1. JOE FARINA
joefaractor12@gmail.com
Height: 6’3” Eyes: Green
Weight: 220 Hair: Brown
STAGE
Sanctuary Lead Donny’s Skybox Theatre
American Backwash Ensemble Donny’s Skybox Theatre
Lost Not Stolen Ensemble Improv Playhouse
Clan of the Motted Soil Ensemble Improv Playhouse
FILM/TV
Debt of the Heart Lead JHC Productions
*Winner-Best Dramatic Short Film-2010 Bare Bones International Film Festival
Strapped Lead Unveiled Pictures
Honeymoon Blues Lead Split Pillow Films
Lucky Night Lead Jureka Films
Last Hand Lead Hexxed Productions
*Winner-Best Acting Ensemble and Best Picture-Chicago’s 2007 48-Hour Film Festival
Jessie 3K Supporting Hexxed Productions
Triple-Cross Supporting Towers Productions
Riff Raff Supporting Mindlight Films
*Winner-Audience Choice Award-2010 Chicago United Film Festival
Highwood Bowl Supporting Lucca Productions
Devil’s Dominoes Supporting Stonehenge Films
The Swing Supporting Screen Door Films
Chasing Robert Supporting Bad Penny Films
COMMERCIALS
List Available Upon Request
TRAINING
Acting In Film and Television-Dennis Farina; On-Camera Acting-Christian Stolte, Act One Studios;
Commercial Technique-Joanne Sylvestrak, Act One Studios; Auditioning For The Prime-Time Drama Series-
Jane Alderman, Act One Studios; Michael Shurtleff Technique I-Barb Thometz-The Audition Studio;
Improvisation For Actors-Shelly Gossman, Second City and Kimmie Companik-Warner, Act One
Studios; Improvisation, Games and Risk Taking-Bernard Beck, Piven Theatre; Shakespeare Improv-Pat
Carton, Improv Playhouse; Performance Level Improvisation-David Stuart and Pat Carton, Improv
Playhouse
SPECIAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Play Acoustic Guitar, Baseball, Basketball, Softball, Golf, Weight Training and Fitness, Hiked the
Grand Canyon, Pop-Culture, 1960’s British-Pop music fanatic, Emcee, Travel, Great with Animals
and Kids, Harry Caray working at a drive-thru and Carol Channing “Speak and Spell” impressions