Jake Weissman
6'4'', 200 lbs.
Jake Weissman has planned on being an actor since he first started acting in high school. He studied at the Foothill Theatre Conservatory and received a Bachelor's in Theatre and Community from UC Santa Barbara. He has been in more than 50 plays over 14 years, and has recently moved to Atlanta in order to expand into the film industry. He has a passion for Shakespeare, Tarantino, and political activism through theatre/film such as Teatro Campesino. His favorite roles include Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jim O'Connor from The Glass Menagerie, and Kerry Davis from First Person Shooter.
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." - Lucio, Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4
Theatrical/Film Resume
Flirting with Violence (film) - Supporting - Austin Tong Productions - Dir. by Rob Driscol
PCSF Best Short Plays of 2019 - Assorted - Playwrights Center of San Francisco - Dir. by Bill Hyatt, Lana Palmer, Don Hardwick
The One Truthiness - Jake/White Guy - The Lower Bottom Playaz - Dir. by Ayodele Nzinga
Love vs. Fire (Play in a Day) - Jake - Playwrights Center of San Francisco - Dir. by Arcadia Conrad
The Glass Menagerie - Jim O'Connor - Santa Clara Players - Dir. by Arcadia Conrad
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Bottom - UC Santa Barbara Theatre Department - Gerry Hansen
Caucasian Chalk Circle - Jessup - UC Santa Barbara Theatre Department - Dir. by Simon Williams
The Magic Tower - Jim - UC Santa Barbara Theatre Department - Dir. by Tyler Koontz
Cymbeline - Guiderius - Foothill Theatre Company - Dir. by Tom Gough
First Person Shooter - Kerry Davis - Foothill Theatre Company - Dir. by Tom Gough
Homer for Dummies - Assorted - Foothill Theatre Company - Dir. by Joshua Messick
South Pacific - O'Brien - Foothill Theatre Company - Dir. by Milissa Carey
Damn Yankees - Henry - Foothill Theatre Company - Dir. by Tom Gough
Education - Skills - Awards
BA IN THEATRE & COMMUNITY - UC SANTA BARBARA
EXTENSIVE THEATRICAL TRAINING - FOOTHILL THEATRE CONSERVATORY
Movement - Tom Gough (Foothill Theatre Conservatory)
Dialects - Tom Gough (FTC), Anne Torsiglieri (UC Santa Barbara)
Make Up - Janis Bergmann (FTC)
Singing - Milissa Carey (FTC)
Stage Management - Bruce Mcleod (FTC)
Set Construction - Bruce Mcleod (FTC)
Improv - Tom Gough (FTC), Comedy Sportz San Jose
Directing - Janis Bergmann (FTC)
Shakespeare - Tom Gough, Janis Bergmann (FTC), Gerry Hansen, Heather Stanford, Marcus Giamatti (UCSB)
Lighting - (UCSB)
Script Analysis - (FTC, UCSB)
Rapping, writing lyrics
Reading music
Basic salsa dancing
Conversational Spanish speaker, with minimal accent
Writing material for/leading skits, scenes, and workshops for K-12th grade centered around Shakespeare
Years of Shakespeare experience
Stage managing, operating lights/sounds, make up, and set construction
Improvisation
Best Supporting Actor '18-'19 - Santa Clara Players
Contact
Do you have questions about any of my work? Would you like to collaborate together on a project? Please feel free to get in touch with me today.
(408) 390-7010