ACTOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
MICHAEL​NAVARRA
"Navarra clearly must be some kind of shape-shifter."
Mark Langton
Marin Independent Journal
SAG-AFTRA/AEA
FILM__________________________________________
UMBRAGE ENTERTAINMENT & 3½ EGOS PRODUCTIONS
BEING US
*with Alanna Ubach
FREDERICK & ASHBURY
QUITTERS
*with Mira Sorvino
KORY JUUL ENTERPRISES CORP.
WHITE TIGER LEGEND
DISTANT THUNDER FILMS
ALGORITHM
LOVE: AS YOU LIKE IT
THE WRIGHT MURDERS
REFUGEE
A TWILIGHT DAWN
AMARU
TENSOR PRODUCTIONS
NEVER ENOUGH
AISHA MEDIA
UNDER ONE SUN
CONTINUUM
HRW PRODUCTIONS
RED ICE
Z FILMS
HOUSE OF TEMPTATION
KUMAR PRODUCTIONS
AFTER EVER AFTER
MPV FILMS
I'LL CATCH YOU
IZEN IDEAS + GREEN MOVIE GROUP
PROJECT GENESIS
BROKEN BUDDHA PRODUCTIONS
TAKE IT TO THE GRAVE
3½ EGOS PRODUCTIONS
HARD LUCK
AZOUBEL PICTURES
DRINK UP
CHRISSY FIELD MEDIA GROUP
GIDEON'S ARK
EMERGING ARTIS PRODUCTIONS
THE LAST JOB
ESCAPE PLAN B
NO CANDLES
ILLUMINATION PRODUCTIONS
COLD
OCEANIC PRODUCTIONS
YOU WERE GREAT
BOZPIX PRODUCTIONS
TO KILL A DEMON
AML PICTURES
YOU'RE SO F**** DEAD, CHARLIE ROZNIK
WAKING LIFE PRODUCTIONS
THE DAY IMPRISONED
JLM PRODUCTIONS
THE SWITCH
TERRAPIN PICTURES
BROTHERS
THE PARKER FILM COMPANY
THE CALIFORNIANS
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA_________________________
3½ EGOS PRODUCTIONS
FINDING THE ONE (PILOT)
SASQUATCH 7 (6 EPISODES)
EMERGING ARTIST PRODUCTIONS
EXIT STAGE LEFT (13 EPISODES)
FUNKY TIKI
BAMBOO DREAMS
DUO CREATIVE
WORLD'S ASTONISHING NEWS (2 EPISODES)
INDIGO FILMS
I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT (2 EPISODES)
2K GAMES
MAFIA 3
BIOSHOCK INFINITE
THE BUREAU: XCOM DECLASSIFIED
THEATRE_______________________________________
SAN JOSE STAGE COMPANY
RECKLESS
BURIED CHILD
THEATREWORKS
DESCRIBE THE NIGHT*
GATHER AT THE RIVER*
*New Works Festival
THE CHOSEN
UBUNTU THEATER PROJECT
OTHELLO
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THE JEWISH THEATRE SAN FRANCISCO
IN THE MAZE OF OUR OWN LIVES
*World Premiere
B STREET THEATRE
MENDING FENCES
*American Premiere
TRAVELING JEWISH THEATRE
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
WINDOWS & MIRRORS
*World Premiere co-production with Word for Word
TORN RIBBONS
*Workshop
I WITNESS
*Workshop
SAN FRANCISCO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
ALADDIN
LAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
AS YOU LIKE IT
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
COMEDY OF ERRORS
PACIFIC REPERTORY THEATRE
RANSOM, TEXAS
*World Premiere
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
MARY STUART
*Regional Premiere
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
MACBETH
TIMON OF ATHENS
PACIFIC ALLIANCE STAGE COMPANY
ALL MY SONS
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
PROOF
SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
LIGHT UP THE SKY
ALL IN THE TIMING & MERE MORTALS
THE ODD COUPLE - FEMALE VERSION
SIERRA REPERTORY THEATRE
CHARLEY'S AUNT
6TH STREET PLAYHOUSE
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
*with Daniel Benzali
CENTRALWORKS
MACHIAVELLI'S THE PRINCE
*World Premiere
SHADOW CROSSING
World Premiere
MISANTHROPE
Z SPACE STUDIO
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
*Radio play
ALTER THEATER ENSEMBLE
SUMMERLAND
*West Coast Premiere
