Paul Holmquist

Paul Holmquist
Member Bio

Hometown: Rochester, NY
Education: BFA, The Theatre School at DePaul University
Member since 2002

Paul joined the Griffin Theatre Company in 2002 and has directed The Constant Wife and The Robber Bride Groom (Non-Equity Jeff Award Nomination: Director-Musical) and has acted in Journey’s End; All the Way Home; A Night In Mantua; and Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging. Paul has also been a member of the Liifeline Theatre Ensemble since 2006 where he has appeared on the Lifeline stage in Strong Poison, The Talisman Ring (2005) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Non-Equity Jeff Award Nomination: Supporting Actor-Play), and directed The Island of Dr. Moreau (winner of 5 Non-Equity Jeff Awards including Best Production-Play), Busman’s Honeymoon and Neverwhere. For Lifeline’s KidSeries, Paul directed Rikki Tikki Tavi and Other Just So Stories and Flight of the Dodo. Other area acting credits include work withTimeline Theatre, Factory Theatre and Shattered Globe. He directed Under Milk Wood for Caffeine Theatre and has worked as a movement consultant on Lifeline’s A Room with a View and on Griffin’s production of Stardust, both directed by Dorothy Milne. Paul holds a BFA in Acting from the Theatre School at DePaul University and a Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis from Columbia College Chicago, where he teaches and works.

Productions with the Griffin

Ella Enchanted
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
All the Way Home
There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock
A Night in Mantua
Journey’s End
The Constant Wife
The Robber Bridegroom

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