Jeffrey Blair Cornell

For the 2018/2019 Season –

SHERWOOD: Sir Guy
SHE LOVES ME: Sipos
BEWILDERNESS: Woodchuck
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE: Uncle Peck

PlayMakers: Company member since 1998. Recently: Bewilderness, She Loves Me, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Count, Sense and Sensibility, The Christians, and Leaving Eden. Some favorites from 23 seasons: My Fair Lady, An Enemy of the People, Into the Woods, Assassins, Metamorphoses, The Tempest, Private Lives, Henry IV & V, Noises Off, Angels in America, Cabaret, Opus, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, The Illusion, Big River, Side Man, Wit, All My Sons.

New York: Two by Two, Down to Earth, Serious Business.

Regional: Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, among others.

Education/Other: Carbonell Award nominations for Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and Falsettoland (Caldwell Theatre). Studied at HB Studios in New York with Uta Hagen, Austin Pendleton, and Elizabeth Wilson. Holds an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program, UNC-Chapel Hill. Member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Serves as Teaching Professor/Associate Chair in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art.

Shows at Playmakers

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike September 17, 2014 - October 5, 2014
Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood September 12, 2018 - September 30, 2018
Assassins April 2, 2014 - April 20, 2014
Imaginary Invalid October 24, 2012 - November 11, 2012
Sense and Sensibility October 18, 2017 - November 5, 2017
Bewilderness January 9, 2019 - January 13, 2019
Trouble in Mind January 21, 2015 - February 8, 2015
Metamorphoses November 3, 2013 - December 7, 2013
The Tempest November 2, 2013 - December 8, 2013
Private Lives January 22, 2014 - February 9, 2014
Count August 23, 2017 - August 27, 2017
The Christians February 1, 2018 - March 10, 2018
Leaving Eden April 4, 2018 - April 22, 2018
She Loves Me November 14, 2018 - December 9, 2018
How I Learned to Drive April 3, 2019 - April 21, 2019
Peter and the Starcatcher November 18, 2015 - December 12, 2015
Sweeney Todd March 30, 2016 - April 23, 2016
Cabaret April 3, 2013 - April 21, 2013
The Crucible October 19, 2016 - November 6, 2016
Into the Woods November 1, 2014 - December 7, 2014
An Enemy of the People February 25, 2015 - March 15, 2015
My Fair Lady April 5, 2017 - April 29, 2017