character actor
david tice allison
S
triving to deliver the drawn
b u t t e r i n e v e r y ro l e h e
plays, David Tice Allison's
penchant for breathing life
into disenfranchised personas has
afforded him a worthy list of stage credits.
Mr Allison’s most notable visit to the stage
recently earned him wide acclaim as the fly-eating
loon, Renfield, in the Richard Sharp adaptation
of Dracula.1 He also has eight productions
under his belt at the GK Hardt theater at
6th Street Playhouse, in Santa Rosa.
In that venue, David Tice Allison played the
foppish solicitor and the brazen Mr Topper
in A Christmas Carol,2 plus one small (and
notably creepy) role as
the undertaker in the same
Character actor
production, in which he
David Tice Allison
incorporated the essences of
strives to “deliver
three aliens from the cult 60s the drawn butter”
TV show "Lost in Space."
in every single role
he plays.
Before that, he
was the troubled
Charles Cheswick in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.3 In
August-Osage County,4 he was the sexual predator,
Steve Heidebrecht He played the despised older
brother, Gooper, in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 5 And
in the west coast premiere of Kite’s Book,6 he
portrayed an eighteenth-century sociopath named
Jack Wyld. In Gene Abravaya’s The Final Scene,7
1 Raven Theater, Healdsburg, CA; Dir. Steven David Martin
2 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Craig A. Miller
3 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Lennie Dean
4 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Craig A. Miller
5 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Michael Fontaine
6 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Craig A. Miller
7 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Tim Kniffin
8 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Elizabeth Craven
9 Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, Napa, CA; Dir. Barry Martin & Taylor Bartolucci
10 Main Street Theater, Sebastopol, CA; Dir. Scott Philips
11 Napa Valley Playhouse, Napa, CA; Dir. Debbie Gargalikis Baumann
12 Napa Valley Playhouse, Napa, CA; Dir. Barry Martin
13 The Studio at the 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA; Dir. Alice Kaplan
14 The Studio at the 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, CA.
As Renfield, in "Dracula."
As Jack Wyld in, "Kite's Book."
he played the damaged and droll cameraman,
Boseman. In 2007 he played Connie in
The Grapes of Wrath,8 as well as a disturbing bit
part, man with the club­— a role for which, having
been on stage a mere thirty seconds, he is still
remembered to this day.
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Mr Allison’s other credits include Oliver! playing Fagin,
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as well as the stage plays, Reckless, Dinner with Friends,
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Snowing at Delphi, A Skull in Connemara, and
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Ah, Wilderness David Tice Allison is also known
for his monologue stagings of Edgar Allan Poe’s
“The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Raven.”
As Charles Cheswick, in "One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest."
As Gooper in, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
As Undertaker in, "A Christmas Carol."
Contact David Tice Allison at
[email protected] or call
707-738-3619.
mr allison accepts invitations
to read for lead, principal and pivotal
supporting roles only.
As Man With the Club, in "The Grapes
of Wrath." (with Matthew Witthaus)
As Renfield, in
"Dracula."
As Solicitor, in "A Christmas Carol."
(with Harry Duke)
As Boseman, in
"The Final Scene."