Alumni

Jim Ortlieb

Jim Ortlieb (Morrie) is thrilled to return to the Waterfront Playhouse after “Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight” last season. Broadway credits include The Farnsworth Invention, Of Mice and Men, Guys and Dolls. 1st National Tour: Billy Elliot the Musical. International: Gare St. Lazare Theatre in Paris, Ireland, and Scotland. Regional: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Man Who Came to Dinner (Steppenwolf) Grapes of Wrath (Ford’s Theatre)Tartuffe, Candide (Vermont); M the Murderer (Chicago) Blind Date (Goodman, Chicago) The Book of Will, All In The Timing, Book of Will (Northlight, Chicago) Scapin (American Blues Theatre Company, a proud member.) Film and TV: Home Alone, Magnolia, A Mighty Wind, Flatliners, Latter Days, Drunkboat, Contagion, Of Mice and Men, and Running Scared. American Horror Story, Gilmore Girls, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, West Wing, The Closer, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, The Shield, Felicity, and Roswell, Awards: Best Actor winner Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. Best Actor nominee Joseph Jefferson Award in Chicago, and Best Actor nominee Independent Reviewers of New England Award (IRNE Awards).

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