Fabio Polanco Bio

A nineteen year member of Actor’s Equity, Fabio recently performed the roles of “Billy Hightower” in Bat Boy: the Musical and “Snout” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Great Lakes Theatre Festival. Other theatre credits include “Thenardier” in the Broadway national tour of Les Miserables; Missionaries at Brooklyn Academy of Music, directed by Elizabeth Swados and starring Josie DeGuzman; “Ludovico Marsili” in the U.S. premiere of David Hare’s adaptation of Brecht’s The Life of Galileo, directed by Mark Wing-Davey at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California; Arthur Miller’s last play, Resurrection Blues, at The Signature Theatre Company; Willie and Rupert at The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center; A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre directed by Scott Ellis; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; The Mystery of Edwin Drood and A Little Night Music at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; A Christmas Carol and A Little Night Music at Great Lakes Theatre Festival; The Grapes of Wrath and A Grand Night for Singing at Cleveland Play House; A Little Night Music with Donna McKechnie at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Nine at Cain Park; The Fantasticks at Porthouse Theatre; Sunday in the Park with George at Arden Theatre Company; the U.S. premiere of Domino Heart; and the world premiere of DREAM/HOME both at Dobama Theatre. Fabio has also made numerous film, television, and radio appearances, including roles in The Next Three Days directed by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis and starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks, the upcoming The Ides of March written, directed by George Clooney and starring Ryan Gosling and Marisa Tomei, “Guiding Light,” and “As the World Turns.” Fabio is an assistant professor of Theatre at Ashland University where he teaches Acting, Shakespeare, Musical Theatre and Voice. He received his MFA in Acting from Case Western Reserve University.Directing credits include Sunday in the Park with George, Measure for Measure, The Spitfire Grill, Guys and Dolls, Dead Man Walking, Jesus Christ Superstar, Anyone Can Whistle, Godspell, Sweeney Todd, True West, Cloud Tectonics, Waiting for Lefty, I Love, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and an upcoming production of Circle Mirror Transformation. In 2004 Fabio directed the Midwest premiere of Elizabeth Swados’ Missionaries for which he was a finalist for Northern Ohio Live! Magazine’s Award of Achievement in Theatre.