Richie Portela

Actor/Singer AEA

Height: 5’7”                                                                                                                Eyes:  Brown              

Weight: 155 lbs.                                                                                                       Hair: Black

Vocal Type:  Bari-tenor

TOURING

Disney Cruise Lines                           Iago Puppeteer/Peter Pan            DCL – Disney Fantasy

Go Diego Go Live                                 Diego                                                       Nickelodeon/Clear Channel

Dora the Explorer Live                    Diego                                                         Nickelodeon/Clear Channel

Ferdinand the Bull                             Ferdinand                                               TheatreworksUSA

Corduroy                                                 Corduroy                                                TheatreworksUSA

NEW YORK

House of Nunzio                                  Tommy  Monacelli                                The Davenport Theatre

Busload of Blonds                               Donald Cameron                                   Reading for Kathleen Marshall

Warsaw                                                   Shya                                                             NYMF 2007

Alice                                                          Dormouse                                                 MITF 2008

Joseph…Dreamcoat                          Benjamin                                                   Gallery Players

Tinker’s Wedding                               Michael Byrne                                        The Great White Box

The Student Prince                            Lucas                                                          Gallery Players

REGIONAL

Little Shop of Horrors                     Seymour                                                    Fredericksburg Theatre Company

Greater Tuna                                       Jaston Williams’ roles                         Fredericksburg Theatre Company

Whoop Dee Doo                                 Howard Crabtree                                   Broach Theatre

Forever Plaid                                       Sparky                                                          Fredericksburg Theatre Company

When Pigs Fly                                      Howard Crabtree                                  Broach Theatre

Rocky Horror Show                           Brad Majors                                            Taylor Theatre

Into the Woods                                    Jack                                                              Aycock Auditorium

TRAINING

BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

                Acting: Meisner (J. Gulley), M. Checkov (J. Wren)

                Voice: Linklater (B. Boyd), Fitzmaurice (C. Barrett)

                Movement: Alexander Technique, Viewpoints (M. Paludan)

Kimberly Vaughn, musical performance audition technique

Tom Burke, Voice Teacher and Vocal Technique Coach

Musical Theatre Workshop with Casting Director Jamibeth Margolis, Wicked Associate Conductor

Ben Cohn and The Talent House agent Jed Abrahams

Puppet Training with Marty Robinson (Sesame Workshop) and Tracie Mick (Disney Cruise Lines)

Film Workshop with CBS Casting Agent Andra Reeve

Film Workshop with Dawson’s Creek Casting Director Mark Fincannon

Audition Workshop with former Law and Order: SVU casting agent Jennifer Jones

Governor’s School of North Carolina in Acting – Laurinburg, NC

SPECIAL SKILLS

Trained puppeteer, Singing, dance (jazz and tap), Various dialects: Irish, Standard British, Cockney, Spanish, various US dialects, valid driver’s license (NY), puppeteer work, unarmed stage combat, piano (9 years)