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LIONEL RULAND

EMC

917.863.3574   LionelRuland@gmail.com

Height: 5'4" . Weight: 235lbs . Eyes: Hazel . Voice: Tenor

THEATRE

Gypsy                                                                           Pop/Kringelein/Cigar              Arizona Broadway Theatre - Dir. Danny Gorman

Small Town Story                                                   Dave Hunter                                    American Theatre Group - Dir. Eddie Prunoske

Robin! A Musical Adventure                           Friar Tuck                           NeverTold Productions - Dir. Christopher Leidenfrost 

Sweeney Todd                                                         Beadle Bamford                                                   Skyline Theatre - Dir. Sam Scalamoni 

The Addams Family                                              Uncle Fester                                  Cortland Repertory Theatre- Dir. Bert Bernardi 

Man of La Mancha                                                Sancho                                                                          Montclair Operetta - Dir. Bob Cline

The Blood Banquet                                               Count Vladtastic                           Busch Gardens - Dirs. Matt West/ Baayork Lee 

The 39 Steps                                                             Clown                                                                         Skyline Theatre - Dir. Sam Scalamoni 

The Greatest Pirate Story Never Told       Captain Henry Martin                          Snapple Theater Center - Dir. Rick Wilson 

Tales of Robin Hood                                             Friar Tuck                                                  NY Renaissance Faire  - Dir. Sherry Nehmer

Fiddler On The Roof                                            Mordcha (Tevye u/s)                                 Mill Mountain Theatre - Dir. Craig North 

TV & NEW MEDIA 

Impractical Jokers                                   Co-Star                            NorthSouth Productions

Blind Trust (pilot)                                     Series Regular      Crossbones Entertainment  

Hack My Life                                               Co-Star                                                                    truTV  

Pulp Comics                                                 Series Regular                            Comedy Central    

What If I’m Home Alone? (pilot)      Series Regular      PBS & CT Public Television   

FILM 

Cut! Don’t Cut!                                          Lead                                Dir. Colleen Davie Janes  

Panic at the Pole                                        Lead                                Dir. Colleen Davie Janes

January                                                           Supporting                       Dir. Blake Drummond  

ReCanned                                                     Supporting                                   Dir. Amy Sponza 

TRAINING 

BA Cum Laude Drama William Paterson College 

MFA Candidate Puppetry UCONN

Improvisation & Sketch Comedy Writing Upright Citizens Brigade

Acting: Clyde Baldo, Niyi Coker, Bob MacDonald 

Scene Study: Sarah Baskin, Kaye Tuckerman 

Sitcom Performance: Margaret Reed 

On Camera: Canedy Knowles, Jen Rudolph 

Improvisation: UCB - Eric Gersen, Nicole Drespel 

Sketch: UCB - Geoff Garlock, Brandon Bassham 

Character: UCB - John Bander 

Voiceover: Angela Montalbano 

Voice: Ken Magos, Lynda Sharmin, Claudia Pinza 

Speech & Dialects: David Alan Stern 

Stage Combat: J. David Brimmer, Michael Chin, Rikki Ravits 

Puppetry: Bart Roccoberton 

SPECIAL SKILLS 

Stand-Up, Improvisation, Sketch Writing, Acoustic Guitar (plays with the Irish Folk/Sea Chantey group: The Crimson Pirates), Puppetry,  Actor/Combatant, Accents: (British RP, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, German, Spanish, Down East, Yiddish, Farsi), Horseback Riding, Driver’s License, Reiki Master, Professional Santa Claus, Local Hire: NYC