Patrick Page

During his time at Whitman, Page was twice chosen as the Outstanding Competitive Speaker in the Nation by the American Forensics Association, leading the Whitman team to an overall second place finish at Nationals.

Page’s early career was spent primarily in Utah and Oregon. Page spent six seasons with the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City, becoming a Resident Artist and the Director of Development, during which time he helped oversee the creation of the new Randall L. Jones Theatre. During the off-season he frequently performed with the Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. Subsequently, he spent several seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, before branching out to other regional theatres and eventually moving to New York.

Page’s Broadway credits include originating the role of The Grinch in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Scar in The Lion King, Decius Brutus in Julius Caesar (opposite Denzel Washington), Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, and multiple roles in The Kentucky Cycle. His performance as King Henry VIII (opposite Frank Langella) in the Broadway revival of A Man for All Seasons. http://www.broadway.com/A-Man-for-All-Seasons/broadway_show/569238 in 2008 was nominated for the Outer Critics Award and chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one of the outstanding theatre performances of that year. Read Less

It later played at the Kennedy Center, The Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Off-Broadway on Theatre Row.

Page is also the author of the one-man shows Passion’s Slaves and Love Will, and the co-author (with Doug Christensen and Larry Baker) of Nothing Like the Sun. He is also the author of a popular stage adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Page is also an acting teacher who has worked at NYU’s Tisch Graduate School of the Arts, The Old Globe’s MFA program, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s MFA program, The University of Southern Utah and many others. He now teaches privately in New York City. He has directed Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night and many more.

Page most recently created the dual role of Norman Osborn and his alter ego the Green Goblin in Julie Taymor’s new Broadway rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which currently plays at the Foxwoods Theatre. Premiered in June 2011, it features music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge. Page's performance gained universally ecstatic reviews and was quoted as being one of the main reasons to see the show. Read Less