GEOFF HOYLE

Geoff Hoyle clowned with Cirque du Soleil, The Pickle Family Circus, and Circus Flora. He performed his solos "Feast of Fools" and "The Convict's Return" (commissioned by Berkeley Repertory Theatre) in New York, San Francisco, Paris, London, and the former Soviet Union, and at various regional theatres in the U.S. and England. He has appeared in comic roles at the Berkeley Rep, ACT, Eureka Theatre, American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Arena Stage, and La Jolla Playhouse. He received five NEA grants and an ArtsLink grant to visit circuses in Latvia and Russia. He created the role of Zazu (Drama Desk nomination: Best Featured Actor in a Musical) in the original Broadway cast of "The Lion King," and this year wrote and performed "The First Hundred Years" for the Berkeley Rep and the Arizona Theatre Company, performed the role of Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" for Stanford Summer Theatre, and appeared in "The Green Bird" with Theatre de La Jeune Lune at Berkeley Rep.