WSU theatre alum Mark Pinter and dance Prof. Jeff Rebudal help bring 'Two Gentlemen' to the Old Globe Theatre...

[Above: Lowell Byers as Turio, Mark Pinter as the Duke of Milan, Adam Kantor as Proteus in Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Mark Lamos, Aug. 10 - Sept. 14, 2014 at the Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox. Below, from left: Mark Pinter, Jeff Rebudal.]

Wayne State theatre alum Mark Pinter '75 and dance Professor Jeff Rebudal are part of the cast and creative team that brought the 2014 production of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona to San Diego's Old Globe theatre company. One of Shakespeare's most delightful and boisterous comedies, Two Gentlemen runs now through September 14 in the Old Globe company's Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, continuing the company's annual Summer Shakespeare Festival.

Mark Pinter (Duke, Fencing Master) recently played the Duke of Venice in Othello at the Old Globe, where he previously appeared in the Old Globe's 1977 Summer Shakespeare Festival as Horatio in Hamlet and Jack Chesney in Charley's Aunt. His Off Broadway credits include My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon (Hypothetical Theatre Company) and Three on the Couch (Soho Repertory Theater). Regionally he has been seen in Book of Days (Arena Stage), Clybourne Park (San Diego Repertory Theatre), The Price (Northern Stage), The Sound of Music (Syracuse Stage), West Side Story (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), Victor/Victoria (North Shore Music Theatre), Equus (Arizona Theatre Company) and The Lion in Winter (North Coast Repertory Theatre). Mr. Pinter has appeared in the world premieres of Anna Ziegler's Another Way Home (Magic Theatre), Richard Montoya's Federal Jazz Project (San Diego Repertory Theatre) and Melinda Lopez's Becoming Cuba (North Coast Rep). His television credits include "Mad Men," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Cold Case," "Law & Order," "All My Children" and "Another World." His films include Other People's Money, Vanilla Sky, The Eden Myth, Season of Youth and the short Play. He earned his MFA from the Hilberry Theatre at Wayne State.

Jeff Michael Rebudal (Movement) is artistic director of New York- and Detroit-based Rebudal Dance and is an original founding member of the critically acclaimed Seán Curran Company. Rebudal's opera and theatre choreography credits include L'Etoile (New York City Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Glimmerglass Opera, Bergen National Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Austin Lyric Opera), Romeo et Juliette, La Traviata, La Rondine, A Little Night Music (Michigan Opera Theatre) and recently Carmen (Cincinnati Opera). His choreography has been presented at Joyce SoHo, Danspace Project, Lincoln Center, Downtown Dance Festival, Cunningham Studio and DUMBO Dance Festival. His other credits include venues such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila and Anargyrios & Korgialenios Theatre of Helioupolis in Greece. Rebudal is an associate professor and head of dance at Wayne State. He earned an MFA from the American University and a BA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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