Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot: RYAN BOWIE

Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it's difficult to know who's playing whom-hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known-or soon-to-be-known all over the freakin' world-thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look so damn good? We're gonna tell ya…

Today's actor/subject/model is the handsome, talented and extremely busy Ryan Bowie, who regularly puts his talents on display at Clarksville's Roxy Regional Theatre, where he also serves as director of fundraising and development. 

Ryan is playing the role of George (a deadringer for Boy George of Culture Club fame) in the Roxy's production of The Wedding Singer through Saturday night; so get your ass in gear and go see him before it's too late (the show's terrific)!

Some of his most recent credits at The Roxy…

George, The Wedding Singer

Cruella DeVille, Disney's 101 Dalmatian the Musical, Jr.

Ernst, Spring Awakening

Max Detwiler, The Music Man

Coming up, Ryan will be performing with his fellow company artists in Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz. For details, go to the website at www.RoxyRegionalTheatre.org.

Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 25 years. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theatre in the Volunteer State and was the founding editor/publisher of Stages, the Tennessee Onstage Monthly. He is a past fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is the founder/executive producer of The First Night Honors, held during Labor Day Weekend, which honor oustanding theater artists in Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors. Midwinter's First Night, held the first Sunday in January after New Year's Day, honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. Further, Ellis directed the Nashville premiere of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show, with Ellis honored by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror.

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