Dashiell Eaves is an American actor. He lives in

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Theater

Eaves began his professional career in 1993 at age nineteen when he joined the original American cast of the Off-Broadway percussion show ''Stomp''. Three years later he left that show after being cast as the Courier in

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's revival of ''

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''. Since then he has appeared in other Broadway productions, ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...

'' (Rolf), ''

James Joyce's The Dead ''James Joyce's The Dead'' is a Broadway musical by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey based upon James Joyce's short story " The Dead". Productions The musical was originally presented Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, starting on October 1, ...

'' (Michael), ''

The Lieutenant of Inishmore ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' is a black comedy by Martin McDonagh, in which the 'mad' leader of an Irish National Liberation Army splinter group discovers that his cat has been killed. It has been produced twice in the West End and on Bro ...

'' (Joey), Martin McDonagh's ''

A Behanding in Spokane ''A Behanding in Spokane'' is a 2010 black comedy by award-winning Irish/English playwright Martin McDonagh. It premiered at the Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway in 2010. Set in the fictional town of Tarlington, Ohio, this is McDonagh's first play ...

'' as Thomas Ledbury in the 2007 production of Helen Edmundson's ''

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'' at the

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, “A Time to Kill”, as Bob Cratchit in “ A Christmas Carol“ directed by Matthew Warchus, and in “

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“, a rock musical based on the Irish film by the same name. Eaves has appeared Off-Broadway in Lynn Nottage’s “

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” at Signature Theater, ''Luck of the Irish'' at LCT3 (Lincoln Center), ''

'' at

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' ''

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'' at

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and ''

'' and Quincy Long's ''People Be Heard'' at

Playwrights Horizons Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work. Under the ...

. Regionally, Eaves' credits include "The Wild Duck" and "Judgement Day" at Bard Summerscape, and ''Brendan'' at the Huntington Theater. He has appeared at the

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in '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (Lysander),

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's '' Street Scene'', and Ellen Melaver's ''Not Waving''. He was part of Martha Clarke's production of '' Hans Christian Andersen'' at A.C.T. in San Francisco. He was also in the first developmental production of ''

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, based on a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spe ...

'' at Barrington Stage Company, playing the role of Mitch the "Comfort Counselor".

Film and television

Eaves' screen credits include “ Mindhunter”, “ Law & Order: SVU”, “ Gotham”, ''

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'', '' Blue Bloods'' episode " Baggage" and ''

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'' episode " Masquerade" with Bill Irwin and Liza Minnelli. Other TV and film work includes

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's ''

Arthur and the Invisibles ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is ...

'' III, Jonathan Demme's '' Beloved'', the HBO film ''

Stomp Out Loud ''Stomp Out Loud'' is a 1997 musical film produced by HBO that featured the Brighton, UK, and Manhattan-based dance troupe known as Stomp. The film is 44 minutes long and provides footage from the Broadway performances as well as scenes shot solely ...

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References

External links

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Lortel Archives Internet Off-Broadway Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eaves, Dashiell 1974 births Living people Male actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male stage actors American male television actors Male actors from New Mexico Male actors from New York City Tisch School of the Arts alumni Male actors from Rochester, New York