Bio

Lance Baker and Ravi Batista in Lookingglass’s Around the World in 80 Days, Kansas City Rep, 2010

Undoubtedly this bio is out of date. I’ll get to it.

I’m an actor and director based in Chicago.

I’ll next be seen as Father Flynn in “Doubt” at American Theatre Company.

I play Robert Schroeder, an art teacher with a romantic secret and a penchant for mentorship, in Joselito Seldera’s forthcoming 35mm short film Unsettled, which was recently accepted into the LA Short Fest.

Recent shows include Ten Chimneys (Northlight), Invisible Man (Court Theatre), Becky Shaw (A Red Orchid), The Mandrake (A Red Orchid), Spin (Theatre Wit), Around the World in 80 Days (Lookingglass/Kansas City Rep), The Real Funny Girl (Asolo in Sarasota and Maltz in Jupiter, FL), Mauritius (Northlight), and Amadeus (Chicago Shakespeare).

I’ve also directed several plays, including A Very Merry Scientology Pageant and The Earl (both at A Red Orchid).

Film credits include Public Enemies, The Express, Repetition, Road to Perdition, Treasure Island, and Payback. Here’s the IMDb page. My commercial work includes spots for AT&T and Walmart, among others, as well as various voiceovers.

I’ve been on the cover of Time Out Chicago, covered in meat (a look later to be copied by Lady Gaga).

Click here to download my current resume. Here’s how to contact me.

Affiliations:

A Red Orchid ensemble member
Collaboraction artistic associate
Chicago Dramatists associate artist

Training: BFA in Acting at The Theatre School of DePaul University