Troy Valjean Rucker
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Hair:  Black     Eyes:  Dark Brown     Height:  5’ 8”     Weight: 150 lbs     Voice:    Baritone
                                                          


TELEVISION / COMMERCIAL / PRINT________________________________________________________________
"Drama Queenz" (web series)                                         Preston (Starring)          Novo Novus Productions
“Honor Deferred”                                                             Supporting                     
History Channel - Al Roker Entertainment,Inc.
“Safe Night”                                                                     Principal                         NBC-Detroit
“Safe On the Streets”                                                      Principal                         UPN (National)
Think Ford First                                                               Supporting                     Ford Motor Company
Wickedthemusical.com / Spellingbeethemusical.com      Model                             Araca Merch, LLC

NATIONAL / EUROPEAN TOUR_____________________________________________________________________
Jesus Christ Superstar (w/ Ted Neeley & Corey Glover) Apostle                          Arlene Phillips,chor / Phil Edwards,music sup
International Symphony Orchestra                                  Principal                         European Tour

OFF-BROADWAY / NEW YORK / REGIONAL STAGE____________________________________________________
Oklahoma!                                                                       Ike Skidmore                 Portland Center Stage, OR
A Cabaret Evening of Brel & Piaf                                     Troy                              Byrdcliffe Theatre / Woodstock Fringe, NY
Sonso & Pierrot Meet                                                       Sonso                           119 Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Oh, Virgil! A Theatrical Portrait                                        Man 1                            Judson Arts / Woodstock Fringe, NYC
Zanna, Don't! (Jen Waldman, dir. / chor.)                        Buck                              York Theatre, NYC
Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens                   Lamar                            Laurie Beecham Theatre, NYC
365 Days/365 Plays                                                         Various                          Keitrik Productions, Inc., NY
Maria Kizito (reading)                                                       Various                          The Flea Theatre, NYC
Show Boat (Jen Waldman, dir. / chor.)                             Stevedore                      Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, NY
Babes In Toyland
(Peter Flynn,dir / Devanand Janki,chor)     Bobby Shaftoe, Toy Soldier   Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Ragtime                                                                           Harlem Man, et al           Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, NY
South Pacific                                                                   Henry                              Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, NY
Angels In America
                                                          Belize (PAGE Award nom)   UM-D Players, MI
The Working Week and Sunday Rest                             Dewey                             NY International Fringe Festival
heartBEAT                                                                      Cedric                             Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
L’Histoire du Soldat                                                         Narrator                          Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra

OPERA / CONCERTS_____________________________________________________________________________
Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness (Premiere)                 Dog Handler, Chorus      La MaMa E.T.C., NYC
Margaret Garner (Tazewell Thompson, dir.)                   Chorus                            New York City Opera
Treemonisha (Roger Rees, dir.)                                     Chorus                            Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Turandot
(w/Aprile Millo,Franco Farina,Hei-Kyong Hong)     Coro                                Carnegie Hall
Le Villi (w/ Aprile Millo,Franco Farina,Carlo Guelfi)         Coro                                Carnegie Hall
Fidelio
(w/ Deborah Voigt,Thomas Moser,James Morris)      Chor                                Carnegie Hall
Un Ballo in Maschera
(w/ Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Salvatore Licitra)   Coro(Crider, Podles, Blackwell)Carnegie Hall
An Evening of American Operetta (Roger Rees, dir.)     Performer                        Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
An Evening of Kurt Weill (Roger Rees, dir.)                    
w/Bebe Neuwirth,Larry Marshall Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
The Collegiate Chorale,
Robert Bass, music director                                             Carnegie Hall / Lincoln Center
Little Orchestra Society,
Dino Anagnost, music director                                         Lincoln Center
Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers-
Special Award                                              Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Aretha Franklin with The Detroit Symphony                                                            DSA All-Stars
Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra                                                                          Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall

EDUCATION / TRAINING___________________________________________________________________________
Wayne State University                                                                                          Detroit, MI
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy                                                      New York, NY

Voice: T. Alan Bowers, Dr. Kim Renas         
Voice Production and Speech: Camille Mazurek         Acting for Camera: Gillien Goll
Acting: Rick Sperling, David Martin, Randolf Pearson, Mark Riherd, Nicholas Martin-Smith
Musical Theatre: Jeffrey Dunn, Philip George, Darren Cohen, Elaine Petricoff, Claudia Asbury
Dance (Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Theatre): Mark Santoro, Casey Colgan, Harry Woolever, Michele Hart

SPECIAL SKILLS_________________________________________________________________________________
Read Music, Oboe, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flashing a Smile, Masks, Singin’ In the Rain, License, Passport
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