Wade McCollum is an American film actor, stage actor and composer/musician.
Early life
McCollum was born in 1978 in
Chico, California. His father is a
rock-n-roll drummer and McCollum spent his early life on the road traveling from town to town.
He spent some school years in
Ashland, Oregon, home of the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
He left High School at age 16 to attend the
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts.
Career
After graduating from the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, McCollum went on to land the role of Hedwig in a 2002 Triangle Theatre production of
John Cameron Mitchell and
Stephen Trask’s rock musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig and the Angry Inch may refer to:
* ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (musical), 1998
** ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (soundtrack), 1999
* ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (film), 2001
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''.'' McCollum went on to star in several productions of ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch,'' including the
Ovation Award-winning 2004
Celebration Theatre production in
Hollywood, CA.
For this production McCollum won the
Backstage West Garland Award, The Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle Award and was praised by publications such as
Variety and the
Los Angeles Times''.''
McCollum released a music album called ''Beauty is a Streetlight'' in 2006.
While in Portland, McCollum appeared as
Frank-n-Furter
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in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Emcee in
Cabaret opposite
Storm Large as
Sally Bowles, and Prior in
Angels in America''.'' At
Portland Center Stage, he starred as Batboy in
Bat Boy: The Musical and the one-person shows
I Am My Own Wife 3/sup> and The Santaland Diaries''.'' 951] McCollum also co-founded and functioned as artistic director of Insight Out Theatre Collective where his hit original musical ''ONE (aka The Other Shore)'' was produced. 2/sup> ''ONE'' was still in development for commercial production, as of 2022.Off-Broadway
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shows including ''Triassic Parq
''Triassic Parq'' is a musical comedy with music by Marshall Pailet, and lyrics and book by Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz and Steve Wargo.
Synopsis
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'' and most notably his Lucille Lortel Award nominated turn as Ernest Shackleton in ''Ernest Shackleton Loves Me'', for which he garnered the prestigious Norton Award for “Best Actor” with the show winning the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical in 2017 ''Ernest Shackleton Loves Me'' was streamed live during its run in NYC and available on Broadway HD.
In 2011 McCollum appeared as the Emcee in Dallas Theatre Center’s ''Cabaret'' opposite Kate Wetherhead as Sally Bowles. Wetherhead is the creator of the Web Comedy ''Submissions Only
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'' in which McCollum played Nolan Grigsby.
In 2018, McCollum originated the role of Carl von Cosel in the new musical ''It Happened In Key West'' on London’s West End
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* West End of London, an area of central London, England
* West End theatre, a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London, England
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McCollum’s first performance back in the theatre after the Covid-19 shutdown was as a last-minute emergency cover for Henry Higgins in Lincoln Center Theatre’s national tour of ''My Fair Lady'' directed by Bartlett Sher.
In 2022 McCollum completed ''Secondary Dominance,'' his first feature film as co-director and co-writer with longtime collaborator Sarah Small
Sarah Small (born 1979 in Washington D.C.) is a Brooklyn-based American artist, composer, singer, filmmaker, photographer, and performer featured on Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble's GRAMMY-Winning album, ''Sing Me Home''. She is known for her phot ...
.
Personal life
McCollum is married to artist Noah Jordan. McCollum’s father-in-law is 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Robert Lefkowitz.
Filmography
Film
Television
Selected theater credits
Broadway/Tour
* Witches Father u/s Wizard and Dillamond Wicked
* Tick/Mitzi in Priscilla Queen of the Desert first national tour
* Norm Waxman in the San Francisco/Chicago company of '' Jersey Boys''
Off Broadway
Velociraptor of Faith in ''Triassic Parq
''Triassic Parq'' is a musical comedy with music by Marshall Pailet, and lyrics and book by Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz and Steve Wargo.
Synopsis
The novel and film ''Jurassic Park'' told from the perspective of the dinosaurs. A clan of genet ...
''- 2012
Ernest Shackleton and others in Ernest Shackleton Loves Me 2017
With IRT and GEVA theatres
Dracula in ''Dracula
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'' 2011
With Theatreworks in Palo Alto
* The Narrator in the World Premier of '' Fly by Night'' 2011
With Dallas Theatre Center
*the Emcee in '' Cabaret'' 2011
With Portland Center Stage
* The Emcee in '' Cabaret'' (2007/2008 season)
* Charlotte von Mahlsdorf
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When a local mansion was due for demolition, von Mahlsdorf was allowed to live there, and its con ...
(and all other roles) in '' I Am My Own Wife'' (2006/2007 season)
* Bat Boy, in '' Bat Boy: The Musical'' (2003/2004 season)
* Crumpet in '' The Sanataland Diaries'' 2009/10
* Lancelot Gobbo in '' The Merchant of Venice'' (2003/2004 season)
With Artists Repertory Theatre
* Phaeton/Ceyx in '' Metamorphoses''
* Balladeer/ Lee Harvey Oswald in ''Assassins
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''
With triangle! Theatre and Celebration Theatre
* Hedwig/Tommy Gnosis in ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig and the Angry Inch may refer to:
* ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (musical), 1998
** ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (soundtrack), 1999
* ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (film), 2001
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Other theaters
* Dr. Frank-N-Furter in '' The Rocky Horror Show''
* Mary in '' On the Verge''
* Sid ''ONE'', an earlier version of the musical he wrote and co-composed with Eric Nordin
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Awards
* Portland Drammy awards for ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' in 2003, and again for ''Bat Boy'' in 2004
* Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle - Best Lead Performance for ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' in 2004
* LA Ovation award - Best Musical in 2004
* BackStage West Garland Award – Best Lead Performance in 2004
References
External links
Official website
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American male film actors
American male stage actors
Living people
Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts alumni
American male web series actors
21st-century American male actors
Year of birth missing (living people)