Bernard Feinerman is an actor's actor. The Brooklyn, NY native has performed in dramas, musicals, and even operas in his 40-plus years of acting. He even studied theater at Oxford under the direction of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where British theater legend Rosemary Harris was his teacher. He credits Harris with teaching him how to "make the words one's own" and how to "paint a verbal picture."

A speech pathologist for the past 30 years, Bernard has devoted much of his free time to the theater. His laundry list of acting accomplishments reads like the resumes of several actors added together. He is an expert in both method and classical acting, and he admits that there is one role he still longs to play: Shylock. Yet his talents are obviously not limited to the theater since he spent four years (1979-1983) hosting and producing his own radio program, The Sound Odyssey. The program had a music-talk format and could be heard on WHBI-FM in New Jersey.

When Bernard first read The Cutting Den script and was introduced to the character of Noah, he was reminded of Meshiach in Ansky's The Dybuk. "The Meshiach foretold of things that were going to happen," said Bernard. "Noah is a little like that."

Noah serves as the conscience of the play, an appealing role for Bernard. "I can imagine Noah saying, 'When it decides to rain there are no half measures about it. At the deluge hop into my ark.'


THEATRE

The Sniper, Narrator, New York Public Library Tour

Paths of Escape, Dr. Peter Rice, American Theatre of Actors, NY

1776, Col. Thos. McKean, Union County Arts Center, NJ

Julius Caesar, Publius/Caius Ligarious, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival

Lippe, Al Mainetti, Quaigh Theatre, NY

Speaking in Tongues, et al, R.A.P.P. Arts Center, NYC

Apollo of Belac, Monsieur, Inroads Theatre, NY

In Duty Bound, Mordecai, Workhouse Theatre, NY

Apollo of Belac, Monsieur, Inroads Theatre, NY

Dramatic Risks, Various Roles, R.A.P.P. Arts Center, NY

Cabaret, Herr Schultz, Heights Players, Brooklyn, NY

Midsummer Night's Dream, Egeus, Heights Players, Brooklyn, NY

The Seagull, Dr. Dorn, Heights Players, Brooklyn, NY

The Runner Stumbles, Prosecuting Attorney, Heights Players, Brooklyn, NY

Arsenic and Old Lace, Jonathan Brewster, Heights Players, Brooklyn, NY

Cinderella, (Rogers & Hammerstein), King

Ten Little Indians, Dr. Armstrong

Arsenic and Old Lace, Jonathon Brewster

Follies, Dimitri Weismann

The Runner Stumbles, Prosecuting Attorney

Pajama Game, Max

Night Must Fall, Inspector Belsize

Good News, Professor/chorus

The Seagull, Dr. Dorn

Fiorello, Morris

Witness for the Prosecution, Judge

The Importance of Being Ernest, Merriman

Harvey , Omar Gaffney, Heights Players, Brooklyn, NY

Fiddler on the Roof, Laza Wolfe, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY

The Student Prince, Prime Minister, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY

Witness for the Prosecution, Inspector Hearne, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY

Fiddler on the Roof, Lazar Wolfe, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY

Nuts, Judge Murdoch

Most Happy Fella, Priest/chorus

Paths of Glory, Dr. Peter Rice, American Theatre of Actors, NY

Camelot, Priest/chorus, Gateway Theatre

The Sound of Music, Admiral/chorus, Bellport, NY


CHILDREN'S THEATRE

Ghosts of Canterville

They Toy Shop

Pals

Space Princess,

The Brementown Musicians


FILM, TV, RADIO

Crimes & Misdemeanors

Ragtime

Law & Order

The Initiation

The Interpreter