Your vocation(s) (hold Control key to select multiple):
Actor; Musician; Model; Arts Enthusiast; Acting Coach; Voice Over Artist; Casting Director
Bio:
Eric Robert has been actively performing on the stages of New England in both amateur and professional environments for 20 years. He has been regaled in the media as a, "facile and evocative character actor, engaging audiences of many types throughout the region with his florid linguistic style and his contagious passion. Expect many satisfying & multi-faceted performances to come from this gifted Northern New England native."
Eric has developed his talents as a musician and singer since high school. He has played lead and supporting-lead roles in such noteable musicals as; "Boomers", "Follies", "Sound of Music", "Phantom", and "Pirates of Penzance". As a character actor, Eric has carried pivotal roles with many Shakespearean productions, such as: "Don Armado" in "Loves Labours Lost"; "Banquo" in "Macbeth"; "Don John the Bastard" in "Much Ado About Nothing" and "The Prince of Verona" in "Romeo and Juliet". Additional lead roles have included "Eddie" in Sam Shepherd's "Fool for Love", and " 'Bruce' (James) Bond" in Murder and Mayhem Production's dinner-theater show, "A Deadly Briefcase", and as the con man "Bill Starbuck" in the N.Richard Nash classic, "The Rainmaker". A particularly enjoyable and recent role was a day-long improvisational appearance as the character "Sirius Black" from the Harry Potter book/movie series at the July '07 final book-release event in a large retailer in No. N.E.
With Eric's help as Associate Producer, Unfolding Story Pictures & GroovyFilms.biz of Denver, Colo. have made a beautifully sweeping and poetic film in the Autumn Seasons of '06/'07/'08 amongst the historic environs of New Hampshire and Vermont. The film, BRIDGE CRUSADER, is a love story, a ghost story, an adventure/action film and more, all in one.
Eric was also cast as the Lead Actor in this unique film. See the music videos/trailers for "Bridge Crusader" at: http://www.groovyfilms.biz/BridgeCrusaderTrailer.html
http://www.groovyfilms.biz/BridgeCrusaderTrailer2008.html
During '07-'08, Eric has also served as a character actor in several New England-based independent film productions. He can be seen in "Fog Off", a wide-distribution comedic short done by Beaniewood's own Midnight Chimes Productions; "Tears for the Blind", a dramatic film short by young Massachussetts filmmaker Zach Krowiak; "The Death Hunter" in "Spiked Punch", a classic horror/slasher film written, directed and produced by So. N.H. filmmaker Nick DiRamio; and as "Annabell's Father", in Lily Hallett's short film "My Beautiful Annabell Lee".
Although Eric is credited with other achievements as a performing artist, the preceding serves as a broad sampling of his range and capabilities.
Eric has served as a living model and a photo model for notable Renaissance-era clothiers and haberdashers, such as Center Stage Costumes of Haverhill, Mass. (centerstagecostumes.com).
Additional modeling references are available upon request. Plan to expand clientele to include add'l. print, film, CD/Album/Book covers & Television.
Out of region travel is acceptable pending cost negotiation (dep.on the duration and terms of contract). TFP/TFCD negotiable. Paid assignments are preferable.
I'm Looking For: (hold Control key to select multiple):
Acting Gigs; Filming Gigs; Writers and/or good scripts; Film-makers and Producers
Current Project (s) and What you're seeking (explain in more detail what "I'm Looking For"):
Eric served as Co-Producer and Lead Actor in the feature-length motion picture BRIDGE CRUSADER which completed principal shooting in New Hampshire/Vermont in late 2007, and is set to debut publicly at it's World Premier on December 10th, 2008 in Boston, Mass.
Press Release:
ANNOUNCING THE WORLD PREMIER OF
*BRIDGE CRUSADER*
"Only Love Can Span the Bridges of Time"
December 1, 2008 – Filmed throughout New England, and featuring all regional talent, the critically acclaimed independent movie “Bridge Crusader” will be presented in its world premiere on Wednesday, December 10^th at the Regent Underground Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA. The show begins at 8:30 p.m.
Co-produced by writer/director/cameraman John Hartman of Groovy Films, Zee Zarboch of Unfolding Story Pictures, and Lead Actor Eric R. Eastman, the story is about one man's quest through multiple lifetimes to understand and find peace with his immense sense of duty. Year after year, a talented, lone-wolf artist sojourns to the historic Covered Bridges of Northern New England on his 1970’s chopper to rendezvous with a mysterious woman who appears to him without warning at unlikely moments, in the most unexpected of places, and seemingly without reason. In a desperate race against time, he strives to put the pieces of her story together to understand what he must do.
A shocking discovery about her catapults him onto a fervent crusade to uncover his past as well in hopes of finding himself and freeing the woman he loves.
Eric has also served as a character actor thru '07/'08 in numerous New England area independent film projects of note;
* Tears of the Blind - Zachary Krowiak Productions, R.I.;
* BATMAN - The Final Victory - Robt. Young Productions, Boston, Mass.;
* Spiked Punch, Nick DiRamio Prod., N.H.;
* My Beautiful Annabel Lee - Lilly Hallett Productions, N.H.;
* Fog Off - Midnight Chimes Productions & Beaniewood Film Productions, Boston, Mass.;
* BRIDGE CRUSADER - Groovy Films.biz / Unfolding Story Pictures Productions, Denver, Colo.
Eric served as Assoc. Producer and Lead Actor in the independent feature-length motion picture "BRIDGE CRUSADER", which recently finished shooting throughout No. New England. The film's tentative release date is set for Fall of 2008.
VOICE OVER:
Voice-over Work - 2000 - Foreign Language Instruction Recording Company called "Transparent Language", located in Nashua, N.H.; provided voce talent for Spanish/English instructional recordings & videos
MUSIC:
Developed bass-baritone, strong and sustained falsetto.
Not quite the hi-end range of your typical lead singer, but so very close...
Quintessential garage-style pop singer and guitar player. Audacious & engaging frontman.
THEATER:
I have performed on the stages, of New England for over 20 years. Among my many past dramatic stage roles are: the eldest Plantagenet son, "Richard", in NTG's 1994 production of The Lion In Winter, "Jonathan" in NTG's 2000 production of Arsenic and Old Lace, "Eddie" in NTG's 1998 production of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, "Bruce (James) Bond" in the ongoing Murder & Mayhem Mystery production of A Deadly Briefcase; and as "Bill Starbuck" in Bedford Off Broadway's 2008 production of The Rainmaker. I have frequently served as a cast member with the Nashua Theater Guild's summer Shakespeare in the Park Series, some examples of which are: "The Prince of Verona", in the 1999 production of Romeo and Juliet, "Lavatch the Clown", in the 2000 production of All's Well That Ends Well, "Banquo" in the 2001 prod. of Macbeth, "Don Adriano de Armado" in the 2006 prod. of Love's Labours Lost, and "Don John the Bastard" in our awarded 2007 offering, Much Ado About Nothing. Past roles in musical theater include: "Young Benjamin" in The Actorsingers' 1995 production of Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, "Capt. Georg Von Trapp" in The Actorsingers' 1997 production of The Sound of Music, "Lord Craven" in So. N.H. Players' production of The Secret Garden, and "The Pirate King" in The Acting Loft's 2007 production of Pirates of Penzance.
LIVE EVENT:
Final book release event, late nite, held at leading book retailers, playing the character "Sirius Black" throughout the day and evening on an improvisational basis.
TRAINING/SCHOOLING:
The trenches of community and semi-professional theater throughout So. N.H. for over 25 years.
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