BEN TOSTADO
AEA
Height: 5’8 Weight: 160 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
TELEVISION
General Hospital
Port Charles
Joe (U/5)
Waiter (U/5)
ABC-TV
ABC TV
THEATRE
OFF-BROADWAY
Seussical (OOBC)
Wickersham ("Monkey Around" lead vocals)
Lucille Lortel/Marcia Milgrom Dodge, dir.
*Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording
Jay Records
NEW YORK
IBM Centennial (Industrial) Actor Moises Kaufman, dir./Jerry Mitchell, dir.
Seussical (Tour) Wickersham TheatreworksUSA/Marcia Milgrom Dodge, dir.
Once On This Island Ensemble Gallery Players
Brecht’s Life of Galileo (Workshop) Various Tectonic Theatre Project/Moises Kaufman, dir.
Opening Night Gala at Theatre Row Soloist Acorn Theatre/Gregory Mosher, dir.
Slut The Musical Roger/Josh (originated roles) American Theatre of Actors
Hair Tribe Member Gallery Players
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia (Tour) Lead Story Salad Productions
Roots of Rap: Poetry (Tour) Lead Interborough Repertory Theatre
LOS ANGELES and REGIONAL
TRAINING
Ithaca College, BFA Acting
Manhattan School of Music, Professional Musical Theatre Workshop 2007
Song Study: Paul Gemignani
Voice: Carolann Page
Vocal Coaching: Paul Ford
Scene Study: Austin Pendleton
Audition Technique: Joanna Merlin
Dance: Ginger Thatcher
Hair/Make-Up: Phyllis Della
Theatre History: Robert Kimball
Career Management: Jim Carnahan
Andrew Byrne, Voice
Gwen Hillier, Daytime Drama (General Hospital)
Julie Tucker, Primetime Drama (Law & Order: SVU)
Terry Schreiber, Scene Study
SPECIAL SKILLS
Voice: Baritone to G
Dance: Hip Hop/Funk, Jazz, Theatre, Swing, Basic Ballet, Modern, Cheerleading
Other Stuff: Director, Choreographer, Teaching Artist, Stage Combat, Rod Puppets, Great with Children…and I make a killer martini!
Joseph…Dreamcoat Asher Hangar Theatre /Dan Knechtges, choreo.
Five Guys Named Moe Eat Moe Bristol Valley Theatre
The New Yorkers (West Coast Premiere) Ensemble La Mirada Civic Light Opera
Bye Bye Birdie Teen Chorus Music Theatre of Southern California
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All… Aloysius Firehouse Theatre
Godspell Jesus Starlight Amphitheatre
Guys and Dolls Rusty Charlie Glendale Centre Theatre
Joseph…Dreamcoat Judah Glendale Centre Theatre