Acting
A partial list including lead roles in plays by Shakespeare, Molière and Chekov.
Macbeth—Macbeth—The Jungle Theater
The Lower Depths—Satine—The Jungle Theater
School for Wives—Arnolphe—Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Harvey—Elwood P. Dowd—Paul Bunyan Playhouse
I Cheng—Chinese Father—Mixed Blood Theater
Scheherazade—Joe (The rapist)—The Cricket Theater
Art—Yvan—Park Square Theatre
Uncle Vanya—Vanya—Palace Theater
Macbeth—Macbeth—The Palace Theater
Easy Money—Eddie Pettibone—The Palace Theater
Macbeth—Macbeth—The Minnesota Ensemble Theater
Murder in the Cathedral—1 st and 4th Temptations and 1 st Assassin—Minnesota Ensemble Theater
Biederman and the Firebugs—Willi Eisening—Minnesota Ensemble Theater
The Seagull—Boris Trigorin—The Children’s Theater Company
Treasure Island—Long John Silver—The Children’s Theater Company
The Cookie Jar—The Oreo Cookie Man—The Children’s Company
How Could You Tell—Eugene Hammer—The Children’s Theater Company
The Lower Depths—The Landlord—Children’s Theater Company
Measure for Measure—Provost—East Side Theater
The Homecoming—Timmy—East Side Theater
In April 1991, I performed the one-man play, Shimmer written by John O’Keefe, at The Jungle Theatre. Directed by Paul Draper who later directed me in Rio/Rio. This was the first play performed at the Jungle Theater’s late night-spot.
“John O’Keefe’s one-man play about growing up as juvenile delinquent was a perfect vehicle for Stowell, whose own monologues are often just as surreal and intense. Working with nothing but an empty black stage and a table, Stowell’s performance was miraculous, pure and simple.” (Best Of Arts, Theater—Best Performance, 1991)
“Jim Stowell is the best storyteller in town. He showed that in recent one-man plays about his rural Texas roots and his travels to Central and South America. But these were his own stories, drawn from his wide experiences and filtered through a passionate attachment to life and justice. Now Stowell is at the Jungle Theatre telling someone else’s story in a one-person play called ‘Shimmer,’ written by John O’Keefe. After the opening night performance, the verdict is in. Jim Stowell is the best storyteller in town.” (April 1991)
“In his latest show, now at the Jungle Theatre Stowell is performing someone else’s work for a change. The play is, ‘Shimmer.’ John Okeefe’s sad, terrifying, hilarious account of his troubled adolescence, and it would be hard to imagine a piece more ideally suited to Stowell’s talents. It would be no less hard to imagine a performance more thrilling than that given by Stowell. This is acting at its finest: vivid, intense, direct, powerful.” (April 1991)