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George Judy

Gresdna A. Doty Professor of Acting

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Biography

George Judy is a member of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. His credits as an actor, writer, director and educator include work with the Royal National Theatre Studio, London, The Asolo Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Illinois Shakespeare Festival and twelve seasons with the Tony award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival where he performed such favorite roles as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and Polonius in Hamlet. Most recent credits include Beverly Weston in Swine Palace's August: Osage County, Lear in Swine Palace’s King Learand Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor, Richelieu in The Three Musketeers and Alonso in The Tempest at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival under the direction of Deb Alley. His many regional credits include musical roles such as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Joe in Damn Yankees, Frederik in A Little Night Music and Mack the Knife in Three Penny Opera as well as a stint as a Singing Ringmaster with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey.