A Chicagoan since 1980, Frederic Stone is best known in the theatre world for performing Will and Testament (a one-person show based on William Shakespeare) which he was recently invited to perform at The Sixth World Shakespeare Congress in April 1996. The Chicago Reader calls it "Beyond the Globe and better than the Lord Chaimberlain's Men." An industry veteran, he has performed on Broadway, and performed at a number of Chicagoland theatres, including Shakespeare Repertory (The Winter's Tale, Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2). At the Court Theatre, he's played leading roles in The Servant of Two Masters, Love's Labours Lost, and All's Well that Ends Well. He originated the role of Joel in James Sherman's hit Beau Jest, and Sam in Mr. 80%. He's also appeared at Northlight Theatre (Feiffer's America?, The Perfect Party), Wisdom Bridge Theatre (Soft Remembrance), National Jewish Theater (First is Supper), Drury Lane South (Run for your Wife). His film and TV credits include Thief, Crime Story, The Untouchables, Missing Persons, and the TV movie Howard Beach.
Stone is currently on the rosters of the Illinois Arts Tour and the Illinois Arts-in-Education Residency.
"To call [Last Will and Testament] a one man show is misleading;" says John Steven Paul Chair of the Department of Theatre at Valparaiso University, "it is a rich, full evening in the theatre."
The Chicago Reader says, "In timing and expression he's a wizard comic; his frenzied interpretation of Launcelot Gobbo's self-serving rationalizations for leaving Shylock's service and his expert mugging as Malvolio in Twelfth Night are vintage vaudeville. Stone pounces on Claudio's fear of death in Measure for Measure, building it with an intensity that lets the words speak for themselves."
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