Talent

Esteban Andres Cruz
Height: 5'7'' Eyes: Brown
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Esteban was recently featured in the major motion picture A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, alongside Danny Trejo and co-starring Neal Patrick Harris. Esteban is the 2009 recipient of the Joseph Jefferson Award for best actor for his portrayal of Angel Cruz in Jesus Hopped the A Train at Raven Theatre (Actor In a Principal Role-Play).  Nina Metz, of the Chicago Tribune described Esteban’s performance as “raw, in just the right way”.  Mr. Cruz has worked with numerous theatre companies in town, doing Shakespeare, musicals, comedies and dramas as well as working as a choreographer and dancer.  He is also an improviser on several teams at iO and jazz singer in different trios and bands around town. Esteban can be seen in David Cromer’s Streetcar Named Desire this fall up at Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe.  

 "The revelation of Mr. Cromer’s meticulously detailed “Streetcar” — the most uniformly well-acted production I’ve yet seen, right down to the smallest roles" - Charles Isherwood, New York Times

“Esteban Cruz’s disarmingly moving Gaveston [in Edward II at Boho Theatre], had some arresting and involving moments—most notably Cruz’s desperate final monologue.” - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

“Esteban Andres Cruz anchors the cast [and he] sparkles in the show’s best bit, a musicalization of Scarface.” - Ryan Hubbard, Chicago Reader;  The Fanta Menace,Role: Ensemble & Tony Montana