Professional Resume

 

JOHN SHEARIN

Director, Professor

School of Theatre and Dance

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC 27858

 

Resume--Directing, Acting, Producing

 

Education

 

Additional Training

 

Professional Experience

 

Theatre--Directing, Acting, Producing

 

Producing Artistice Director, The ECU/Loessin Summer Theatre (Equity Guest Artist contract), 1991-present.  Work includes:

• Director-Producer—WEST SIDE STORY; Producer—BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM. 2007
• Director-Producer—GUYS AND DOLLS, FOOTLOOSE; Producer—THE FANTASTICKS. 2006
• Director-Producer—GREASE; THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS; Producer—I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE. 2005
• Director-Producer--DAMN YANKEES; Producer--ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE,SMOKEY JOE"S CAFE. 2004
• Director-Producer--ROMEO AND JULIET, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; Producer--JOFFREY ENSEMBLE DANCERS, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW; RODGERS AND HART-A CELEBRATION, CAROLE KING'S TAPESTRY, COLE IS HOT! 2003
• Director-Producer--THE KING AND I; Producer -- MISALLIANCE; YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. 2000
• Director-Producer--THE SOUND OF MUSIC; Producer--HARVEY; AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. 1999
• Director-Producer--OKLAHOMA; Producer--BLITHE SPIRIT; A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. 1998
• Producer--CRAZY FOR YOU, NUNSENSE II. 1997
• Director-Producer--CAROUSEL; Producer--DADDY'S DYIN', WHO'S GOT THE WILL and  SLEUTH. 1996.
• Director-Producer--ARSENIC AND OLD LACE; Producer--THE ODD COUPLE;Producer/actor--WEST SIDE STORY. 1995.
• Director-Producer--MAN OF LA MANCHA; Producer--I HATE HAMLET;Producer/actor--BILOXI BLUES (played "Sgt. Toomey"). 1994.
• Director-Producer--OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD and LETTICE AND LOVAGE;Producer--QUILTERS.  1993.
• Director-Producer--KISS ME, KATE and DRACULA; Producer, LEND ME A TENOR. 1992.
• Director-Producer--A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and THE FANTASTICKS; Producer--THE NERD. 1991.

Director, premiere of SMOKE AND MIRRORS by Anthony Herrera and Will Osborne at The University of  Mississippi for tour of the state.  Equity/SSDC. Sept. 1991.

 

Producing Artistic Director, The East Carolina University/Loessin Playhouse. 1990-present:

 

• Director—HELLO, DOLLY!; Producer THE UNDERPANTS, DANCE ’08, FLORA THE RED MENACE; Producer-director-play adapter IPHIGENIA IN AULIS. 2007-08
• Director—CHICAGO, THE TEMPEST; Producer—DANCE ’07, HEDDA GABLER, URINETOWN. 2006-07
• Director—THE PAJAMA GAME; Producer—THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, DANCE 2006, GODSPELL; Producer-actor-- THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (played ‘Kit Carson’). 2005-06
• Director—CHICAGO, THE TEMPEST; Producer—DANCE ’07, HEDDA GABLER, URINETOWN. 2006-07
• Director—HAIR; AS YOU LIKE IT; Producer-Actor (‘Uncle Henri’)—MY THREE ANGELS; Producer—THE CHILDREN’S HOUR; DANCE 2005. 2004-05
• Director--YERMA, THE GRAPES OF WRATH; Producer--A CHORUS LINE, THE RIVALS, DANCE 2004. 2003-04
• Director--MY FAIR LADY; Director (writer-adaptation) THE BACCHAI; Producer--PICNIC, DANCE 2003, MERTON OF THE MOVIES. 2003-03
• Director--INHERIT THE WIND, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE; Producer--SOUTH PACIFIC, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, DANCE 2002. 2001-02
• Director (writer-adaptation)--SPRING'S AWAKENING; Producer--GYPSY, A SENSE OF PLACE, A DOLL'S HOUSE, DANCE 2001. 2000-2001
• Director--MACBETH; Producer--THE MUSIC MAN, THE FOREIGNER, DANCE 2000. 1999-2000
• Director--MOTHER COURAGE; OUR TOWN with Pat Hingle as the Stage Manager; Producer--CABARET, HOT L BALTIMORE, DANCE '99. 1998-99
• Director--LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY; Producer--THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, MOTHER HICKS, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, DANCE '98. 1997-98
• Director--BIG RIVER: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (musical) and LYSISTRATA; Producer--J.B., SUBURBIA, DANCE '97. 1996-97
• Director--DARK OF THE MOON; Producer--DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME, TARTUFFE, DANCE THEATRE. Director/writer GORSE AND THISTLE REHAB TRAVELING SHOW (Workshop Production). 1995-96
• Director--BLOOD WEDDING and TWELFTH NIGHT; Producer--LI'L ABNER, THE RISE AND RISE OF DANIEL ROCKET, DANCE THEATRE. 1994-95
• Director--GUYS AND DOLLS, THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS; Producer--THE ROAD TO MECCA, DANCING AT LUGHNASA, DANCE THEATRE. 1993-94
• Director--THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH; Producer--AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS,  MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE, ROMEO AND JULIET, DANCE THEATRE. 1992-93
• Director--THE CRUCIBLE; Actor (played Dysart) in EQUUS; Producer--DAMN YANKEES, EQUUS, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR, DANCE THEATRE. 1991-92
• Director-actor (played H.C. Curry)--THE RAINMAKER (mainstage); Director--WAITING FOR LEFTY (studio theatre),Producer--THREEPENNY OPERA, THE WAKE OF JAMEY FOSTER, THE  GLASS MENAGERIE and DANCE THEATRE. 1990-91

Director-playwright-actor ("Eddie") of SLEEPING DOGS/DINKY DAU, highly-acclaimed 5-month run, at Theatre/Theater (Equity Waiver), Los  Angeles. 1989-90.

