David Haverty grew up in the Tampa Bay Area and was born in St. Petersburg Florida. He began honing his acting craft at the age of 10. Beginning at Suncoast Children�s Theatre in Musical Theatre and Dance really opened his ability to express himself.
David was accepted into the Pinellas County Center for the Arts Magnet Program at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg Florida majoring in Musical Theatre in 1995.
Outside of School he was involved in a Song and Dance Group called Celebration for 5 years where he toured the country and Canada performing classic oldies and Broadway medlies.
During the summers before and after his senior year he attended the �Broadway Theatre Project� directed by Ann Reinking herself at that time. He worked with Professional Artists such as James Naughton, Been Vereen, Gwen Verdon, Roy Schieder and Ann Rienking herself. He had one on one monologue master classes with James Naughton and Ben Vereen and group dance classes with individual attention with Gwen Verdon Ann Reinking. Gwen Verdon was surprised to find out the David was not a dance major and told him he should become one because during a dance class she said to him, �David you�re a natural�
David moved to NYC at the age of 19 to attend Marymount Manhattan College majoring in Theatre and a focus in Acting. He studied Long Form Improv with Shira Piven (Jeremy Piven�s Sister), Script Analysis, Acting with Adrian Williams. Outside of College he studied voice with Adrian Angel (Bernadette Peter�s Voice Coach), Stage Combat with Ron Piretti and Acting with Richard Scanlon. David was only able to attend school for a year and a half since he did not have funding to attend any longer. Working full time after going to school full time rarely left time him to breathe. So David continued to work at The Jekyll and Hyde Club where he worked his way into getting a job as a union stage manager from a door host outside to eventually the Entertainment Director. David was in the position of being responsible for all Hiring or Actors, Scheduling, Payroll, Disciplinary Actions, Props, Lighting Maintenance, Animatronics Operation and Maintenance, Costuming and Termination of Actors. David considered it a perk to be able to give some of his high school heroes their Union Equity Cards. David then went on to hire his Script Analysis teacher from Marymount Manhattan College….. (cont Bio at www.Davidhaverty.com)
