CURRENT RESIDENCE: Evanston, Illinois
YEAR JOINED ENSEMBLE: 2016
POSITION: Actor & Musician
AMERICAN BLUES THEATER CREDITS
(UPCOMING) 2025 It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! – Jeff Award nomination for Ensemble; Jeff Award nomination for Production-midsize; Jeff Award nomination for Short Run production.
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story – Jeff Award for Ensemble; Jeff Award for Musical-midsize
Spitfire Grill
The Columnist – Jeff Award nomination for Production-midsize
Little Shop of Horrors – Jeff Award nomination for Musical-midsize
Yankee Tavern
The Commons
ABOUT IAN
Ian Paul Custer is a Chicago actor and musician. Additional Chicago credits: Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Paramount Theatre); Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812 (Writers Theatre); 33 Variations (Jeff Award– Best Production, Midsize), and To Master the Art (TimeLine Theatre), Annie Bosh is Missing (Steppenwolf Theatre), High Holidays (Goodman Theatre). Ian has also had the pleasure of working with Porchlight Music Theatre, Marriott Theatre, The Lyric Opera, Theatre Wit, A Red Orchid Theatre, MPAACT, and Court Theatre. Regional credits: Hero: The Musical (Asolo Rep Theatre), Cymbeline (Notre Dame Shakespeare), Romeo and Juliet (Cardinal Stage), Peter Pan (360 Entertainment – London, England). Television credits: Somebody Somewhere, APB, Empire, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD. Ian received his BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University.
www.ianpaulcuster.com / Instagram: @ipcyeahyouknowme
https://therealtime0.godaddysites.com / Instagram: @therealtime_band
Agent : Big Mouth Talent
FUN FACT
Ian is a piano player, a rhythm guitarist, and a saxophone player. He has his own solo show, Piano Man, honoring the music of rock pianists over the past 60 years. He is a member of the band, The Real Time, who will be releasing their first EP Album in July, available on all streaming platforms.