The Tao of John

On to a new adventure

John — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:12:51 +0000

So I am off on a new adventure, I am gearing up for my audition at the Fall 2010 SETC Professional Auditions. I am also gearing up for a new head shot. Trying to get all my ducks in row. I have set up my page on Actors Access and all that good stuff.

I am also still looking for other teaching gigs. Being downsized…stinks. But, where one door closes, another one opens for you…so they say. We’ll see. More to follow…

well, it is time for a new look

John — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:22:33 +0000

I am in a period of change and I felt that the website could do with a little sprucing up. I am even tweeting now…I know something has frozen over. I have finished up this year’s gov. school and I am looking forward to the next adventure that is around the corner. More to follow!

True West 2 as Saul Kimmer

John — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:08:00 +0000

True West 1 as Saul Kimmer

John — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:59:00 +0000

Production Stills

John — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:50:53 +0000

The Summer is upon us

John — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:54:09 +0000

So update time:

I am gearing up for this year’s TN Gov. School for the Arts. I think we have an exciting program lined up this year. I am really getting pumped for it. I auditioned for TN Rep’s season…so any positive vibes sent my way would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

PBT 10x10x2

John — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:23:09 +0000

So my 10 minute play Random is in this festival…come check it out!

March 4-6, 2010, 7:30PM
Black Box Theatre, Belmont University

Ten playwrights. Ten plays. Ten minutes.

People’s Branch Theatre

presents

10x10x2

PBT’s Second Annual Festival of Short Plays

30 Plays in 30 Days

March 4, 5, & 6, 2010

7:30 pm

Black Box Theatre

Belmont University

Join PBT for three evenings of short plays written by Nashville’s best writers. This intimate event gives the audience a chance to become a part of the creative process, as professional actors perform staged readings of original ten-minute plays written by local high school, college, and adult playwrights. Each reading is followed by a feedback session giving audience members the opportunity to respond immediately and to offer thought on how to develop each of these works in progress. A testament to the creative community that is Nashville, 10x10x2 gives YOU a chance to help shape the voices of tomorrow.

Each reading will be followed by a brief response from a panel of local theatre professionals, including PBT Artistic Director Ross Brooks, Denice Hicks, Artistic Director of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival and Lauren Shouse, Artistic Associate of Tennessee Repertory Theatre and Administrator of the Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, and YOU! So don’t miss out! Get your tickets NOW!

Tickets are $10 per evening or buy a festival pass – all three nights for $20!

Tickets are available at the door or online by visiting the PBT website. Go to the Donations button and let us know how many tickets you’d like and for what night, then use PayPal to complete your transaction. We’ll see you at the show!

what’s the latest?

John — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:36:03 +0000

Since I last wrote…let’s see…TN Governor School for the Arts has had auditions, I am starting to line up the summer program and staff. My university has held our regional KCACTF festival. I drove a shuttle van so…I didn’t see much of the goings on at all, unfortunately.

I am gearing up for my travel season, LOL! I will be at SETC in Lexington, KY in a couple of weeks at the beginning of March and then off to the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville in the last week of March. In between…there’s an R and R week at Disney and my wedding anniversary. Seven years by the way for those that might be interested.

Oedipus Rex at the Parthenon

John — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:01 +0000

So after I tackled Shakespeare at MTSU…I performed as Oedipus in Oedipus the King. I have had the most wonderful time working with John Holleman who directed the project and created our masks. It goes without saying how much fun this project was with such a wonderful pair of actors to work with…”Hollywood” Jackie Springfield and D. Richard Browder. That’s right…the three of us played all the roles. Holleman made wonderful cuts without losing the meat of the story.

The other thing that was really cool was we performed at the Parthenon in Nashville at the feet of a very tall and very golden statue of Athena. The ambience that was created was spectacular!

So what’s new…again.

John — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:26:56 +0000

So time has flown by and updates are forgotten…this is why the artist’s way was not a big success for me. Journaling and updating are clearly not my strong suit. I have to admit sometimes I can get ‘technoed out” and the last thing I want to do is face a computer screen…yeah, I know… what kind of cheese would I like with my w(h)ine.

So what’s been happening…Gov. School came and went this summer with a great success and a little stress (ie. moving venues and meeting a very strict schedule) but the students were awesome and their work was amazing. I have to give a big shout out to the faculty as again this year they were…fantabulous!

I have to admit that I reached a state of burnout and that I wanted to do very little to anything but play golf. Snicker, snicker…golf…yeah, I know and I have to say that I am really not that good. But I really enjoy it and I look at golf as a walk with strategy. Plus, you gotta love the pants, right? I estimate my handicap to be somewhere between 40 and infinity…but that hardly matters.

I am teaching 5 classes this Fall: 4 Theatre Appreciation and 1 fundamentals of acting. It’s still early days but the students seem to have a great energy to them and I hope we can build on that over the course of the semester.

I have a shakespeare project lined up and maybe a few other things…more on that later, I swear!