"fortis fortuna adiuvat."

Charlie Bethel is an actor/writer with four critically acclaimed solo shows to his credit: Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Seven Poor Travellers, and Tom Thumb. He has also worked as a stage manager, producer, electrician, milliner, director, and properties and set dressing artist. Theaters: Trinity Rep, Utah Shakespearean Festival, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Econo-Art Theater Company, Red Bones, Next Theater Company, Apple Tree, The Jungle Theater, The Guthrie Theater, The Childrens Theatre Company, Hey City Stage, Minnesota Opera, Opera Memphis, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Walking Shadow, and CalibanCo, to name a few. In addition to the theater work, Charlie has worked as a creative consultant for the Diamond-Star /Mitsubishi Motors Company (Normal, IL), as a writer for Red Farm Films (Seattle), and as a filthy joke generator for the Innovisions Greeting Card Company (Chicago). His solo performances have been presented all over the US: from The Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences (Charleston, WV), to Cincinnati Playhouse, and a couple of Fringe Festivals, to Joseph Campbells Centenary Celebration at the Esalen Institute (Big Sur, CA--which was a total blast), to the Mythic Journeys Conference in Atlanta. Charlie's solo work delights audiences large and small, educated and not, well-heeled and plain spun. Charlie is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, and he comes from a long line of talkers. See the contact page if you'd like to start a conversation!