James DeVita
| James DeVita | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 16 1960 Long Island, New York |
| Residence | Spring Green, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor and author and director |
| Website | www |
James "Jim" DeVita is an American actor and author. He is a member of the core acting company at American Players Theatre, a classical amphitheater located in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Devita is from Long Island, New York. He spent years as a first mate on a boat off of Long Island. His one-person show In Acting Shakespeare chronicles his journey from working on fishing boats to becoming an actor and director of classical theater. The play is a personalized adaption of Ian McKellen's Acting Shakespeare, which inspired DeVita to become an actor when he saw it in 1983. DeVita has spent the bulk of his long acting career at American Players Theatre playing among other Shakespeare roles Hamlet, Romeo, iago, Macbeth, Leontes, Richard III, Richard II
In 2015, Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout wrote that "America has no finer classical actor than Jim DeVita."
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