Welcome to the online resume of actor/singer Cory Cunningham! Cory is part of the Equity Membership Candidate program. He is currently in Washington, DC and is available for work. This website contains a detailed resume, recent news, media, photography, and contact information.
02/14/10 This week Cory starts working with Maryland Shakespeare Festival. He'll be performing in their educational tour, "Shakespeare Alive!" through the end of May.
01/01/10 Happy New Year! New pictures are up from Cory's run at Roanoke Children's Theatre as Toad in "A Year With Frog and Toad"!
09/18/09 Cory is currently back at Shakespeare Theatre Company to understudy for "The Alchemist". Also look for Cory in Roanoke again as Toad in "A Year With Frog and Toad" at Roanoke Children's Theatre in December!
03/03/09 Cory is leaving for London on the 17th and will be gone for a month! When he returns, Cory is scheduled to perform in the Kennedy Center's Blues Journey at a children's theatre festival in Philadelphia!
12/15/08 Cory has begun rehearsals for The Kennedy Center's tour of Blues Journey, directed by Scot Reese.
10/26/08 In popular stores around DC, Cory will soon be doing live infomercials as an actor/promotional model for US Jesco International! The flexibility of this job allows Cory to still be available for acting gigs.
09/20/08 Cory is understudying the ensemble roles for the all-male production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by David Muse, at DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company. Cory is expected to perform near the end of the run!
09/10/08 Rehearsals start next week for the Kennedy Center's national tour of The Phantom Tollbooth, directed by Timothy McDonald and Karma Camp. Cory will be understudying the tour in addition to the tour Blues Journey, which still begins in December!
07/30/08
Cory is currently in the middle of his run as Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof! KDHX, a St. Louis radio station, said Cory was "standing out in support as perceived radical, Perchik".
After finishing up in Missouri, Cory will be heading back to Washington D.C. Starting in December, he will be working with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as an understudy for their upcoming tour, Blues Journey!
05/15/08 Now done with his national tour, Cory is on his way to Sainte Genevieve, MO to work at ColeBeanBay Theatre for the summer. Gonna be in the area? Find ticket information here.
02/20/08 Cory will be working at ColeBeanBay Theatre in Sainte Genevieve, MO this summer! You can see him as Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof and rockin' the trombone as Hermann in Cabaret. His availability date is now August 4th, 2008.
12/11/07 The Fall leg of Cory's tour with National Players has ended, but Cory will be back on the road in January. Keep checking the tour schedule for updates!
Cory will be auditioning again this year at UPTA in Memphis, TN. His number is 391 and he will be auditioning Saturday, February 9th. His availability date remains in mid-May.
09/20/07 Cory's tour schedule is now available on this website! For the next eight months you can find Cory touring with National Players across the country. Just check the schedule to see if Cory is playing at a theatre/school near you!
08/19/07 Preview performances of Twelfth Night and Call of the Wild will be on the Historic Stage of the Olney Theatre Center in Olney, MD. You can see Twelfth Night September 12 & 13 and Call of the Wild September 19 & 20. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can at the door. We hope to post the tour schedule to these shows soon.
07/12/07 Next up Cory is playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Jack Thornton in Call of the Wild as a part of National Players. We hope to have a tour schedule available on the website in early August, so check back then!
04/19/07 Cory has been contracted to perform in the 59th season of National Players, America's longest running classical touring company. The tour will include Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and a new musical adaptation of Jack London's "Call of the Wild". The run will last from September of this year until May of 2008.
Cory will be touring Ferdinand the Bull to elementary schools in the Virginia area from February 22nd through the end of March. Check with your child's school to see if "Ferdinand" is coming to you! If it's not, you can still catch it on Mill Mountain's main stage in Roanoke, VA from April 2 through April 7.
01/10/07 We have finally added some production photos of Wonderful Life and Peter Pan to the site. You can find them in the Playhouse on the Square gallery.
Cory also has new headshots for 2007. They were taken by the very talented Kevin Barre, a photographer based in Memphis, TN. Cory highly recommends him to anyyone in the Memphis area. Take a look at his website and you can see that he is showcasing Cory's photo shoot. You can even see what Kevin had to say about Cory in his blog.
In other news, Cory has finished up his work in Memphis. He is currently en route to Roanoke, VA to begin rehearsals for Ferdinand the Bull.
12/23/06 Merry Christmas from CoryCunningham.com! Don't forget that you can listen to Cory's radio show tomorrow, Christmas Eve, at 2 pm CST by clicking here. The podcast of the show is also still available. In other news, Cory has been cast as Duke Dodo in Ferdinand the Bull at Mill Mountain Theatre.
12/11/06 Lots of updates to cover...
First of all, we have made a lot of updates to CoryCunningham.com! The site has new photo galleries, a bio page, show description pages, and multimedia, as well as a whole new site design. We hope you enjoy the additions!
Cory will be attending the United Professional Theatre Auditions in Memphis, TN on Saturday, February 10, where he will be auditioning for work starting after July 1, 2007.
11/21/06 Tune into WKNO 91.1 Memphis on Sunday, November 26 and Christmas Eve, Sunday December 24 at 2pm Central Standard Time for a special radio broadcast of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Don't live in the Memphis area? Click here at the appropriate day and time for a live stream of the station and broadcast!
9/02/06 You can see Cory as the Tutor in Medea at The Circuit Playhouse of Playhouse on the Square from September 15 - October 15. Click here for ticket information and show times.
7/29/06 Cory has been contracted to perform in several shows with Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN from August 2006 - January 2007.
7/06/06 You can see Cory in Schoolhouse Rock Live! from July 11 - July 22 at the O.L. Quave Theatre in Hattiesburg, MS. Call 601-318-6221 for information and reservations.
6/16/06 Cory has signed on to perform at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, VA from February 2007 to July 2007.
6/11/06 You can see Cory in the role of Mr. Boddy in Clue, the Musical from June 15 - July 1 at the O.L. Quave Theatre in Hattiesburg, MS. Call 601-318-6221 for information and reservations.
4/04/06 Cory will be working at Carey Dinner Theatre in Hattiesburg, MS from May until the end of July.
2/28/06 CoryCunningham.com opens! The new website is up and running, with resume, photos, and contact information. Our goal was to have it up before SETC. Mission accomplished!
