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ED SWIDEY

ED SWIDEY

AEA Actor

Lunt-Fontanne Acting Fellow

"In a play about souls, Swidey’s character ends up as the soul of the play, and in his performance of a man we can’t figure out, Swidey himself is the soul of the cast." - Review, A DYBBUK, Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer

GALLERY

Barrymore Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor as Trigorin in THE SEAGULL at EgoPo Classic Theater.

As Irvin with Lillias White as Ma Rainey in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Mark Taper Forum, directed by Phylicia Rashad.

As Irvin with Damon Gupton as Cutler in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Mark Taper Forum, directed by Phylicia Rashad.

"Swidey’s performance as Trigorin shows the agony of an author who is simultaneously frustrated, bewildered, and exhilarated by his own celebrity." - Review, THE SEAGULL, EgoPo Classic Theater, Tim Dunleavy, DC Metro Theater Arts

"Swidey mesmerized us as much as the white whale mesmerized him." - Review, BATHTUB MOBY DICK, The Renegade Company, Henrik Eger, Broad Street Review

Barrymore Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor as The Player in ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at the Wilma Theater.

As Borachio in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Illinois Shakespeare Festival

As The Junkie in the short film THE IMMACULATE FIX

"Ed Swidey is probably two decades younger than most Willys, but the casting proves inspired. Swidey brings an energy and passion to the role which could carry any production." - Review, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, EgoPo
Classic Theater, Christopher Munden, Phindie.com

"The old drunken playwright (the remarkable Ed Swidey) smears on red-face to portray an American Indian in the play." - Review, AN OCTOROON, Wilma Theater, Howard Shapiro, Newsworks.org

"Ed Swidey is particularly colorful as a rapacious gambler." - Review, CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, Wilma Theater, Steve Cohen, Broad Street Review

As The Junkie in the short film THE IMMACULATE FIX

"In a play about souls, Swidey's character ends up as the soul of the play, and in his performance of a man we can't figure out, Swidey himself is the soul of the cast." - Review, A DYBBUK, EgoPo Classic Theater, Howard Shapiro, Philadelphia Inquirer

NEWS

November 2, 2017

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM GARNERS 8 LA STAGE ALLIANCE OVATION AWARDS NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST ENSEMBLE AND BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

November 1, 2017

EGOPO CLASSIC THEATER'S THE SEAGULL WINS BARRYMORE AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A PLAY, GARNERING 6 TOTAL NOMINATIONS

As Trigorin in THEA SEAGULL with EGoPo Classic Theater.

August 7, 2017

CAST AS AMOS IN EGOPO CLASSIC THEATER'S

LYDIE BREEZE TRILOGY, WITH PLAYWRIGHT JOHN GUARE IN RESIDENCE FOR PRODUCTION

March 20, 2017

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM WINS LA DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FOR BEST ENSEMBLE & BEST REVIVAL

UPCOMING PROJECTS

LYDIE BREEZE TRILOGY

EGOPO CLASSIC THEATER

JAN 31-MAY 6, 2018

REVIEWS

"...Amos (the very impressive Ed Swidey as the play's most interesting character, shifting from a pathetic bumpkin to a man who has learned not only to read but the ways of the world)".

- LYDIE BREEZE PART II: AIPOTU -

EgoPo Classic Theater, Toby Zinman,

Philadelphia Inquirer

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