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Fredric Stone

Fredric Stone recently performed with The Shakespeare Project as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing and as Don Armado in Love's Labours Lost. He has been also seen in various roles in Faust, Ghosts, The Parvenu, The Cricket on the Hearth, Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, part 2 and Coriolanus. He has worked with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in Love's Labor's Lost (Boyet), The Tempest (Alonso), Richard II (Northumberland), Henry IV parts 1 and 2 (Norththumberland, Francis, Vernon, and Silence); Henry V (multiple roles), The Winter's Tale (Camillo), and The Taming of the Shrew (Gremio). He has played the Duke and Antonio in Two Gentleman of Verona at Shakespeare on the Green in Lake Forest. At Steppenwolf he played David Malter in The Chosen, and at the Goodman played Agamemnon in Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Trojan Women. Other Chicago credits include Fires in the Mirror (Northlight), Beau Jest (Victory Gardens), Isn't it Romantic (Ivanhoe), as well as work at the Court Theatre, Drury Lane Evergreen Park, and Illinois Theatre Center. Regional credits at New American Theatre, BoarsHead Theatre, Madison Repertory and First Stage Milwaukee. Broadway and Off B'way credits include All Over Town and Awake and Sing and tours include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Zero Mostel. Film and Television credits include Thief, The Untouchables, Crime Story, and Missing Persons. Mr. Stone also created and performs a one-person Shakespeare show, Will and Testament (a life after death comedy) that he tours. He teaches a "Performing Shakespeare" class at Victory Gardens Theatre. 

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