Tim Cummings
Tim Cummings (born 1973) is an American actor and author. Early life. Timothy P Cummings was born in Port Jefferson, New York to James A. and Rosemarie Cummings. He has four siblings and one half-sibling. His father was a Lieutenant with the NYFD (Engine 82, Ladder 31) in the South Bronx for thirty years. Education. Cummings graduated from Comsewogue High School, where he appeared in "Brighton Beach Memoirs", "Twelve Angry Men", "Babes in Arms", "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" and "Bye Bye Birdie". He then attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts , where he received a BFA. While at NYU, he studied at The Stella Adler Conservatory and The Experimental Theater Wing. He performed in productions of "The White Album Project", Fornes's "The Conduct of Life", Brecht's "Threepenny Opera", Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus", Shaw's "Man & Superman", Durang's "Naomi In The Living Room" and Maeterlink's "The Intruder." Cummings received his MFA in Creative Writing (Writing for Young People) from Antioch University Los Angeles, in June, 2018. Acting career. After graduating from NYU, Cummings began performing as a company member in two of New York City's downtown theater  & dance companies, Big Dance Theater and The Builders Association, with whom he toured extensively, performing in festivals across US, the UK, and Europe. He later performed with The Flea Theater, in Mac Wellman's "Sincerity Forever", "Cleveland", and "Three Americanisms", as well as the melodrama "Billy the Kid" written by Walter Woods in 1903. He directed an original black comedy by Kenny Finkle, "Transatlantica". He was an understudy in the Off-Broadway play "The Guys" and in the Broadway revival of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'. Cummings subsequently relocated to Los Angeles to work in television and  film in addition to theatre, where he played Ned Weeks in Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" as well as Patsy in "The New Electric Ballroom" by Enda Walsh. Cummings served as Associate Director of the Youth Program at The Ojai Playwrights Conference from 2011 to 2017. Work. Stage. 2010–2019 2000–2009 1990–1999 1985–1989