ACTING

Storytelling at full scale — from classical roles to contemporary work.

I approach performance as collaboration and authorship. An actor does more than interpret text — they activate it. My work spans classical theatre, new plays, musical theatre, touring productions, and commercial work.

Whether inhabiting established roles or originating new ones, I bring a director’s understanding of structure and a producer’s sense of pace to every performance. That perspective allows me to serve both the text and the production’s larger storytelling engine.

Lend Me a Tenor — Bellhop

Critic’s Corner; Indianapolis, IN February 20, 1997

“Bart Lovins plays the part of the obnoxious bellhop complete in red uniform. Lovins adds a great deal to the show as he cavorts in and out, interrupting the proceedings. By the way, his before-the-curtain speech was especially different and extremely entertaining. It was well written and expertly presented by the funny Mr. Lovins.”

Charles Epstein

The Emperor’s New Clothes — Mr. Sew

Detroit Free Press December 21, 1990

“Enter a couple of swindlers who call themselves Mr. Stitch and Mr. Sew; they make clothes that look invisible to dimwits and people unfit for their positions. Mr. Stitch is the brains of the operation; Mr. Sew doesn’t quite get the concept. “If this wool is invisible,” he asks, “was the lamb invisible, too, boss?” All the performers are good, with standouts being… Bart Lovins as the lithe and lively Mr. Sew.”

Martin F. Kohn

Father of the Bride — Tommy

The Herald Bulletin; Anderson, IN February 15, 1996

“The funny part of the show is watching everyone in the family, including the bride’s brother, Tommy, (Bart Lovins) quietly sneak the ‘church-only’ invitations into the ‘church and reception’ card file.”

Theresa Campbell

Workshops with

National Shakespeare Company (interpretation) James Kirkwood (script writing) Beverly Veenker (fencing)
Tom Poston and Tim Conway (comedy) Marcia Lewis (career planning) Drew Fracher (combat)

Special skills/other interests

Puppetry Stage Director Member of nostalgic “50’s” garage band: Phil Sickly & the Upchucks
Dialects Set Designer

New York

Loyalty Lies Sir Thomas Stanley Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
Guy Stuff (staged reading) Hal (lead) The Lark Theatre Company
God’s Favorite (staged reading) Sydney Theatre @ St. Clement’s
Antigone  Sentry Expanded Arts
A Farmer Weds A Widow Dan Morrison Alpha & Omega Theatre Group
A Christmas Carol Ensemble Expanded Arts
The Thrill Of It All! Jimmy (lead) The Stage; Merrick, LI
Bart’s Box one man show Danny’s Skylight Cabaret

Regional

Into The Woods  Narrator/Mysterious Man Hardin County Schools PAC, KY
1776 John Dickinson Hardin County Schools PAC, KY
Greater Tuna Jaston Williams’s roles Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, IN
Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Hardin County Schools PAC, KY
The Roar Of The Greasepaint Cocky Balcony Dinner Theatre, IN
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Felix Linder Westgate Dinner Theatre, OH
Lend Me A Tenor The Bellhop Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, IN
The Fantasticks The Boy “Matt” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, IN
The Foreigner Ellard Balcony Dinner Theatre,CO
Annie Rooster Capital Arts Center, KY
Frankenstein (staged reading) William/Fritz Stage One, KY (Reader’s Circle)
The Wizard of Oz Munchkin Mayor Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, IN
Midsummer Night’s Dream Egeus Galveston Outdoor Musicals, TX
Christmas from the Heart Ensemble Little Theatre on the Square, MO
The Lone Star (2 seasons)   Ensemble Galveston Outdoor Musicals, TX
Oklahoma! Ensemble Galveston Outdoor Musicals, TX
Hello Dolly Ensemble Galveston Outdoor Musicals, TX
South Pacific Ensemble Galveston Outdoor Musicals, TX

Touring

Sesame Street LIVE! (3 seasons)
Oscar the Grouch VEE Corporation (US/Canada)
The Emperor’s New Clothes 
Mister Sew Prince St. Players (US/Canada/Japan)
Sleeping Beauty The Faun Prince Prince St. Players (US/Canada)
Pinocchio Pinocchio NC Theatre for Young Audiences

Film and commercial

Stock Yards Bank & Trust Marketer (lead) Cubero Group, KY
Object of My Affections Waiter (extra) Kee Casting, NY
The Bliss Of Solitude Lenny (lead) WKU Graduate Project, KY
Houchen’s Grocery Store Bag Boy (featured) Danner-Reid, Inc., KY