James Rank biography

James Rank

At Writers Theatre: She Loves Me, A Minister's Wife

Chicago credits include: The American Dreams Songbook (Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Revue, Next Theatre Company), The Merry Widow (Lyric Opera), Turn of the Century (Goodman Theatre), Passion, A Little Night Music (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Curtains, Grand Hotel, South Pacific (Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace), Carousel, Phantom (Candlelight Theater), 110 In the Shade, Candide and The Fantastics (Light Opera Works). Regional credits include: A Little Night Music (Peninsula Players Theatre), The Beggar’s Opera (Santa Fe Opera) and The Pirates of Penzance (Central City Opera). Rank has sung concerts with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta and with various ensembles from Northwestern University, where he received his MM. Rank is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

[Bio as of August 2011]