U. Jonathan Toppo

In over 30 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, U. Jonathan Toppo has played various and assorted roles including: Tilney, Shakespeare in Love; Bardolph, The Merry Wives of Windsor; Green, Richard II; Thaliard, Fisherman, Boult, Pericles; Fortinbras, A Wrinkle in Time; Steve Hubbell, A Streetcar Named Desire; Pistol, Henry V; Monsieur de Bonnefoi in The Imaginary Invalid; Sir Walter Blunt in Henry IV, Part One; First General, Throne of Blood; Lenox, Macbeth; Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Dad, Distracted; Philippe Petit, UP; Irvin, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Taylor, Gibraltar; Hofbauer, The Visit; Menas, Antony and Cleopatra; Francis Flute, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Larry, Handler; Trinculo, The Tempest; Jason, Wit; Laertes, Hamlet; Aramis, The Three Musketeers; Zavel, Vilna’s Got a Golem; and Bernard, Death of a Salesman.

He is also Resident Fight Director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Certified Associate Instructor, Dueling Arts International. Drama Desk Award 2017 Best Fight Choreography for Sweat at the Public Theater.

U. Jonathan Toppo