Other local productions include: O’Brien in 1984 and a monstrosity in The Head That Wouldn’t Die, both for TAO. In Los Angeles, he played Larry in the LA premiere of Inspecting Carol, Walter Pangbourne in Move Over Mrs. Markham at the Mukenthaller, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid and Tartuffe in Tartuffe at Arroyo Repertory, and Bunthorne in Patience at the Occidental Theatre Festival among others. He performed standup at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and the Ice House in Pasadena. He has appeared around the country, including ten years at Nevada Shakespeare. His favorites there include: Claudius in Hamlet, Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Prospero in The Tempest, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has appeared on TV in Cheers, Scrubs, The Young and the Restless, and others. John studied with Sanford Meisner, Charles Marowitz and Larry Moss.
In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Video Design) Baskerville (Player, Projection Design) Hedda Gabler (Mr. Brack) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Video Design) Hundred Days (Projection Design) Little Shop of Horrors (Mr. Mushnik) Love and Information (Video Design) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Video Design) The 39 Steps (Clown) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Maxwell/Ensemble) The Highest Tide (Judge/Ensemble) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Lord Benedict Manderson) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Giovanni Zabatino) Until the Flood (Video Design)