Degrees
MFA—Acting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1987
BA—Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, 1980
Professional Associations/Memberships
Actor’s Equity Association
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Screen Actors Guild
Representative courses taught
CTAR 158 Fundamentals of Acting
CTAR 150 Introduction to Theatre
CTAC 124 Fundamentals of Speech
CTAO 210 Interpretative Reading
CTAR 155 Producing Theatre
CTAR 323 Improvisation and Role Play
CTAR 496 Career Seminar
Biography
As a member of Actors Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild
and the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists John has accumulated
an extensive
professional stage and film resume. He directed the EMU productions
of Hotel Paradiso
& Noises Off and appeared as an Equity guest artist in the
2005 EMU production of
Twelfth Night. John is an associate artist with both The Purple
Rose Theatre in Chelsea
and Ann Arbor’s Performance Network , where he staged Doubt
(Wilde Award-Best
Drama 2008). John directed the west coast premiere of Ken Ludwig’s
Leading Ladies for
North Coast Rep in San Diego and the New York premiere of Steven
Dietz’s More Fun
Than Bowling. In the spring of 2009, John directed the world
premiere of Flyover USA,
an original Michigan work, for Williamston Theatre which was
named Best New Play by
the Lansing State Journal. As a performer, John’s been
recognized with a number of
nominations and awards from Michigan journalists, including The
Detroit Free Press,
The Ann Arbor News, The Oakland Press and Between The Lines.
John has appeared in
several world premieres of new plays by Purple Rose founder,
Jeff Daniels and has
supporting roles in the feature films Super Sucker and Kill The
Irishman.
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