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
THORNTON WILDER ONE-ACTS
MAGIC THEATRE
RABBI OF RAGGED ASS ROAD
*Workshop
SHAKESPEARE A FIRENZE (ITALY)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
SHAKESPEARE AT STINSON
PERICLES
CALIFORNIA CONSERVATORY THEATRE
HOLIDAY
BUS BARN STAGE COMPANY
PICASSO AT THE LAPINE AGILE
ETHNIC CULTURAL THEATRE SEATTLE
FOOL FOR LOVE
INFERNO THEATRE
MY RECOLLECT TIME
*Workshop
WORD FOR WORD
BREWSIE & WILLIE & ALICE'S COOKBOOK
*Workshop
PLAYWRIGHT'S FOUNDATION
IN THE DEEP, NOT SO DEEP
*Wrokshop
CONSORTIUM FOR THE ARTS UC BERKELEY
ALCIBIADES
*Workshop
JUST THEATRE
WHAT WE KNOW NOW
*Workshop
STEPHEN PELTON DANCE THEATRE
CITIZEN HILL
*Workshop
STARRING
SUPPORTING
LEAD
SUPPORTING
SUPPORTING
SUPPORTING
LEAD
LEAD
LEAD
LEAD
LEAD
SUPPORTING
LEAD
SUPPORTING
LEAD
SUPPORTING
LEAD
STARRING
STARRING
SUPPORTING
LEAD
LEAD
STARRING
STARRING
STARRING
STARRING
LEAD
LEAD
LEAD
ADDITIONAL VOICES
SERIES REGULAR
SERIES REGULAR
SERIES REGULAR
GUEST STAR
GUEST STAR
GUEST STAR
SUPPORTING
MOCAP
MOCAP
LLOYD
TILDEN
NIKOLAI
BEN
REUVEN MALTER
IAGO
HAROLD CLURMAN
DREW
BIFF
MULTIPLE ROLES
CARL
FRANZ
VALENTINE
CLAUDIO
DUMAIN
BILLY GRUBBER
ORLANDO
CONRADE
DROMIO
BRUCE
ANGELO
MORTIMER
OBERON
MALCOLM
ALCIBIADES
CHRIS
STANLEY
HAL
GEORGE
GERRY
PETER SLOAN
MULTIPLE ROLES
JESUS COSTAZUELA
JACK
HAPPY
LORENZO DE MEDICI
RAFAEL
PHIL
FRANK
TOM
MOE/HAWKINS/SIM.
DETHTINNI
LYSANDER
LYSIMACHUS
JOHNNY CASE
PICASSO
EDDIE
JOHN
WILLIE
ALLEN
ALCIBIADES
JORDAN
CARSON
TRAINING______________________________________
MFA ACTING - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (JON JORY)
BA DRAMA - UC IRVINE (ROBERT COHEN)
TV/FILM - ERIC KLINE (TONY BARR), CLIFF OSMOND (4 YEARS)
SPECIAL SKILLS__________________________________
SPANISH, DIALECTS, CERTIFIED ACTOR-COMBATANT, GUITAR, SINGING (BARITONE)
COMMERCIALS AND CORPORATE VIDEOS UPON REQUEST
SAM HANCOCK
NOAH PRITZGER
KORY JUUL
JONATHAN SCHIEFFER
MARIKA SONJA COTTER
VERONICA DUPORT DELIZ
JOSEPH MATARRESE
ROBERT A CUADRA
DAVE SAWLE
AMIR JAFFER
WOLFGANG BOECK
RALPH HYVER
HASSAN ZEE
RAKESH KUMAR
MIGUEL CEJA
ALESSIO FAVA
CHRISTOPHER MORRISON
WILL MARCHETTI
KEITH AZOUBEL
JESSE BLOCK
SINOHUI HINOJOSA
SKOT LEACH
EUGENE RODRIGUEZ
BEN GALLAND
BARI BOSWELL
ANDRE LOMOV
BRADLEY TANGONAN
JAMES MARBURY
MICHAEL PRYFOGLE
JONATHON PARKER
WILL MARCHETTI
MICHAEL RAY WISELY
SINOHUI HINOJOSA
DARCEL WALKER
SHUNSUKE MORITA
EVAN CECIL
HADEN BLACKMAN
KEN LEVINE
JERRY O'FLAHERTY
KEN KELLEHER
KEN KELLEHER
GIOVANNA SARDELLI
MIKE DONAHUE
AARON DAVIDMAN
MICHAEL MORAN
COREY FISCHER
ELISABETH NUNZIATO
AARON DAVIDMAN
DAVID DOWER / JOANNE WINTER
JAYNE WENGER
MAYA GURANTZ
KEN KELLEHER
KEN KELLEHER
KEN KELLEHER
ALLEN MCKELVEY
REBECCA DINES
PHILIP SNEED
GINA KAUFMAN
KEN KELLEHER
JOHN FARMANESH-BOCCA
KEN KELLEHER
STEPHEN MOORER
KEN KELLEHER
KEN KELLEHER
HECTOR CORREA
HECTOR CORREA
HECTOR CORREA
HECTOR CORREA
HECTOR CORREA
HECTOR CORREA
HECTOR CORREA
GENE ABRAVAYA
DENNIS JONES
SHERI LEE MILLER
GARY GRAVES
GARY GRAVES
GARY GRAVES
DAVID DOWER
KEN SONKIN
PAM MACKINNON
COREY FISCHER
KEN KELLEHER
KEN KELLEHER
GREG SCHUH
MATTHEW TRAVISANO
HEATHER LOUISE PARKER
GIULIO C PERRONE
TRACY WARD
TRACY WARD
ALEX HARVEY
JOY MEADS
STEPHEN PELTON
"The beautifully delineated performances of Navarra... invest the action with enough drama to keep one's attention riveted to the stage."
