Theo Stockman

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Theo Stockman is an American actor, singer and DJ best known for his roles in Broadway musicals. He appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award winning revival of Hair and Green Day's American Idiot. He appeared Off-Broadway in Hair (Public Theater) and An Early History of Fire (New Group). International: The Bacchae (Dionysos)- awarded Best Leading Actor at the International Theatre Festival in Warsaw, 2007. Regional: Three Pinter Shorts (Williamstown). TV: "Cupid," "30 Rock." Theo was born and grew up in Boston (Brookline), Massachusetts. He started going to the A.R.T. (American Repertory Theater). The first show he ever saw was The Nutcracker when he was 7 years old. He went "to a liberal and progressive" (according to his own words) boarding school called Concord Academy, where he was able to explore experimental theater. In his senior year of high school, Stockman adapted The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the stage and directed it as part of CA's Directors Seminar. Theo graduated from NYU - Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in 2007. His time there included work at Stella Adler Studio, Experimental Theatre Wing and the International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam. He provided backup vocals for "Cinema", a track from Declan Bennett's upcoming album, record:breakup. Show less «

I've always been attracted to the dark side of people-exploring qualities that I myself don't possess or am afraid of.

I think that Dionysus was, in a way, the original hippie. He was the Greek god of wine and sex and debauchery-he originated free love! The v...Show more »

I think that Dionysus was, in a way, the original hippie. He was the Greek god of wine and sex and debauchery-he originated free love! The version of Dionysus that I played was kind of a Robert Plant-like rock 'n' roll hero: very sexy and wild, but with an incredible fury and thirst for revenge that I really loved tapping into. I used to listen to "Raw Power" by Iggy & the Stooges before the show to get that ferocity. I think we all want to be rock stars in some way-that power of freedom and fearlessness. So I think Dionysus is definitely inside me in some ways.(Taking about his character: Dionysus) Show less «