Acting & Directing Bio

Blair's acting and directing credits reach across New England; and his performing credits from Tel Aviv to Las Vegas. Blair is the Producing Director of NH Theatre Project in Portsmouth, a NH State Council on the Arts AIE Roster Artist, an Emcee with the FIRST Robotics Competition, and the Theatrical Director of the peer outreach Manchester Youth Theater.

NH credits: Palace Theatre directing credits include The Meeting, Twelve Angry Men (for which he was nominated as Best Professional Director in NH), Of Mice and Men, and The Diary of Anne Frank. NHTP credits include directing the award-winning productions of Moby Dick-Rehearsed and The Odyssey for NHTP, as well as directing James Patrick Kelly’s world premiere of The Duel. Barnstormers Theater directing credits include: The Woman In Black, Ghost Train and Sleuth.

Currently Blair is playing Edward in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me at NHTP, and directing the upcoming smash musical The Primary Primary! Favorite roles include Odysseus, Oedipus, Macbeth, Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Mephistopheles in Faust.

Teaching Bio

Blair's professional acting, directing, and teaching credits extend throughout New England, the U.S. , Canada, and Europe. Since 1994 he has been a teaching artist with the New Hampshire Theatre Project, the award-winning educational theater company based in Portsmouth, NH where he also serves as Producing Director. He is a juried teaching Theater Artist on the NH State Council on the Arts Artist in Education roster, who shares his work in professional theater with educators and students to help illuminate the great possibilities of theater as a teaching and team building tool.

Blair helped originate, and is one of the NH state leaders, in the area of Peer-Issue Theater, creating original student-written scenes to initiate dialogue around adolescent and teen issues, and has served as the Theatrical Director of the highly-acclaimed peer outreach troupe Manchester Youth Theatre since 1989. He is also an Emcee and Game Announcer for the FIRST Robotics Competitions, adding the power of stage performance to a science and technology competition from Tel Aviv to Toronto to Las Vegas and beyond.

Blair's easy sense of humor, genuine ability to connect with kids, and collaborative nature make residencies and workshops fun and meaningful for actors, educators, and audience. Regardless of whether it's a Shakespeare, Story Theatre, or Peer-Issue residency, Blair creates a supportive environment where the young artists feel empowered and respected.

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ACTING

SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME Edward NH Theatre Project, Portsmouth

THE ODYSSEY Odysseus NH Theatre Project

THE ELEPHANT MAN (nominated Best Actor) John Merrick NH Theatre Project

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Henderson Barnstormers Theatre, Tammworth

HAMLET King Claudius New Art Theater, Manchester

OEDIPUS REX Oedipus New Art Theater

MACBETH Macbeth New Art Theater

POEms Ensemble New Art Theater

CASTE Sam The Music Hall, Manchester

SURVIVING EVIL Stephan Lewy Palace Theater, Manchester

TWELVE ANGRY MEN Juror #10 Palace Theater

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Heck Tate Palace Theater

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Stanley Durham CenterStage

MACBETH Macbeth Durham CenterStage

FAUST Mephistopheles Durham CenterStage

CRIMES OF THE HEART Doc American Stage Festival (ASF), Milford

DIAL "M" for MURDER Max Halliday Penobscot Theatre Co., Bangor

L'HISTOIRE du SOLDAT the Soldier Actor's Theater of Maine/ME. Music Soc.

JULIUS CAESAR Decius Brutus Palace Theater

TINY ALICE Lawyer Vintage Repertory Theater, Portland

AMADEUS Venticelli Firehouse Theater, Newburyport

TWELFTH NIGHT Feste Vintage Rep./Porpus Players, Kennebunkport

The EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Takaguchi Worcester Ch. Theatre

CYRANO de BERGERAC Jodelet/Cadet American Stage Festival

PICNIC Hal Durham Stage Co.

TOBACCO ROAD Dude Durham Stage Co.

MARAT SADE Duperret Durham Stage Co.

BLOOD WEDDING Groom Durham Stage Co.

ANTIGONE Messenger Durham Stage Co.

ONE FLEW OVER...NEST Warren Palace Theater

HAMLET 2nd Player/Voltimand Palace Theater

MULTI-CULTURAL TOUR SHOW multiple char. Mt. Holyoke Summer Theater

CASEY AT THE BAT Casey ASF Young Co.

THE TEMPEST Stephano ASF Young Co.