 

Director, The Workhouse Theatre (Equity Waiver); directing and teaching scene study, Los Angeles.

 

Producer, Young Playwrights Festival, for Dorothy Lyman, Artistic Director, A Director's Theatre, Los Angeles. 1989.

 

Producer, LU/LOU, an original full-length play for A Director's Theatre, Dorothy Lyman directing, Los Angeles. 1989.

 

Actor ("Dad"-lead), MY REBEL, original play by Doris Baisley at A Director's Theatre, Los Angeles. 1989.

 

Actor ("Jack"-lead), THE JOHNSTOWN VINDICATOR by Quincy Long in the West Coast premiere at Theatre/Theater, Los Angeles. 1989.

 

Associate Director and Actor with the Playhouse West Graduate Workshop, 1986-88. Work included:

 

• Director, PRIVATE WARS by James McClure, WAITING FOR LEFTY by Clifford Odets
• Playwright-director--GONE TO CLABBER (staged reading, original full-length play)
• Actor, SPOON RIVER EPITAPHS, TALK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN, et al..
• Actor/Director: VISIONS OF JACK (workshop-original one-man show based on the life and writings of Jack Kerouac) and the original production of THE DINKY DAU TRILOGY (later SLEEPING DOGS/DINKY DAU).

Actor, ("Jack Kerouac") JAZZ POETS AT THE GROTTO (Greg McCaslin, playwright-director), The Production Company, New York. 1982.

 

Actor, ("Greg") MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE (premiere) by Robert Patrick, Norman Rene directing, The Production Company, New York. 1978.

 

Actor, ("Oberon" and "Theseus") A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Sheldon Epps directing, The Production Company, New York. 1977.

 

Actor ("Fred", u/s "Jimmy"), PS, YOUR CAT IS DEAD (off-Broadway revival), Robert Nigro directing, at The Promenade Theatre, New York. 1978.

 

Actor (u/s Kevin Kline in lead), Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. in the premiere of Michael Weller's LOOSE ENDS, directed by Alan Schneider 1978.

 

Associate Director-actor, Impossible Ragtime Theatre, New York. 1976-78. Work included:

 

• Director, the premiere production of Leonard Melfi's RUSTY AND RICO, LENA AND LOUIE.
• Actor, MIDNIGHT RAMBLER (original) and the title role of Eugene O'Neill's THE GREAT GOD BROWN.

Actor (u/s "Mick" and "McBrain"), COMEDIANS by Trevor Griffiths, on Broadway, directed by Mike Nichols. 1976

 

Director/Actor/Producer, A New American Theatre, Artists-in-Residence at The North Carolina School of the Arts, Directing BRECHT ON BRECHT and the premieres of Richard Hobson's MEMPHIS IS GONE and TINTYPES. 1976.

 

Associate Producer/Director/Production Stage Manager of The Harvard Summer Repertory Theatre (URTA). 1972-75. Work included:

 

• Director--THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (w/Max Wright). Assoc.Producer--MISALLIANCE, HAPPY DAYS, and the world premiere of THE HEMINGWAY PLAY. 1975.
• Director--AWAKE AND SING (w/Morris Carnovsky).  Assoc. Producer--ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST, LADY WINDEMERE'S FAN, OH KAY!, 1974.
• Production Stage Manager for A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (w/Robert Pastene), Jean Anouilh's DEAR ANTOINE  (American premiere), HEARTBREAK HOUSE and THREEPENNY OPERA, 1972-73.

Actor (lead), OCEANWALK (premiere) by Phillip Magdaleny, Michael Flanagan directing, Playwrights' Horizons, New York , 1976.

 

Actor ("Crassus"), JULIUS CAESAR, Playwrights' Horizons and P.H.'s Queens Theatre, New York, 1975.

 

Actor ("Rory"-lead), WPA Theatre, New York (OOBA) in THE JUMPING PLACE (premiere) by Glyn O'Malley.  1974.

 

Actor, HARD NEWS (premiere) written and directed by David Trainer, Playwrights' Horizons, New  York. 1973.

 

Graduate Assistantship in Directing, Pennsylvania State University MFA Directing Program, 1970-73. Work included:

 

• Associate Director/Actor, The Arts Company (Graduate student touring company). 1971-1973.
• Director: THE GLASS MENAGERIE for The Arts Company. Spring, 1973.
• Associate Director, Co-founder w/Helen Manfull, Children's Theatre Ensemble, Fall-Spring, 1971.
• Director, The Playhouse Theatre, main-stage production of Maxim Gorki's THE LOWER DEPTHS. Fall, 1972.
• Director, Studio Theatre production, Strindberg's MISS JULIE, Spring, 1972.

Director-actor, The Williamsburg (Virginia) Shakespeare Players, 1968-1971. Directed ROMEO AND JULIET (1971), played title role in MACBETH   (1969), the Fool in KING LEAR (1968), Oberon in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1970).

 

Guest Director, The Institute of the Theatre, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, teaching acting workshop, directing  THE EUMENIDES. Summer, 1971.

 

Director, COLLISION COURSE for the apprentice acting program for THE COMMON GLORY, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1969.

 

Television and Film Acting

 

Regular/contract/recurring roles on prime-time series:

 

Leading and featured roles on network television miniseries and films, 1979-current:

 

Guest-starring or featured roles on prime-time series:

 

Contract roles on daytime television:

 

Feature films:

 

Other teaching experience: