{"id":2838,"date":"2013-08-26T07:38:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T11:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2838"},"modified":"2022-08-16T17:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:47:49","slug":"tom-rooney-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2838","title":{"rendered":"Tom Rooney: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"236\" data-id=\"8129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2-1.jpg?resize=214%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2-1.jpg?w=214&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-2-1.jpg?resize=63%2C70&amp;ssl=1 63w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" data-id=\"8127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-1-1.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-1-1.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-1-1.jpg?resize=70%2C47&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" data-id=\"8128\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-8.jpg?resize=299%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-8.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/download-8.jpg?resize=70%2C39&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to <a title=\"Tom Rooney\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=2778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen to his interview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tom Rooney<\/strong> grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada where he studied music at the University of Saskatchewan receiving a Bachelor of Music in Performance(voice). &nbsp;Presently he&#8217;s in his sixth season at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratfordfestival.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stratford Festival<\/a> playing Angelo in Measure for Measure and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot. Other Stratford credits include: Wanderlust, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor,&nbsp;Twelfth Night, As You Like It, The Winter&#8217;s Tale, For the Pleasure of Seeing&nbsp;her Again, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream, Hamlet and&nbsp;All&#8217;s Well That Ends Well.&nbsp; Other theatre credits include: Someone Else (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowstheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crows Theatre<\/a>-Dora Award), Beckett: Feck It! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianstage.com\/Online\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Stage<\/a>\/Queen of Puddings), My Mother&#8217;s Feet(Munich), Hairspray (N.Y., Toronto), Benevolence, Courageous (<a href=\"http:\/\/tarragontheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarragon<\/a>), I Am My Own Wife (Vancouver Playhouse); Homechild, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianstage.com\/Online\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Stage<\/a>), Hamlet (<a href=\"http:\/\/nac-cna.ca\/en\/englishtheatre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAC<\/a>), Othello (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.persephonetheatre.org\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Persephone<\/a>), Romeo et Juliette(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakespeareonthesaskatchewan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan<\/a>) and Angels in America (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atplive.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATP<\/a>).<br>In the world of film and television Tom spent three seasons as Crown Attorney David Kaye on CBC&#8217;s This Is Wonderland (two Gemini nominations), other credits include: The&nbsp;Gilda Radner Story, The&nbsp;Day After Tomorrow, Everest &#8217;82 (CBC miniseries) and&nbsp;Flash of Genius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to his interview Tom Rooney grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada where he studied music at the University of Saskatchewan receiving a Bachelor of Music in Performance(voice). &nbsp;Presently he&#8217;s in his sixth season at the Stratford Festival playing Angelo in Measure for Measure and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot. 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