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Andrew grew up first in Danville, New Hampshire, then Jacksonville, Florida and finally Holly Springs, North Carolina.
In middle school in Jacksonville, he took drama class on a whim and found great delight in being obnoxious.
It wasn't until high school in North Carolina that Andrew began to consider acting as a career, playing Tranio in the Taming of the Shrew. He became part of the core of the theatre department, playing a number of significant roles over three years, eventually stepping out his senior year to do Chess at the North Carolina Theater as part of their Kids on Broadway program. Playing the supporting lead role of Molokov (long story) in a quasi-major production, he decided to commit himself.
Taking undergrad at UNCG with a double major in Theatre and Sociology, Andrew performed regularly on community theatre stages, playing roles such as Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, the Emcee in Cabaret, Riff in West Side Story, and Rolfe in the Judgment at Nuremberg.
His first professional gig was with the North Carolina Shakespeare festival, on their 4-month educational tour with hourlong versions of Hamlet and Taming of the Shrew, double and triple cast down to six people apiece.
Spending several years after undergrad and NC Shakes as a nomad, he traveled to several theaters in Iowa and Wisconsin, back home to the Raleigh area, and then to Austin, Texas. In Austin, he raised a number of eyebrows, performing in Othello, Falsettos, Company, She Stoops to Conquer, and Cyrano de Bergerac among others.
In May of 2018, he completed his MFA from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota, Florida.
In August of 2019, he moved to Chicago, where he began to establish the Chicago Demidov Studio, a chapter of the International Demidov Society. During the pandemic, he started the three-year process of becoming certified to teach the Demidov Approach. He is now one of four people worldwide, with colleagues in London/Vienna and Athens, certified to teach the technique.
He is married to Emily Robertson, an MFA Costume Technician, Head Draper at the Goodman, and possibly the finest person ever to grace this Earth.
In middle school in Jacksonville, he took drama class on a whim and found great delight in being obnoxious.
It wasn't until high school in North Carolina that Andrew began to consider acting as a career, playing Tranio in the Taming of the Shrew. He became part of the core of the theatre department, playing a number of significant roles over three years, eventually stepping out his senior year to do Chess at the North Carolina Theater as part of their Kids on Broadway program. Playing the supporting lead role of Molokov (long story) in a quasi-major production, he decided to commit himself.
Taking undergrad at UNCG with a double major in Theatre and Sociology, Andrew performed regularly on community theatre stages, playing roles such as Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, the Emcee in Cabaret, Riff in West Side Story, and Rolfe in the Judgment at Nuremberg.
His first professional gig was with the North Carolina Shakespeare festival, on their 4-month educational tour with hourlong versions of Hamlet and Taming of the Shrew, double and triple cast down to six people apiece.
Spending several years after undergrad and NC Shakes as a nomad, he traveled to several theaters in Iowa and Wisconsin, back home to the Raleigh area, and then to Austin, Texas. In Austin, he raised a number of eyebrows, performing in Othello, Falsettos, Company, She Stoops to Conquer, and Cyrano de Bergerac among others.
In May of 2018, he completed his MFA from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training in Sarasota, Florida.
In August of 2019, he moved to Chicago, where he began to establish the Chicago Demidov Studio, a chapter of the International Demidov Society. During the pandemic, he started the three-year process of becoming certified to teach the Demidov Approach. He is now one of four people worldwide, with colleagues in London/Vienna and Athens, certified to teach the technique.
He is married to Emily Robertson, an MFA Costume Technician, Head Draper at the Goodman, and possibly the finest person ever to grace this Earth.