About | Philvannoorbeeck

Each production is a chance to inspire and create a new family of artists. What makes Phil smile as an artist is when he sees his work bleed from production to production. Things such as finding out that a young actress decided to take acting class after working on a show where Phil taught acting workshops, inspires him to push forward with his art no matter the obstacle. Currently he is a current student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) perusing a Bachelors in Theatre and Ancient Studies anticipated to graduate in the Spring. He is working towards learning more about the theater with such aspects as dramaturgy and writing. Phil has spent many years working with the community theatre company The Whitney Players who operate out of Hamden, CT. He was an adult teaching actor working with young actors ranging from 5 to 17 as well as other adult actors. Selected credits with The Whitney Players include Phineas Trout in Willy Wonky and the Chocolate Factory and Diesel in West Side Story.

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While at UMBC, Phil has worked on many different projects ranging from directing in a 24 Hour Play Festival, stage managing The Vagina Monologue, and performing in a piece combining live acting and video recordings. Recently, he performed with the Theatre Department at UMBC working to collaborate a new devised piece called 3D, Diversity, Disparity, and Dialogue. While working on this new piece, he worked with performing artist Tim Miller to create short vignettes focusing on issues such as race, gender, and sexuality. In the Spring of 2012, Phil will once again be working with the Theatre Department on their production of Two Gentlemen of Verona as the Assistant Director.

Phil is currently a part of the Musical Theatre Club at UMBC and works closely with the club during their season. He just finished his 4th year performing in their annual showcase, as well as performing Phil directed numbers within the showcase for the past two years. He has also worked in other productions with the Musical Theatre Club including acting in RENT and assistant directing and working as a dramaturge for Once Upon a Mattress. He is also a founding member of the Acid Flashbacks, the Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast group that began operation through the Musical Theatre Club. He has played Eddie in their yearly Halloween performance for the past two years.