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"It is the scene stealing Navarra who had the audience smiling at his every entrance."
Octavio Roca
San Francisco Chronicle
"Navarra was an absolute tour-de-force in his role."
David John Chavez
Examiner.com
"Michael Navarra's Phil had some wonderful moments."
George Heymont
Huffington Post
"Michael Navarra was an inspiring speaker as Harold Clurman."
Sam Hurwitt
Marin Independent Journal
"...the superbly talented Michael Navarra."
Gregory M. Alonzo
Stark Insider
"Michael Navarra conveys great emotion and personal difficulty."
FilmSnobbery.com
"A potent, angry Michael Navarra and amoral John Sousa add riveting depth to the sons' struggles."
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"...powerful tension between Navarra and Newman, who bring the characters' desperate lust to life."
Dan Pine
J Weekly
"The quartet of Newman, Fischer, Koret and Navarra give a masterful performance of the emotional, multilayered stories."
Dan Pine
J Weekly
"The ensemble also rises to the occasion with Navarra, O'Brian, and Miller all doing fine work."
Charlie McCollum
San Jose Mercury News
"Wil Marchetti and Michael Navarra are simply magnificent in the magnitude of their appreciation and forceful realization of their roles."
Nathalie Plotkin
Monterey County Herald
"Navarra's face registers the sorrow of grieving a loss that is beyond comprehension."
Karen D'Souza
San Jose Mercury News
"Michael Navarra is a thoroughly engaging narrator as the older Reuven Malter."
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"Michael Navarra and John Sousa as Biff and Happy are marvelous together."
Dan Pine
J Weekly
"It's hilarious and del Castillo and Navarra have the comic timing to pull it off... a first-rate troupe of actors."
David Templeton
Bohemian.com
"Beautifully performed by Koret and Navarra... one of the theatre's tightest and most proficient ensembles."
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"The performances by Richard Frederick and Michael Navarra were absolutely riveting."
George Heymont
Huffington Post
"Frederick y Navarra son espectaculares en el desarrollo de esta producción, muy emocional y verdaderamente profesional en sus artes, ellos fascinan por 70 minutos con textos inteligentes y brillantes."
Mario Echevarria
SF Tribune
"Michael Navarra carries the story line beautifully."
Kedar K. Adour
TheatreWorld Internet Magazine
"Navarra wins us immediately with his enthusiastic explanations... In one especially good scene, he is both the play's narrator and Reuven's voluble baseball coach."
Ben Marks
Metroactive Stage
"Michael Navarra is compelling...When he denounces Hero, it's with a racking combination of grief, anger, hurt and confusion that underscores the seriousness of the action and makes him more than usually sympathetic."
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"...an engaging Michael Navarra."
Jean Schiffman
SF Examiner
"This is a superbly crafted and acted production of a deeply moving, intensely personal drama."
George Heymont
My Cultural Landscape
"The five man cast excels"
Judy Richter
Aisle Say San Francisco
"Navarra creates one of the play's most magical and important moments... he led the entire audience at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts into a beautiful moment of silence. It set the mood for an impressive performance."
John Orr
Palo Alto Daily News
"Fischer has put together a good cast... Michael Navarra's loquacious intellectual Clurman"
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"Michael Navarra plays him with infectious energy."
Michael Scott Moore
SF Weekly
"But all the actors -- Michael Navarra as the young writer, Corey Fischer as Finkelstein, Naomi Newman as Anita -- find the right half-serious gravity to make Biller's bitter humor work."
Michael Scott Moore
SF Weekly
"Michael Navarra invests Valentine with an engaging simple dignity."
Robert Hurwitt
San Francisco Chronicle
"Michael Navarra is wonderful as the charming, usually-absent Gerry... His Dylan Thomas Welsh accent is a delight. "
Richard Connema
Talkin' Broadway
"The cast is uniformly excellent, giving lived-in, three-dimensional performances that never stray into cliché."
David Templeton
Bohemian.com
"It is a testament to his skill and fearlessness, then, that actor Michael Navarra, tackling the role of Stanley in the eerie new Pacific Alliance production of Streetcar, manages to bring enough new ideas to the role to keep it from being entirely eclipsed by the myth. "
David Templeton
Metroactive Stage
"Michael Navarra is an intense Iago, throwing himself both into his gleeful treachery and his elaborate show of conscientious reticence with relish."
Sam Hurwitt
San Jose Mercury News
"Kirk’s Othello and Michael Navarra’s Iago are excellent together and catch what’s most essential about the play:"
John Wilkins
KQED Arts
"The five person cast is impressive and all deliver fine performances, with nary a hitch... Michael Navarra's enthusiasm bubbling over with disbelief, wonder and love."
Clinton Stark
Stark Insider