Freedomland, 2002-03 Season
Neal
Starbird’s past Vertigo performances include Titus in Freedomland and Angel Mike in Poona the Fuckdog. Other Portland
credits include Bernard/Stanley in Death of a Salesman and Jeff in Lobby Hero (ART), Mephistopheles in Faust.Us. and Cupid in Cupid & Psyche (SRT), Lorca in Lorca in a Green Dress (Miracle), Harry Bagley/Gerry in Cloud 9 (defunkt), Edward in The 7 Deadly Sins (liminal group), and Mortimer in Edward II (triangle).
He first discovered theatre while attending the University
of Arkansas in the Year of the Rat, 1996. The first playwrights
he found to love were David Mamet and Sam Shepard. That year
he also found Julie.