Beyond the Boards | Howard Swain

Featuring Howard Swain

Coming Thursday June 25th on Beyond the Boards, San Jose Stage Artistic Director - Randall King sits down with Bay Area legend Howard Swain to discuss their collaborations, the power of Sam Shepard’s work, and our postponed production of Tooth of Crime amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a distinguished actor, Howard brings years of experience and adds a vibrant viewpoint on Bay Area Theatre, with fresh insight into our conversations centered around the “New American Theatre”. Howard is slated to appear as Hoss in our upcoming production of Sam Shepard’s Tooth of Crime.

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About Howard Swain

Howard Swain is a local Bay Area actor with theatre credits that span coast to coast as well as television and film. He has worked on the national tours of ‘Picasso At The Lapin Agile’ and ‘Love, Janis’. He has also performed at West Edge Opera in Phillip Glass’ “Hydrogen Jukebox”, Laguna Beach Playhouse, and off-Broadway at The New York Theatre Workshop. Bay Area credits include American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks, Aurora Theatre, San Jose Stage, Magic Theatre, Overtone Theatre, Theatre-On-the-Square, TheatreFirst, Symmetry Theatre, Eureka Theatre, Word For Word, SF Playhouse, Center REPertory Company, Intersection, Playground, and Marin Theatre Company as well as Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Marin Shakespeare Festival, and California Shakespeare Festival. His television and film credits include Nash Bridges, Midnight Caller, Partners In Crime, Kiss Shot, Bed of Lies, Hill St. Blues, Cherry 2000, Miracle Mile, Metro, Dog and the Dogma, Bartleby, Golden Gate, Just One Night, Teknolust, Frameup, Night of the Scarecrow, Valley of the Heart’s Delight, and Smoke And Mirrors.