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Moreau refuses to fall into any simple/typical category. He is anxious and
most interested in doing avant garde and non-traditional roles in feature or short
films or staged productions. A consummate actor, Will Moreau is available for
independent films, fanciful characterization and portrayals. A character
Actor, by training, he is able and interested in projects that
require accents and roles of diverse ethnic backgrounds, not only Native American
roles or characters. Will Moreau has studied dramaturgy at the graduate level
of higher education. He has worked in many capacities in video, film, industrial,
stage, and musical theater. He has also worked in improvisational theater, method
acting and workshop developmental projects and productions in development.
Will
Moreau has performed in theater with community, regional and university companies
and for many years. Moreau has performed in both (LORT) regional venues and professionally
on stage in dramatic and musical theater and in film/video. A "Native Son"
from the Nation's Capital, he has performed in theaters throughout Washington
metropolitan area including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
numerous times in the Concert Hall and Terrace Theaters.
With the Washington Metropolitan Opera Company, he appeared in
Mozart's classic "Abduction from the Seraglio." He also
served as the Artistic Director for the Native American Theater
Company in the Nation's Capital "The Free Spirit Players"
from 1982-1987. Will
Moreau is an active member of the Alumni Association for the George
Washington University(GWU), Department of Theater and Dance (CASTS). With
a Bachelors Degree from GWU, he appeared in several main stage productions at
Marvin Center Theater, Trinity Theater. He completed his bachelors degree with
a double major including Anthropology and Communications (TV, Radio and Film Production
& Performance) at the George Washington University, where he studied voice
performance with Professor Steve Prussing, Music Department. After Graduating,
he worked in the field of Communications/Film and Video for over 10 years.
Will
Moreau has professional degrees from the Pennsylvania State University,
University Park. At PSU He appeared in staged productions at The Charles
Schwab Auditorium, Milton S. Eisenhower Center for the Performing Arts
in Pennsylvania at the Central Pennsylvania Arts Festival Concert Stage.
As a Penn State student, Moreau was a member of the Penn State Thespian Student
organization. At the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), where he earned his
professional degrees, he studied voice performance with Ms. Francis Daniels, MFA.
and Dr. Richard W. Davis. While pursuing his professional degrees at PSU, Will
Moreau worked for 7 years with the Pennsylvania Center for the Performing Arts
(working on over 100 National Broadway Tours Productions including: Wynton Marsalis
Sextet, Sarafina, Madama Butterfly-New York City Opera, Lost in Yonkers,Alvin
Ailey American Dance Company, Cats, A Chorus Line, Dream Girls, La Traviata, View
From the Bridge, Black Mombaso, The Great Gatsby, Rumors, Marriage of Figaro-New
York City Opera, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company "Uncle Tom's Cabin",
Sound of Music, Into The Woods, Tito Puente & Latin Jazz All Stars, A Christmas
carol, M. Butterfly, Tosca, Marvin Hamlish, Ballet Hispanico
). In that
capacity, Will Moreau served in various positions including: production technician,
deck electrician, stage carpenter, property crews, run crews, stagehand. Will
Moreau was also the House Manager for the Pennsylvania Center Stage,
Summer Professional theater season. This required complete management responsibilities
for events staged in 2600 seat, 972 seats and 100 seat theater summer stock. In
this capacity he had the responsibility of coordination of 60 professional performers;
20,000 patrons; 200 volunteers; and 10 house staff. As
a singer of songs, Will Moreau has appeared as a soloist in concerts throughout
the United States and internationally. Having performed for over 40 international
dignitaries, Ambassadors and Embassies, Will Moreau has also performed at the
Ty Llen Cultural Center in Wales, and at the Lincoln Center for Performing
Arts. Will Moreau is among the new "crossover" artists, mixing the
contemporary favorites, with standards, showtunes, Native American contemporary,
ancient chanting/fusion, golden oldies and the classical aria. Such crossover
artists, as they are often tagged, have a long line of predecessors, dating back
to the operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, who nearly a century ago made his first recording.
Will Moreau belongs the new generation of singers, like Russell Watson, Charlotte
Church, and others that are trying to reach out to people and making other forms
of music accessible to people who might otherwise be unfamiliar with these genres.
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