Welcome to the online resume of actor/singer Edwin Hanson! This website contains a detailed resume, recent news, media, photography, and contact information.

08/01/11
Ed is now in Kansas City, working with the Journeyman Theatre Co. on a new musical called “Generation Why”. It will run Sept. 16 through Oct. 1 at the Just-Off-Broadway Theatre. Ed is playing the role of THE MAN, a rather diabolical character who creates a Utopian society…wonderful material!! In mid-October, he’ll head to Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania to take over the role of FultonTaylor in the new musical “The Confession”, based on the Amish books of Beverly Lewis. The contract will run Oct. 17 through Dec. 2. Ed is now looking forward to 2012 contracts and auditions at UPTA in Memphis and MWTA in St. Louis in February.

05/09/11
Ed recently completed a successful run at Cornwell's Dinner Theatre, Marshall, MI, with the musical comedy "Peace in the Valley". He has signed a contract to work next at the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock, MO with two productions: "Damn Yankees" (June 18 through June 26): Mr. Welch/Ensemble; and "The Sound of Music" (July 6 through July 17): Herr Zeller. He also just returned from auditioning in NYC for the national tour of "Fiddler on the Roof" (Troika Entertainment). He is currently looking for work into the fall and winter seasons.

11/27/10
Ed is now back in Columbia for the holiday season after a successful run with Prather Entertainment's "Church Basement Ladies" in both Mesa, AZ and Lancaster, PA. He recently signed a contract with Top Hat Productions in Marshall, MI to do a production of "Peace in the Valley" at Cornwell's Dinner Theatre. He'll report to work February 9 and will be in Marshall until April 16.

07/12/10
Having completed a successful run at the Oxford Shakespeare Festival as Claudius in Hamlet and Sir Edward Ramsay in The King and I, Ed now prepares to head to Arizona and the Broadway Palm West Dinner Theatre for a production of Church Basement Ladies, appearing as Rev. E.L. Gunderson. His availability date is now November 15.

03/10/10
After attending UPTAs in Memphis and MWTA in St. Louis, Ed has accepted contract offers with two companies. He will be working with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival in Oxford, MS, May 15-July 2, appearing as Claudius in Hamlet and as Sir Edward Ramsey in The King and I. On August 10, Ed will head to Mesa, AZ to work with Prather Entertainment's Broadway Palm West Dinner Theatre. He will perform the role of Pastor E.L. Gunderson in the musical comedy Church Basement Ladies, opening in late August and running until late September. The production will then move to Prather's Pennsylvania location in Lancaster at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, and it will enjoy a six-week run, closing November 13.

12/01/09
Since returning from Kansas, Ed's Sinatra show has been getting many bookings for both private parties and public appearances. He will be singing at Grand Cru Restaurant in Columbia on Dec. 18 and 19, and Jan. 8 and 9.

10/15/09
Ed is in Abilene, KS, working on a production of Arsenic and Old Lace with the Great Plains Theatre Co. The show opens Oct. 23 and runs through Nov. 1.

10/01/09
Ed is registered for UPTA in Memphis, and he will audition on Saturday morning, February 6.

08/01/2009
Having completed his run of "Lucky Nurse and Other Short Musical Plays", Ed is now preparing for his debut at Vault, a new speakeasy lounge here in Columbia, where he will present an evening of Sinatra songs on Friday, August 14.

06/01/09
Ed begins rehearsals this week for the musical "Lucky Nurse and Other Musical Plays", by Michael John LaChiusa, produced by Independent Actors Theatre in Columbia, MO.

05/24/09
Ed closed a successful run of George F. Walker's "Problem Child". The play was produced by Theatre NXS, a new professional theatre company located in Columbia, MO.

04/23/09
The theatre department of Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO opens the musical "Lucky Stiff", with Ed serving as musical director. Ed worked during the rehearsal process as vocal coach for the actors and then conducted the pit combo for the performances.

04/12/09
Ed appears as McBane, a gruff landlord, in "Little Girl Tenant", a one-act play written by local playwright Carlynn Trout, as part of Independent Actors Theatre's "short Women's Play Festival".

01/06/09
Edwin is scheduled to audition in Memphis at the United Professional Theatre Auditions on February 7, and at the Mid West Theatre Auditions in St. Louis on February 21.

10/01/08
Having finished The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia?, Edwin will soon be off to Abilene, KS to start rehearsals for "Our Town".

Look for Edwin at the United Professional Theatre Auditions in Memphis, TN early next year! He will be auditioning on Saturday, February 7th.

07/29/08
Edwin is curently working on the role of Martin in The Goat: or Who is Sylvia?". That show opens through the Independent Actors Theatre on September 27th in Columbia, MO.

Next up for Edwin is a production of Our Town in Abilene, KS with the Great Plains Theatre Co. That show will run Oct. 31-Nov. 16.

07/07/08
Mr. Hanson has completed his well-received run of Cabaret with ColeBeanBay Theatre.

KDHX, a St. Louis radio station, raved of Mr. Hanson's performance in their review of Cabaret:

"But, the real stars of the show are Rebecca McGraw and Ed Hanson as Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz. ...Hanson is a pitiable figure of a man as the dejected Jewish fruit grocer, Schultz. The wistful tune 'Marriage' provides them with a
lovely and hopeful moment to share."

06/30/08
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