教育背景

B.A. – The College of William and Mary

M.F.A. -路易斯维尔大学

All coursework and other requirements met for Ph.D. except dissertation, Indiana University

研究领域

• Acting, Theatrical Performance
• 导演
• 剧本创作
• 照明设计
• 剧院历史

出版物

Professor Jack has over 30 years of experience as a Professional ACTOR (having performed in over 100 professional productions). 在罗利地区, he has worked with Burning Coal Theatre (Benjamin Franklin in 1776; ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST; Tiresias in ANTIGONE; BRIGADOON; EINSTEIN’S DREAMS; Sam in the KidsWrite production of FEAST; Polonius in HAMLET; HYSTERIA; INHERIT THE WIND; THE MAN WHO TRIED TO SAVE THE WORLD; Tiresias in OEDIPUS TYRANNUS; Theseus in OEDIPUS AT COLONUS; PRISONER’S DILEMMA; TARTUFFE; Vladimir Lenin in the Spoleto Festival Production of TRAVESTIES; 和rewes in the American Premiere of WRITTEN ON THE HEART; and many original historical plays in Oakwood Cemetery and other locations), Honesty Pint Theatre Company (The Player King in HAMLET; Gloucester in KING LEAR), 罗利 Ensemble Players (Claude Monet in DEFYING GRAVITY; Caiaphas in LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT), The African-American Cultural Complex (John Quincy Adams in THE AMISTAD SAGA for three Summers), Theatre in the Park (Teddy in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE), Second Avenue South Players (AWAKE AND SING), Delta Boys Theatre (THE CHERRY ORCHARD), and The Playground Theatre Cooperative (staged readings of FORENSICS and Paul Green’s THE HOUSE OF CONNELLY).

同样在北卡罗来纳州, Jack performed for three summers at THE LOST COLONY in Manteo and one summer in the mountains at Highlands Playhouse. Additional favorite roles at other theatres include Herr Schultz in CABARET; Paul in COMPANY; Krogstad in A DOLL HOUSE; Boolie Werthan in DRIVING MISS DAISY; John Merrick in THE ELEPHANT MAN; Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; Gottlieb Biedermann in THE FIREBUGS; Tom Wingfield in THE GLASS MENAGERIE; Joe Litko in LAKEBOAT; Jamie Tyrone in LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT; Marion Cheever in NEXT; Chorus Leader in THE ORESTEIA; Richard Willey in OUT OF ORDER; Major General Stanley in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; Stanley Gardner in RUN FOR YOUR WIFE; Sir Peter Teazle in THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL; Dorn in THE SEA GULL; Sweeney Todd in SWEENEY TODD; Menelaus in THE TROJAN WOMEN; and The Mayor in THE VISIT.

As a DIRECTOR, Jack has staged over 60 plays on the University/College level. At Saint Augustine’s University, those plays include ANTIGONE; CRIMES OF THE HEART; EARLY FROST; FLYIN’ WEST; FOOL FOR LOVE; HAVING OUR SAY; THE INSANITY OF MARY GIRARD; MISS HONEY’S YOUNG’UNS; A RAISIN IN THE SUN; SHAKIN’ THE MESS OUTTA MISERY; SORRY, WRONG NUMBER; TALKING BONES; WINE IN THE WILDERNESS; and THE ZOO STORY. Productions he has directed at other Colleges include INTO THE WOODS; MUSEUM; OKLAHOMA!; OUR TOWN; SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER; STEEL MAGNOLIAS; THE TEMPEST; THE WATER ENGINE; and many others.

Jack is an experienced Lighting and Scenic DESIGNER of over 50 faculty directed productions. At Saint Augustine’s University, these include productions he directed as well as performances of AIN’T I A WOMAN; BASH; BEFORE IT HITS HOME; BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY; HAPPY HAPPY KWANZAA!; NO CHILD; A SOLDIER’S PLAY; and A SONG FOR CORETTA.

和, 作为他教学的一部分, Jack has been the Producer / Advisor of over 100 student-directed plays on the University/College level.

分组织

• President Pro Tem, 教师 Senate
• 上尉
• Campus Advisor, Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theatre Honor Society

社区参与

Board of Directors, Classical Voices of North Carolina (an Arts Advocacy organization)

奖项及荣誉

• 专业公司会员, Burning Coal Theatre Company of Artists, an Equity (AEA) Letter of Agreement / TCG member Theatre (15 years)
• 收件人:阿奇·K. Davis Research Fellowship (from the North Caroliniana Society at UNC)
• Recipient, Warren Oates Award (from the University of Louisville)
• Recipient, Prentice David Hill Dramatic Scholarship Award (from The College of William and Mary)
• Recipient, Howard Scammon Prize for 剧本创作 (from The College of William and Mary)
• Member, Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society
• Member, Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theatre Honor Society
• Member, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the National Honorary Fraternity for Men in Music
• Member, Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honorary Society
• 成员,F.H.C. Society, America’s Oldest Collegiate Fraternal Organization
• Member, The International Thespian Society