Jacob Dresch, a classical clown who revels in repertory, has many favorite credits, including “The School for Scandal” (Off-Broadway); “It’s A Wonderful Life” (2022 Henry Award Winner), “The Importance of Being Earnest” (where he first played Algernon!) and “Rumors” (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); “A Christmas Carol” (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); “One Man, Two Guvnors”, “The Book of Will,” “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “The Odyssey,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); “Lend Me a Tenor,” “The Foreigner,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “The Playboy of the Western World,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth” (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Measure for Measure” (Texas Shakespeare Festival); “The Comedy of Errors” (Chautauqua Theater Company); and “Twelfth Night,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Great Gatsby” (Orlando Shakespeare Theater).
Jacob currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at both CU Boulder and MSU Denver. He received his B.A. in Acting and Directing from DeSales University and his M.F.A. in Acting from the University of California, Irvine.
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