Degrees

B.A., St. Edwards University; M.F.A., Texas Tech University

Short Bio

Patrick has worked professionally as a performer, instructor, and director in New York, Texas, New Mexico, Virginia, and Louisiana. He received his BA in Theatre Arts from St. Edwards University and his MFA in Acting and Directing from Texas Tech University. Currently he is visiting assistant professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He spends his summers teaching theatre at the University of Richmond in Virginia. He was Executive Administrator of the Saenger Theatre and has taught at Texas Tech University and at the Metropolitan Dance Theatre of New Orleans. He was head of the Department of Theatre at Holy Cross School and worked for the Jefferson Parish Gifted and Talented Theatre Program at East Jefferson High School. While in Austin, Texas he was vice-president of the Zilker Summer Musical, the only free outdoor theatre remaining in the country. He also toured with and was a founding member of the Second Youth Theatre Company and the Kinesis Dance Theatre Company. In New York he had a cabaret act called Chemistry and taught musical theatre and acting. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre audiences will remember him as Jerry Cohan in George M!, Gus Sharkey in Leader of the Pack, Sonny LaTatieri in Grease, Bazzard in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and the King in Cinderella. A few of his favorite roles include: Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Patrick), Blood Brothers (Narrator), Into the Woods (Baker), Cabaret (Emcee), Chicago (Amos), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Neville Landless), West Side Story (Chino), Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Edward Clarke), A Girls Guide to Chaos (Jake), Reckless (Tom), Beauty and the Beast (Phillip), The Snow Queen (Kay), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Timothy Ellison), Plaza Suite (Director), Agnes of God (Director), Bang Bang You’re Dead (Director), A Girls Guide to Chaos, (Director), The Laramie Project (Director).

Courses Taught

• Voice and Movement
• Directing
• Theatre Workshop