GREGORY JAMES

Gregory James is a Buffalo, NY native who moved to Cleveland in 2017 to earn his MFA in Acting from the Case Western Reserve University/ Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program.

Training:

BFA Acting – University at Buffalo
MFA Acting – CWRU/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program
Improv – The Groundlings
Sketch Comedy – Imposters

Experience

Before finding a home in Cleveland, Gregory lived in Los Angeles where he studied with The Groundlings while also working behind the scenes with notable casting directors and agents. He produced several digital sketches with Slow Clap Comedy, as well as performed and directed as a founding resident member of the Whitefire Theatre in their staged comedy shorts series.

Gregory has performed in Cleveland and abroad with sketch comedy groups: The Brothers Montgomery (with Ryan Santa), and Flamingo City (winners of the 2020 and 2021 Cleveland Comedy Awards for Best Sketch Comedy Group). 

He currently teaches acting at Case Western Reserve University, as well as workshops in a multitude of concentrations at Imposters Theater ranging from acting, sketch writing, text analysis, character building, and more.

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