DIRECTING

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS Seacoast Repertory Theater, Portsmouth

THE PRIMARY PRIMARY! NH Theatre Project, Portsmouth

THE WOMAN IN BLACK The Barnstormers Theatre, Tamworth

THE ODYSSEY (U.S. Premiere, nominated Best Director) NH Theatre Project

SLEUTH The Barnstormers Theatre

THE DUEL (Premiere) NH Theatre Project

THE GHOST TRAIN The Barnstormers Theatre

THE MEETING Palace Theater, Manchester

MOBY DICK – REHEARSED (nominated Best Director) NH Theatre Project

OF MICE AND MEN Palace Theater

TWELVE ANGRY MEN (nominated Best Director) Palace Theater

I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT (Premiere) The Music Hall

THE DIARY of ANNE FRANK Palace Theater

INNER SPACE (Premiere) FIRST Place

FRANKIE & JOHNNY in the CLAIR DE LUNE Durham Centerstage

RECKLESS St. Anselm's College, Manchester

The SUN'S MUSICIANS Perishable Theatre, Providence

IN MY HEAD I'M THIN (Premiere) Poolyle Productions, Portsmouth

The ARABIAN NIGHTS Concord Youth Theatre, Concord, MA

WILEY and the HAIRY MAN Worcester Children's Theatre

MATILDA MadHorse Theatre Co, Portland

The WIND in the WILLOWS Summer Th. at Mt. Holyoke College

The REVENGE of the SPACE PANDAS ASF- Young Co.

ANNOUNCING/ EMCEEING/ EDUCATIONAL

FIRST Robotics Competitions Emcee & Play-by-Play Announcer 1998-present

Las Vegas, Epcot, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, Houston Astrodome Complex/Reliant Stadium, Phoenix, New York City, St. Louis, Seattle, Atlanta- Georgia Dome, San Jose, Rutgers Univ., Purdue Univ., Washington D.C.: U. S. Congress, Portland OR, Boston, Denver, San Diego, Sacramento, New Orleans, Kansas City, Toronto ONT, Waterloo ONT, Tel Aviv & Haifa Israel

FIRST Lego League Robot Competitions Emcee & Announcer 1999-present

Phoenix, Chicago, Arkansas, Atlanta, NH

FIRST Vex Robot Competitions Emcee & Announcer 2005-present

Atlanta, St. Louis, Orangeburg SC, Hartford

International Beckett Festival Strasbourg, France April 1998

Light Board Op. Amer. Rep. Theater Eh Joe, Ghost Trio, Nacht und Traume

Tech. Asst. Maryland Stage Co. That Time, Not I, Ohio Impromptu

Tech Asst. Theatre Bucklein, Poland Watt

Teaching Artist

NH State Council on the Arts, Arts in Education Roster – over 60 Theater residencies taught throughout NE

Emcee

various events incl.: NH Theater Project Cabaret, Portsmouth Music Hall Auction

Judge

New Eng. Theater Conference Aurand Harris Playwrighting Award 1998-present

NH Educational Theater Guild Regional

Board Member Art-Speak, City of Portsmouth Cultural Commission

Education Bates College, B.A., 1985

TELEVISION/ RADIO/ FILM/ WEB

Robotics Competition Emcee & Announcer --- clips broadcast on:

NASA TV, Web, Nickleodeon, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC

Johnny Appleseed, The U.S. is US Slim Goodbody Prod. PBS Television

ZULU TV Voice-over Internet

FIRST LEGO League Voice-over narration Internet

Arts & Ent. Correspondent WMUR-Ch. 9 Manchester

The BROADCAST CRYSTAL WEVO-NH Public Radio Radio drama w/ Odds Bodkins

SHOWCASE of HOMES Ch. 21 Concord, NH Segment host

WAGES of SIN Independent Film F. Catalpho, Director

ADMINISTRATIVE

Production Developer (1998-present) FIRST Robotics Competition

Producing Director (2001-present) NH Theatre Project

Producing Director (1990-1993) American Stage Fest.- Young Co.

Artistic Director (1991-1993) ASF- Peacock Players

Director/Theater Coach (1989-2006) Manchester Youth Theater

Producing Director (1990-1992) Rainbow Theater Touring Co.

Drama Advisor (1990-1992) Central H.S., Manchester, NH

SKILLS

Juggling, Electric Bass, Sea Kayaking, Carpentry, Hiking, Skiing, Motorcycles, Popular Sports, Dialects

Blair Hundertmark Portsmouth, NH 03801