Drew Jacob Winston

Drew is an actor/writer/director based in Seattle, Washington. Some previous acting credits include Noel Gruber in Ride the Cyclone, Isaac Jaggard in The Book of Will, The Emcee in Cabaret, Floyd Allen in Dark of the Moon, and many more.

Drew currently studies Theatre Arts at Western Washington University, and is expected to graduate in the Spring of 2024. At Western, he studies Voice, Movement, and Theory of Acting, with an emphasis on the work of Jerzy Grotowski, Tadashi Suzuki, Kristin Linklater, and Konstantin Stanislavski. Since studying Grotowski and Suzuki, Drew has become a large advocate for movement in storytelling and integrates these methods heavily into his work as an actor. At Western, Drew is the Artistic Director of the University’s Student Theatre Productions Organization and works closely with faculty to further expand and reform the Department of Theatre and Dance, in addition to administrative duties and organizing, scheduling, and executing three full-length plays per year.

Drew recently attended the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in February 2023, where he competed in the Musical Theatre Initiative as one of twenty Regional Finalists. He was recently recognized by KCACTF for his work in The Book of Will and will return to the festival next February to compete in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition, representing Western Washington University.