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Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Vincent has a BA in Drama at San Francisco State University, an M.S. in Education from Hunter College in New York, classical training in London at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and an apprenticeship at The Williamstown Theater Festival. After serving as a Communications Specialist in the U.S. Army Patriot Missile Unit, he played Tom in Tennessee Williams’ ‘The Glass Menagerie’ and Jerry in Edward Albee’s ‘The Zoo Story’ in Germany. In Massachusetts, he played Cinesias in ‘Lysistrata’; Brack in ‘Hedda Gabler’; Delmount in ‘The Miss Firecracker Contest’; and the title role in ‘The Rainbow Boy’ at Northampton Center For The Arts, Smirnov in The Boor; and a Lord in ‘Henry IV,’ directed by Austin Pendleton at Williamstown. Vincent performed in ‘Macbeth’ at Potrero Stage in San Francisco,’ ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Measure For Measure’ at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ at The Black Rep Group in Berkeley and apprenticed at The San Francisco Mime Troupe. He performed in a national tour with Chamber Theater Productions of Boston playing Roderick in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher, General Zaroff in ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ and Sam in ‘The Ransom of Red Chief.’In New York, he played the male lead in the award-winning ‘Woman In The Animal Kingdom’ at the New York International Fringe Festival. He played Malcolm in ‘Macbeth for Westco Productions’; Algernon in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at Impact Theater; Rosalind in the switched-gender ‘As You Like It’ at Expanded Arts; Butch in ‘The Good Time Boys’ at The Wings Theatre; Hortensio in ‘The Taming of The Shrew’ and Oliver in ‘As You Like It” at Pulse Ensemble Theater, the male puppeteer/narrator in a children’s show, “Chasing Rainbows,” the male lead in ‘A Subway Story’ with Fantastic Experimental Latino Theater, Seth Ramos in ‘A Day In The Crib’ with The Rojas Projects and The Tree in ‘My Friend The Tree’ at Flamboyan Theater at The Clemente Center. In film and TV, Vincent began in ‘Golden Gate’, directed by John Madden (‘Shakespeare In Love’). He played Johanssen in ‘The Ghost Sonata’ on PBS, Tom in ‘Three Deaths and a Date’, St John Eudes in ‘The Saints Speak’ for EWTN, Tom in ‘Last Performance’ for Briennen Productions in Berlin and had a supporting role in ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘As The World Turns’. As a voiceover artist, he has roles in animation such as ‘MD Geist, ‘Garzey’s Wing’ and ‘Genocyber’ as well as numerous characters in ‘Treasure Island’. As producer and director, Vincent completed the documentary ‘Men Who Sing’ about the 2nd oldest male glee club and is working on ‘Weimar 1918-1933’, ‘Quebec Faith and Culture’, varied client business videos and is the producer for the Vincent Bagnall YouTube channel. As a teacher, Vincent’s technique is based on the Voice and works on improvisation, movement and scene study.

FILM & TELEVISION

The Ghost Sonata                             Johansson                    PBS

Golden Gate                                       Mover                           MGM/American Playhouse Theater

Cleopatra Backstage                         Marc Antony                Vagisha Productions

The Saints Speak                               St. John Eudes             EWTN/Arcadia Films

As The World Turns                         DJ                                  Proctor and Gamble CBS

Saturday Night Live                         Freddie Boy Band       SNL Studios NBC

Last Performance                             Tom                               Edwin Briennen Productions

M.D. Geist II                                      Major                            U.S. Manga

Genocyber                                          Captain                         U.S. Manga

Garzey’s Wing                                   Domon                          Anime 18

NEW YORK THEATER

Taming of The Shrew                           Hortensio                    Pulse Ensemble Theater NY

As You Like It                                         Oliver                            Pulse Ensemble Theater NY

A Day In The Crib                                  Seth Ramos                Felix Rojas Projects

My Friend The Tree                              The Tree                       Flamboyan Theater Clemente Center

Animal Kingdom                                   The Man                       New York International Fringe Festival

The Good Time Boys                            Butch                            Wings Theatre, NY.

A Subway Story                                      The Tourist                  Fantastic Experimental Latino Theater

As You Like It                                         Rosalind                        Shakespeare In The Parking Lot

The Importance Of Being Earnest     Algernon                       Impact Theater

REGIONAL THEATER

The Boor                                             Smirnov                        Williamstown Theater Festival, MA.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom              Irwin/Policeman          Black Repertory Group, Berkeley, Ca.

