HAIR COLOR: Bald
VOCAL RANGE: (IF ANY): 2nd Tenor
UNION AFFILIATION (IF ANY): Equity Membership Candidate
BIOGRAPHY:
Ibsen is a Brazilian actor/director who has worked in the U.S. for over 20 years. He is extremely excited to make his New York Theatre Festival debut with Carpe Noctem! Directing credits: Thoughts & Prayers (2026), Suadade (SOLFEST Off-broadway-reading), Someone ExtraordinariX (off-off broadway), Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oedipus, By the Gasworks Wall, In the Apiary, Othello, Medea, and A kind of Alaska. Ibsen is an Associate Professor of Drama at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he teaches Voice and Speech, Script Analysis, and Acting. Acting credits: Hippolyta or Cupid is A Knavish Lad… (Shakespeare SlayFest- reading), The Waiting Game (59E59), Inside the Wild Heart (off-off broadway), A House of Skin and Bone (off-off broadway), Apple of My Eyes (off-off broadway). Regional credits: Twelfth Night, Fidler on the Roof, and The Greenshow (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Cabaret (Egyptian Theatre Company); The Diary of Anne Frank (Great Plains Theatre Company); Songs for a New World, Zorro, Wicked City Blues, Pal Joey (Utah Musical Theatre); Señora Tortuga, A Thousand Cranes (Lexington Children’s Theatre). Ibsen would like to thank the support of his husband and his family. Instagram- ibsensantosactor.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Acting from The Ohio State University
B.A. in Theatre from Weber State University
Designation Linklater Teacher- Linklater Center
TRAINING
Linklater Center
Voice, Body, Shakespeare- Andrea Haring, Daniela Varon, Merry Conway, Ben Moore.
Freeing the Natural Voice 2- Diana Cortez
Freeing the Natural Voice 1- Diana Cortez
Voice, Articulation, and Text- Andrea Haring
Royal Shakespeare Company
One-week residency in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Voice and Shakespeare- Alison Bomber
Movement and Shakespeare- Struan Leslie
Shakespeare in Schools- Rachel Gathside
SITI Company
4-week Intensive- Suzuki, Viewpoints, and Composition- SITI Company
Advance Suzuki and Viewpoints- SITI Company
Intro to Suzuki and Viewpoints- SITI Company
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Whip cracking/ Capoeira/ Tap dance/ Wine tasting (Sommelier)/ Volleyball/ Snowboarding/ Soccer/ Springboard diving/