: Andrew Byrne, Matthew Deming;

BoCo: Neil Donohoe, Cathy Rand, Fran Charnas, Peter Mansfield, Maureen Brennan, Wade Russo, 

      Gina Fiore, Bill Casey;

SF: Jon Call

   Acting - 7 years                      

NYC: Craig Wroe; Leviathan Theatre Lab (Workshops): Ian Hersey (Shakespeare), Virginia Scott (clown);

BoCo: Candice Brown (Grotowski), Cristi Miles (Viewpoints), Ross MacDonald (Shakespeare),

      Karen Kopryanski, Douglas Lockwood;

SF: Full Circle Productions (Commercial), BATS (Improv)

   Dance - 4 years theatre/jazz, 3 years ballet, 2 years tap, et al.        

NYC/Broadway Dance Center: Jason Marquette, Lainie Munroe (Theatre), Dorit Koppel, Peter Schabel (Ballet), Germaine Salsberg, Avi Miller & Ofer Ben (Tap), Sheila Barker, Slam (Jazz), Bev Brown (Hip-Hop);

BoCo: Jen Farrell, Lillian Carter (jazz), Carol Efron-Flier, Maggy Gorrill (tap),

      Becca Rozell, Steven Erwin, Dean Vollick, Michelle Chasse (ballet);

SF: Rhythm & Motion, SF Dance Center/Lines Ballet, Dance Arts Center.

   Stage Combat and Tumbling - 1 year

NYC: Chelsea Piers

SF: Acrosports SF: David Yin, Ethan Law (beginning/advanced beginning adult tumbling)

   Violin - 15 years classical, 1 year jazz (also 3 years viola, piano; 1 year mandolin, cello)

SF: Academy of the Sword: Richard Lane (unarmed, rapier & dagger)

                          

SPECIAL SKILLS

   Adv. Singer (new/difficult music), Actor (quick study), Musician (violin, mandolin, etc.);

   Speaks Chinese (Mandarin); Good with accents & voices; Technical jargon; Licensed Attorney

   Int. Dancer (experienced dance captain); Yoga, Cooking; Proficient w/teleprompter, earprompter.

Downloads available (via SendSpace):

 Downloadable Legit Headshot available HERE

Downloadable one-page Legit Resume (formatted for 8x10 trimming) available HERE

Downloadable Commercial Headshot available HERE

Downloadable one-page Commercial Resume (formatted for 8x10 trimming) available HERE

Downloadable 2-minute On-Camera reel (Television/Film/Industrials) available HERE

Online clip of me performing "High School All Over Again" in Is There Life After High School? in 2010, HERE

Online clip of me in the quintet "Second Chances" from Is There Life After High School? in 2010, HERE

Online audition clip of me doing Arpad's scene and song "Try Me" from She Loves Me in 2009, HERE

Downloadable audio clip of me singing the end of "Johanna" from Sweeney Todd at a benefit in 2009, HERE

Downloadable audio clip of me singing Pangloss (the lead voice) in "The Best of All Possible Worlds" from Candide with The Boston Pops Orchestra (conducted by Keith Lockhart) in 2008, HERE

Downloadable audio clip of "You Linger on My Mind" from Jay Kuo's 2006 hit S.F. musical Insignificant Others, HERE

Also available online:

To see the YouTube trailer for the 2006 indie art movie Blind Love, click HERE

To see the MySpace trailer for the 2006 indie sci-fi movie P3: Parabola of the Third, click HERE 

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Don't forget to visit the Performances page for photos and reviews!

This Page Last Updated: 07/2010