Charlie Tingen (TIN-jin) was born and raised in the small town of Washington, North Carolina. He caught the acting bug at just three years old when he hijacked his preschool performance of Miss Spider's Tea Party, improvising the role of a butterfly instead of his assigned role as a rain cloud.
After graduating from Coastal Carolina University with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, he moved to New York City — where he currently resides.
After graduating from Coastal Carolina University with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, he moved to New York City — where he currently resides.
Charlie is uniquely gifted with the ability to exist in both the old and the new. His artistic pendulum often swings from the high-belting, loveably self-absorbed, androgynous roles — to the open-hearted roles requiring a nuanced vulnerability and a lush, legit sound — to every role in between. He floats between blowing the audience’s hair back and making them lean forward in their seats.
Charlie has performed Off-Broadway, in national tours, with symphony orchestras, and at opera companies and regional theatres throughout the United States. Recently, Charlie joined the National Tour of Bartlett Sher’s Lincoln Center Theatre production of My Fair Lady as a member of the “Loverly” Quartet and Freddy understudy. Other touring credits include the “Springtime for Hitler” Tenor in The Producers National Tour.
Charlie performed the role of Anatole in the Regional Premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Select credits include: Shakespeare in Something Rotten! at Florida Studio Theatre, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance at Anchorage Opera, Tobias in Sweeney Todd with the Helena Symphony, Enjolras in Les Misérables at the New Huntington Theatre, and Radames in Elton John’s Aida at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre.
Charlie has appeared as a soloist with symphony orchestras such as: Utah Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and Helena Symphony.
Charlie has performed Off-Broadway, in national tours, with symphony orchestras, and at opera companies and regional theatres throughout the United States. Recently, Charlie joined the National Tour of Bartlett Sher’s Lincoln Center Theatre production of My Fair Lady as a member of the “Loverly” Quartet and Freddy understudy. Other touring credits include the “Springtime for Hitler” Tenor in The Producers National Tour.
Charlie performed the role of Anatole in the Regional Premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Select credits include: Shakespeare in Something Rotten! at Florida Studio Theatre, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance at Anchorage Opera, Tobias in Sweeney Todd with the Helena Symphony, Enjolras in Les Misérables at the New Huntington Theatre, and Radames in Elton John’s Aida at Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre.
Charlie has appeared as a soloist with symphony orchestras such as: Utah Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and Helena Symphony.