Going to See the Kid

MRT: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Freddie Fillmore), Glengarry Glen Ross (Baylen), Mrs. Whitney (Francis). Broadway: They Knew What They Wanted, A Memory of Two Mondays, The Beggar’s Opera, Measure for Measure. Off-Broadway: How I Learned to Drive (Uncle Peck), Golden Boy, Do I Hear a Waltz? Regional:  Our Town (Stage Manager), Huntington Theatre Company; Threepenny Opera (Macheath), Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Streamers (Richie), Comedians, Hamlet (Horatio), Arena Stage; The American Clock, Measure for Measure, Wild Oats, Mark Taper Forum; The Rainmaker (Starbuck), Guthrie Theatre; Da’arlin Juno, Long Wharf; A Christmas Carol (Scrooge), Alliance Theatre; The Seagull (Konstantin), Pittsburgh Public Theatre TV: L.A. Law, Moonlighting, Remington Steele, Cagney and Lacey, St. Elsewhere, 21 Jump Street, Law and Order Film: The Kirlian Witness, Arthur – On the Rocks, Who is Julia?, Betrayed by Innocence, Not My Kid, Malice in Wonderland. Education: BA, Cornell University. MFA, Southern Methodist University.

MRT: Home of the Brave (Adrian). Off-Broadway: Around the World in 80 Days (Passepartout), The New Theatre @ 45th St; Silent Laughter (Lionel Drippinwithit), The Lamb’s Theatre; The Nuclear Family (founder/performer), The Belt Theatre; Clinton the Musical (Dick Morris), NY Music Theatre Festival. Regional: The Royale (Max), Milwaukee Repertory; Mary Zimmerman’s Treasure Island (Ben Gunn), Berkeley Rep; Little Shop of Horrors (Orin the Dentist), The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay), Geva Theatre Center; A Christmas Carol (Fred/Fezziwig), Actors Theatre of Louisville; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium), North Shore Music Theatre; The Legend of Pecos Bill (Ace High), Alliance Theatre; The Mystery of Irma Vep (Edgar/Jane/Irma), Dad’s Garage Theatre Company. Television: The Extended Family, Sundance Channel; Good Eats, Food Network; Smoking Gun T.V., Court TV. Other: John is a founding member of Dad’s Garage Theatre Company (Atlanta) and the Nuclear Family (New York) with whom he teaches and performs improvisation around the country.

Alexander is the Director of New Play Development at MRT. Alexander has worked extensively on Broadway and overseas as Associate to Tony-winning director, Doug Hughes. Broadway credits include: The Father, Outside Mullingar, The Big Knife, An Enemy of the People, The Road to Mecca (dir. Gordon Edelstein), Born Yesterday, Elling, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Directing credits include: The Whipping Man at the Alliance Theatre; Emilie at The Lee Strasberg Institute (NYC); Richard III at The Warehouse Theatre (SC); 4000 Miles at the Aurora Theatre (GA); the world premiere of Kind Souls by Tom Diggs; the world premiere of Ten Mile Lake by Tira Palmquist; and Sweeney Todd (Fabrefaction Theatre). Other AD  credits include: the world premiere of JUNK by Ayad Akhtar; productions of Glengarry Glen Ross and The Price at The Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland; the world premiere of The City of Conversation at Lincoln Center Theater; as well as the commercial Off-Broadway production of My Name is Asher Lev. Proud member of SDC.