Doug McDade

Doug’s professional acting career spans 30 years and over 60 stage credits, as well as work in radio, television, film and commercials. He is an original ensemble member of Chicago’s critically acclaimed Shattered Globe Theatre Company and currently serves as President and Managing Artistic Director of The Gurnee Theatre Company, which he co-founded in 2001. Recently, Doug starred in the role of Victor in Arthur Miller’s The Price for Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre Company. Doug has been nominated for multiple Jeff Citations and Jeff awards and received a "Jeff" for Supporting Actor in 1995 for his nationally recognized performance in the Chicago premiere of The Manchurian Candidate. In 1996, he reprised his role co-starring with Kelsey Grammer for Los Angeles Theatre's On the Air, which is now part of Chicago's Museum of Broadcast History. He has also been a member of several Jeff Citation awarded ensembles. He’s performed with many Chicago theatres, including American Theatre Company, Bailiwick, Chicago Dramatists, Light Opera Works, Next Theatre, Shattered Globe, Stage Left, and Steppenwolf. Doug is an active member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). His directing credits include stage works for Shattered Globe Theatre, Northside Story Productions, the touring company of Koch-Cohen Productions, Kalibre Productions and The Gurnee Theatre Company. He has also directed projects for video and television and is slated to direct his first independent film in the fall of 2007. He tutored privately with Sir Geoffrey Connor of The National Theatre of Great Britain and was trained at the London Shakespeare Academy. He has been teaching acting to children and adults since 1994.

Teaches:

On Camera I
Boot Camp Saturdays

Commercial/TV Film Audition Workshop, ages 8-11