Andy Cahoon

Andy Cahoon
Andy Cahoon

Southwest Shakespeare Company has much to answer for – and that’s a good thing.

A constant bounty of young, excellent actors has emerged from the company to spread their talents to other theaters, enriching audiences Valleywide.

Andy Cahoon is one of those actors. Emerging into prominence in the mid-2010s, his charismatic presence bids well to win him many fans in the years to come.

To date, his biggest impact has come from his performance as the title character in Childsplay’s Robin Hood.

It’s just the beginning.

PHOTOGRAPHS, REVIEWS & THE KITCHEN SINK

2014. SEMINAR. ACTORS THEATRE.

Actors Theatre 2014 Seminar. Andy Cahoon, Kerry McCue, David Barker, Will Hightower, Kim Williams. Photo by John Groseclose. Unfortunately, the last production at Actors Theatre.
Actors Theatre 2014 Seminar. Andy Cahoon, Kerry McCue, David Barker, Will Hightower, Kim Richard. Photo by John Groseclose. Unfortunately, the last production at Actors Theatre.
Even young actors need their rest. Andy Cahoon with Taylor Ryan. Photo by Jawan Calvin West.
Even young actors need their rest. Andy Cahoon with Taylor Ryan. Photo by Jawan Calvin West.
Jeremiah James, Andy Cahoon and Alex Oliver experience the joys of makeup backstage at Southwest Shakespeare's 2014 production of "Fairy Worlds," an adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" performed outdoors at the Desert Botanical Gardens. (Photo credit unknown)
Jeremiah James, Andy Cahoon and Alex Oliver experience the joys of makeup backstage at Southwest Shakespeare’s 2014 production of “Fairy Worlds,” an adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” performed outdoors at the Desert Botanical Gardens. (Photo credit unknown)
Andy (right) shows off his fencing skills in Childsplay's production of "Robin Hood" during the 2013-2014 season.
Andy (right) shows off his fencing skills in Childsplay’s production of “Robin Hood” during the 2013-2014 season. Photograph by Tim Trumble.
Kate Haas and Andy Cahoon make a vibrant Maid Marian and Robin Hood in Childsplay's 2013 production of "Robin Hood. (Photograph by Tim Trumble)
Kate Haas and Andy Cahoon make a vibrant Maid Marian and Robin Hood in Childsplay’s 2013 production of “Robin Hood. (Photograph by Tim Trumble)
Andy Cahoon, Kate Haas and an unidentified player in Childsplay's 2014 production of "Robin Hood." (Photo by Tim Trumble)
Andy Cahoon, Kate Haas and an unidentified player in Childsplay’s 2014 production of “Robin Hood.” (Photo by Tim Trumble)
Southwest Shakespeare Company Equivocation Allison Astgen, Beau Hedkman, Andy Cahoon, Jesse James Kamps, Joseph Cannon. Photo by Devon Adams.
Southwest Shakespeare Company, 2014, “Equivocation,” Allison Astgen, Beau Heckman, Andy Cahoon, Jesse James Kamps, Joseph Cannon. Photo by Devon Adams.
Southwest Shakespeare Company, 2014, 'Equivacation,' Andy Cahoon, Joseph Cannon (Photo by Devon Adams)
Southwest Shakespeare Company, 2014, ‘Equivacation,’ Andy Cahoon, Joseph Cannon (Photo by Devon Adams)
The young lovers in Scottsdale Community College's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Andy Cahoon (far left) played Lysander. (Photo credit not provided.)
The young lovers in Scottsdale Community College’s 2011 production of a “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Andy Cahoon (far left) played Lysander. (Photo credit not provided.)

RESUME

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Lysander, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Jared Sakren
EQUIVOCATION, Sharpe, Southwest Shakespeare Company, David Barker
MACBETH, Malcolm    , Southwest Shakespeare Company, Sabin Epstein
TAMING OF THE SHREW, Lucentio, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Sabin Epstein
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Nephew, Narrator, Young Ebenezer, Ensemble/Chorus, Southwest Shakespeare Company, David Vining
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Understudy: Valentine, Southwest Shakespeare Company, David Vining
ROBIN HOOD, Robin Hood, Childsplay, Dwayne Hartford
OUR TOWN, Joe and Si, Wally, Sam Craig, Phoenix Theatre, Pasha Yamotahari
HAMLET,    Marcellus, Horatio (understudy), Player, Ensemble,    Southwest Shakespeare Company, Richard Corely
THE TEMPEST, Ariel Spirit,Southwest Shakespeare Company, Jared Sakren
DON JUAN IN CHICAGO, Leporello, Nearly Naked Theatre, David Weiss
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Lysander, Scottsdale Community College, Randy Messersmith
DOG SEES GOD; Beethoven, University of Arizona Studio Series

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts, Philosophy—University of Arizona
Acting: Marsha Bagwell, Kevin Black, Randy Messersmith, Maren Maclean

SPECIAL SKILLS:
Trumpet (Jazz and Marching), Guitar, Ukelele, Baseball, Soccer, Martial Arts (Kenpo-First Degree Brown), American Stage Speech, Dialects (Irish, Scottish, British Standard, Cockney), Conversational Italian