Jeff Dumas (born June , ) is an American actor. Most recently, he made
his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Njegus in "The Merry Widow",
directed by Gary Griffin. Prior to that, he was seen as Patsy in the
first US national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot, for which he
received the Helen Hayes Award as Actor in a Supporting Role. A
Chicago actor for more than years, his credits include several World
Premieres including Stephen Sondheim's Bounce, directed by Harold
Prince at the Goodman Theatre and The Kennedy Center (Original Cast
Recording), "The House of Martin Guerre" at the Goodman Theatre, Kid
Twist in David Bell's "Bowery Boys" at The Marriott Theatre as well as
Joe Welling and Enoch Robinson in "Winesburg, Ohio" at Steppenwolf for
which he received the Joseph Jefferson Award as Actor in a Supporting
Role. His other credits include the original Chicago cast of "Wicked"
at the Ford Center - Oriental Theatre, Nicely-Nicely Johnson in "Guys
and Dolls" at Court Theatre, Sancho Panza in "The Man of La Mancha" at
Light Opera Works, "Sunday in the Park With George and the nationally
acclaimed "Pacific Overtures" at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Additional credits: "Light up the Sky" (Goodman) and Gus Fielding in
"Babes in Arms" and Taxi Black in "One Touch of Venus (Ovations! at
the Auditorium Theatre). Regionally, he has appeared as Seymour
Krelborn in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Madison Repertory Theatre and
Robert Benchley in the world premiere of "At Wit's End" at Florida
Stage. He resides in Chicago with his wife, Ali Wayer, and their cats,
Clark & Olive. In the year , he has a child, named Spencer and a dog
named ruby was adopted in the year .
his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Njegus in "The Merry Widow",
directed by Gary Griffin. Prior to that, he was seen as Patsy in the
first US national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot, for which he
received the Helen Hayes Award as Actor in a Supporting Role. A
Chicago actor for more than years, his credits include several World
Premieres including Stephen Sondheim's Bounce, directed by Harold
Prince at the Goodman Theatre and The Kennedy Center (Original Cast
Recording), "The House of Martin Guerre" at the Goodman Theatre, Kid
Twist in David Bell's "Bowery Boys" at The Marriott Theatre as well as
Joe Welling and Enoch Robinson in "Winesburg, Ohio" at Steppenwolf for
which he received the Joseph Jefferson Award as Actor in a Supporting
Role. His other credits include the original Chicago cast of "Wicked"
at the Ford Center - Oriental Theatre, Nicely-Nicely Johnson in "Guys
and Dolls" at Court Theatre, Sancho Panza in "The Man of La Mancha" at
Light Opera Works, "Sunday in the Park With George and the nationally
acclaimed "Pacific Overtures" at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Additional credits: "Light up the Sky" (Goodman) and Gus Fielding in
"Babes in Arms" and Taxi Black in "One Touch of Venus (Ovations! at
the Auditorium Theatre). Regionally, he has appeared as Seymour
Krelborn in "Little Shop of Horrors" at Madison Repertory Theatre and
Robert Benchley in the world premiere of "At Wit's End" at Florida
Stage. He resides in Chicago with his wife, Ali Wayer, and their cats,
Clark & Olive. In the year , he has a child, named Spencer and a dog
named ruby was adopted in the year .
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