Jo Michael Rezes
PERFORMER & THEORIST
DIRECTOR
DIRECTING
Melancholy Play: a chamber musical,
by Sarah Ruhl
Director, Movement Specialist
Powerhouse Theater, Experimental Theatre of Vassar College
The Importance of Being Earnest,
by Oscar Wilde & ad. by Christian Lewis
The Personality Play
by Anthony J. Piccione
Director w/ Darrell James
Martel Theater, Experimental Theatre of Vassar College
Manhattan Repertory Theater, NYC
Director
Grey Gardens: the Musical
by Doug Wright
Director
The MUG, Future Waitstaff of America
STEIN SHOVELS BECKETTS BREATH
based on Endgame and Patriarchal Poetry
Director, Facilitator
Streep Studio, Vassar College
Park Closes After Dusk
by John Michael Rezes & ad. by Lena Redford
Director, Facilitator
Susan Stein Shiva Theater, Unbound Experimental
Assistant Directing
Boston College
Co-Facilitator
The Identity Project
devised, Dawn Simmons & Maurice Parent
Cloud 9
by Caryl Churchill
Dir. Lee Mikeska Gardner
Nora Theatre Company, Central Square Theater
Elliot Norton Award Nominations:
Outstanding Direction
Outstanding Production
ACTING (selected)
International
Ensemble, Featured Performer
At Home in the World
Dir. John Caird (Tony Award, Les Miserables 1987)
Professional
Entropy Theatre (BOS)
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Prescott Park Arts Festival
The Rocky Horror Show
Frank N. Furter
Sparkhaven Theatre, Chelsea Theatre Works (BOS)
Nosferatu: the Vampyr
Count Orlok
Dionysos/Tiresias
Bakkhai
Entropy Theatre, Chelsea Theatre Works (BOS)
Frau Trude
a grimm thing
Entropy Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts
Ensemble, Featured Performer
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Mamma Mia
Educational
Charlotta Ivanovna
Dir. Christopher Grabowski
Brad Majors
Dir. Madison Mellon
Reb Ali
Dir. Rogin Farrer
Seymour Krelborn
Dir. Madison Mellon
Fredrik Egerman
Dir. Christopher Grabowski
Dir. Emlyn Doolittle
Nut
The Cherry Orchard
The Rocky Horror Show
God of Vengeance
Little Shop of Horrors
A Little Night Music
Orange Julius (premiere)
RELATED WORK
Artistic Direction Associate
Debra Wise, Underground Railway Theatre
Performance Studies Research Assistant
Gabrielle Cody PhD.
Artistic Direction Intern
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
Editorial Intern
Samuel French Incorporated, NYC
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Theatremaking, Vassar College (two years)
