Kevin Chap

Kevin Chap was born at Lennox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York on September 5th, 1979, the first child of Louis and Susan Chap. At a young age, the family moved to his father's childhood home in rural Vermont. Kevin attended public school where he became heavily involved in athletics and drama. Kevin went on to be recognized throughout the state for his presentation of the Gettysburg Address at the State Memorial Day Celebration and received his first acting award for "Outstanding Lead" at the Winooski Valley Theatre Festival for his role of Tommy in Thornton Wilder's, "Infancy". Kevin went on to attend Stevenson University. Receiving an athletic scholarship for basketball, Kevin also majored in Film and Television Studies. Over the next several years he became involved in theatre at the college as well as branching off into the neighboring community of Baltimore. Kevin's first major role came at Inscape Theatre in 1998 when he landed the role of Eilert Lovborg in Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" for which he received an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Nomination. In that same year, Kevin was cast as Lord Alfred Douglas in Moises Kaufman's, "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde", followed directly by Joe Calarco's adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet", in which he played the title role. Kevin caught the eye of local casting director Johnny Strawbridge, who cast him in the network series "Young Americans", starring Kate Bosworth and Charlie Hunnam, in the summer of 1999. Kevin was next seen in the screen adaptation of Jack Gelber's, "The Connection" with Yeager Productions in 2000. Kevin moved to New York City in the fall of 2001 to attend the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, during which time he worked on several films, including the leading role in "Retrospective" by Magnum Hand Productions (2002). Upon graduation, Kevin was drawn back to the theatre, landing the role of Eric in Tom Stoppard's New York premiere of "Indian Ink" with Soho Repertory in 2003. Kevin now splits his time between New York and Vermont, where he is runs his own production company.