James Carpenter has been performing in the Bay Area for 30 years and makes his debut here at Cutting Ball. He appeared in over 30 productions during his 14 years as an Associate Artist at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. An Associate Artist at California Shakespeare Theater, Carpenter has appeared in over 30 productions for the company, as well as numerous productions at Aurora Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater, Marin Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, TheatreWorks, and Black Box Theatre (The Creature directed by Rob Melrose). Additional credits include productions at The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, and Huntington Theatre Company, among others. He is the 2007 recipient of BATCC’s Barbara Bladen Porter award for Continued Excellence in the Arts and in 2010 was named a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. James’ film and TV credits include “Nash Bridges”, the films “Metro” and “The Rainmaker”, and the independent projects “Singing”, “Presque Isle”, and “The Sunflower Boy”.