Macbeth                                              Malcolm                         Westco Productions, White Plains, NY

Henry IV                                             Lord                                Williamstown Theater Festival, MA.

Measure for Measure                       Elbow                              San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Midsummer Night’s Dream            Lysander                        San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Macbeth                                              Caithness/Siward         Potrero Stage, SF,

The Fall of The House of Usher      Roderick                        Chamber Theater, Boston, Nat. Tour

The Most Dangerous Game             Zaroff                             Chamber Theater, Boston, Nat.Tour

The Ransom of Red Chief                Sam                                 Chamber Theater Boston, Nat Tour

The Rainbow Boy                               Rainbow Boy                Northampton Center For The Arts, Ma.

The Zoo Story                                     Jerry                               Giessen Keller Theater, Germany

The Glass Menagerie                        Tom                                 Giessen Keller Theater, Germany

Hedda Gabler                                     Judge Brack                   Leslie Butterworth Theater,MA

The Miss Firecracker Contest         Delmount                       Leslie Butterworth Theater, MA

Lysistrata                                            Cinesias                          Leslie Butterworth Theater, MA

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

New York. The Importance of Being Earnest Directed by J. Brandon Hill, is the witty story of John Worthing and his friend Algernon Moncrieff, who both take on the name Ernest in order to win the hearts of their respective loves. The performances were generally good, with Vincent Bagnall standing out as an appropriately charming and slippery Algernon. Sharon Becker was also very good as a coquettish Gwendolen. Steve Hasley and Hal Smith-Reynolds fared well as John Worthing and The Rev. Canon Chasuble. 

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The Zoo Story       Cheery Game of Confusion Ends in Deadly Earnestness

Germany. Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story at Giessen Keller Theater. (directed by Jeff Melcher)  Two men, who under normal conditions, have nothing to say to each other, meet accidentally. The younger man (called Jerry) insists that the other be his listener and begins talking like a waterfall. This Jerry, performed magnificently by Vincent Bagnall, floods his victim with banalities, neurotic madness and helpless brooding over God and the world. He entices, irritates and provokes him up to a fight that results in his own murder.  Ute S. Lahaie, Giessener Anzeiger.

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The Glass Menagerie       American Dream Created From Fragile Glass

Williams’ Glass Menagerie in Giessen Keller Theater. (Directed by Scot Lahaie)  The overall direction by Lahaie did convey the tensions in the family well. Denise Moyle plays the “speech-blessed” woman of the American South with a comic and tragic style. Laura, played by Vicki Smith, limps frequently with jerky Hands.  Tracy Jacobsen plays the part of the successful and smart American boy with completeness. Vincent Bagnall, as the son Tom and narrator, has the most impressionable scenes in the family. This is a highly impressive production with strong character work.” Ute S. Lahaie, Giessener Anzeiger.

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Treasure Island by Digiview Entertainment

 

Weimar—’Dancing on the Edge of A Storm’ explores the dynamic relationship between art and politics kindled by the abdication of Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II. The formation of Germany’s first democracy resulted, along with an extraordinary time of introspection. The story moves into the November Revolution of 1918, the Versailles Treaty, the great inflation, riots, and bankruptcy. The documentary  includes interviews with witnesses and historians while including the works of artists such as George Grosz that describe a turbulent journey in pursuit of political and artistic expression.

Voice & Speech
A student will learn instruction with specific goals to develop the vocal instrument as well as listening ability to achieve awareness and communication confidence. This is achieved through breathing techniques, relaxation, projection, articulation and vocal power to enable a connection between one’s inner self and their voice. Repetition is used as well as inner reflection enabling the student to expand speech abilities by integrating mechanics and expressing the inner self to develop a technique for applying the methods that have been instructed.

 

AREAS OF INSTRUCTION:

External Voice: Diaphragmatic breathing, opening the vocal instrument, tongue isolations, heightening vowels and consonants, pitches, pauses, pacing, frontal articulation, building vocal resonance, key words, inflection, vocal fluency.

Internal Voice: Silence awareness, listening, vocal isolations, vocal memory meditation, pauses, balanced conversation.

Presentation: Preparation of monologues, dialogue, personal speech, conversation, formal speech, audience interaction.

Classical Speech: Iambic Pintameter, Inflection, Pacing.

Drama

Training to move beyond physical constrictions and use the body as a full acting instrument that can interact fully, with all the senses, to the world around them.

Improvisation

Training and experience for actors taking a scene from a play, television or movie and working on it in front of an other acting students. The goal is to receive constructive feedback and make adjustments to improve the craft and choices of intention, beat changes, sensory awareness and character development.