Theo Stockman

Theo "Firecracker" Stockman (born December 27, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and disc jockey, known for his roles in Broadway musicals such as Hair, American Idiot, and American Psycho, and for his role in the film A Good Marriage.

Stockman is the son of author Jayne Anne Phillips and physician Mark Stockman. He graduated from Concord Academy in 2003. While there, he was an active member of the theatre program, performing as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and multiple characters in The Laramie Project. In his senior year of high school, Stockman adapted The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the stage and directed it as part of the Academy's Directors Seminar.

Stockman graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama in 2007, after studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the Experimental Theatre Wing, and the International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam. He portrayed Claude Bukowski in a "no hair" production of the musical Hair, where all cast members sported shaved heads. In 2007, Stockman played Dionysus in The Bacchae at the International Theatre Festival in Warsaw, for which he was awarded Best Lead Actor.

Stockman was a cast member in the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair, performing as a Member of the Tribe and as the character Hubert, while also understudying the role of Dad. He performed in the 40th anniversary concert production at the Delacorte Theater, followed by the revival at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Stockman then starred in the ensemble cast of American Idiot on Broadway, after appearing in workshops and the original Berkeley run. American Idiot premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre on September 4, 2009, and transferred to the St. James Theatre on Broadway, where it opened on April 20, 2010. Stockman left the show on January 30, 2011.

In May 2009, he portrayed Benvolio Montague in a workshop production of The Last Goodbye, a rock musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet featuring the songs of the late Jeff Buckley. Stockman starred as Ernest Roberts in a reading of Veritas by Stan Richardson on June 16, 2011. From April 5 to May 26, 2012, Stockman starred as Danny Mueller in the Off-Broadway play An Early History of Fire by David Rabe, produced by The New Group.

In June 2013, he joined the cast of Peter Askin's film adaptation of Stephen King's novella A Good Marriage, portraying Donnie Anderson. In 2015, Stockman originated the role of Timothy Price in the musical "American Psycho" both Off-Broadway and in the original Broadway cast. In July 2016, he starred as Franklin in a production of A Lasting Impression at the New York Musical Festival.

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