Fardon, Joshua

Joshua Fardon

Joshua Fardon was born on October 23, 1965, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Fardon studied at Northwestern University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Speech (1987) and studied acting at Yale School of Drama where he earned an MFA in Acting (1991).

Fardon is based in Chicago, IL.

Film
Out~2014 (short) - Alan
The Co-Star: Master Acting Class~2014 (short) - Trevor Allor
A Thousand Cuts~2012 - Derrick
Detective City Angel~2011 (V short) - Artist

Bug~2002 - Henry
Grounded For Life~2001 -
Suicide, The Comedy~1998 - Kevin
Star Kid~1997 - Rookie Cop
Conspiracy Theory~1997 - Hospital Guard
Volcano~1997 - Medic
Star Maps~1997 - Wade - Carmel County Actor

Film Composer
Adopt a Sailor~2008
Shattered Bits~2005 (short)

Film Director
Shattered Bits~2005 (short)

Film Writer
Tenant~2010 (short)
A Better Soldier~2009 (screenplay)
Shattered Bits~2005 (short)

TV
Chicago Fire~2015 - Truck Driver in Short and Fat
Frasier~2003 - Luke in Daphne Does Dinner
The West Wing~2002 - Chorus in Posse Comitatus
Grounded for Life~2002 - Man at Vet's in We Are Family
Showbiz Today~1996 - Himself in episode 19 February 1996
Golden Years~1991 - Trooper Shawn in Second Chance

Theatre
The Time Machine Musical~2013 - reader (Hollywood Fringe Festival)
Class~2012 - (Hi-Desert Cultural Center, Joshua Tree, CA)
Again~2010 - (The Elephant Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
Much Ado About Nothing~2001 - Don John (South Coast Repertory, )
A Midsummer Night's Dream~1999 - ensemble/Lucio/Angelo's Servant/Demetrius, Flute (Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
How I Learned to Drive~1999 - ensemble/understudy (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA)
Measure for Measure~1999 - ensemble (Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
Dracula~1997 & 1999 - Dr. Seward (The Old Globe, San Diego, CA)
Three Tall Women~1996 - ensemble/understudy (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA)
Scapin~1993 - Leandre (East 13th Street Theatre, New York, NY)
Scapin~1991 - (Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT)
Bricklayers~1991 - Andy (Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT)
Good Person of Szechwan~1990 - Unemployed Man/Policeman (Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT)
The Art of the Actor~ - Lead/Romeo (Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA)
Ivanov~ - Gavrila (Yale Repertory Theatre, West Haven, CT)

Theatre Director
The Time Machine Musical~2013 (Hollywood Fringe Festival)
Julia Arbuck~2013 (Brand Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
The Cult~2011 (The Lillian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
Bail Me Out~2010 (Hudson Guild Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
Mallards~2008 (The Lillian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
The Red Bouquet~2005 (Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto, ONT, Can)

Theatre Score
Stadium Devildare~2007 (Theatre of NOTE)
Aristophanes' The Birds~1997 (Composed songs) (Theatre of NOTE)

Theatre Writer
1=0~2017
Curly Tails~2016 (play: The Dove) (Empire Stage, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
A Painting of a Dog~2016
The Condition~2015
Rise~2014
Do Not Disturb: an Evening of Plays by Joshua Fardon~2014 (Rise, Blanks, Due Diligence, Soon My Angel Came Again)
Julia Arbuck~2012
Shake~2010
This Contract Limits Our Liability - Read It!~2008
A Cult Musical~
Age of Darkness~
The Burning of Kenneth Carrion~
Covering~
The Invisible Worm~
Kindly Omit Flowers~
Rattle~

Theatre Writer (short plays)
Someone Else's Loss is My Chocolatey Goodness~2009 (contributor of short play/s)(Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles, CA)
Algebra~2005
An Argument for Oblivion
Blanks
The Dove
Due Diligence
Loved
Mallards
One Second (The Lillian Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca)
The Publishers
Separation Anxiety
Shattered Bits
Some Kind of Misery
Soon My Angel Tenant

Theatre Writer (short musicals)
Again~2010 (The Elephant Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)
Arizona~2003
The Cult
I Will Go On
Miss Henrietta Stralson
The Red Bouquet
Sign Right Here
Something Not Real

Radio
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Radio Dramas~1985 - voice of Luke Skywalker

Voice Work (other)
Disney Read-Along Series~2015 - Luke Skywalker in:
     Return of the Jedi
     The Empire Strikes Back

Video Games (voice)
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force~2000 - Jeff Nelson/Crewman/Imperial Officer

Awards, Honors, and Nominations
Alec Baldwin Fellowship:
2012 Finalist for Julia Arbuck
Dances With Films:
Official Selections: Tenant and Shattered Bits
Entertainment Today Ticketholder Awards:
2008 Runner Up Best Playwright for This Contract Limits Our Liability - Read It!
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference:
2016 Semifinalist for 1=0
StageScene LA:
Rec'd 2010 Outstanding Production/Comedy-Drama Intimate Theater for Shake

Miscellany
Connotation Press - Drama Editor
2007 - was a resident artist at the Art Institute of California at UC Riverside
2007 - Acting and movement instructor at the Mark Taper Forum

Social Media
Official Website:
joshuafardon.com
Facebook:
joshua.fardon
Twitter:
@joshua_fardon