Welcome to HJK Theatrical!

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DIRECTING 

Artistic Director for Gladstone Theatre, Zemfira Stage, Prince William Little Theater, and Castaways Theatre: Productions under my auspices ; 

Gladstone Theatre; That’s The Way It Goes, One Way or Another, A Crazy Love Affair, 

Zemfira Stage: Love Letters, That Day in September, Oleanna, Lost Eden, Excuse Me, My Fair Lady, 

PWLT: Barnum, 9 to 5 the Musical, It’s a Wonderful Life; A Live Radio Play, Anne of Green Gable, Judgment at Nuremberg, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Sister Act

Castaways: Much Ado About Murder, Sherlock, SHOAH 

COMMUNITY & COLLEGE THEATRE 

PWLT: Judgment at Nuremberg (WATCH Nominated), Tuesdays With Morrie 

CRT: Madwoman of Chaillot , SHOAH , Playwright ( April 2024) 

CA: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus 

BVC: Waiting for Godot, The Birthday Party

University of London: The Birthday Party 

FCT: SHOAH (March 2022 World Premiere), The Greatest Generation Speaks – Playwright Feb 2023 World Premiere - ( Lofty Award) 

JOURNEY: Voices From Vietnam – Playwright (Nov 2024 World Premiere ) 

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE 

Shaw Theatre, London: Waiting for Godot (Olivier Award), 

Guest Director SHOAH

Old Creamery Theatre Company: Waiting For Godot 

Gladstone Theatre, Chicago: That’s the Way it Goes, One Way or Another 

Guthrie Theatre: Waiting For Godot ( Tyrone Guthrie Award), Drury Lane, Chicago: Hedda Gabler (Jefferson Award) 

Zemfira Stage, Arlington, VA: That Day in September 

Legacy Theatre, Minneapolis: Echoes of the Holocaust (World Premiere) 

Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv: Guest Director SHOAH

ACTING COMMUNITY THEATRE/COLLEGE THEATRE /MILITARY 

SCCT: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Centurian (Frank Scott Director) , Mousetrap – Christopher Wren (Jackie Busby Director), Ten Nights in a Barroom – Willie Hammond ( Frank Scott Director) , The Pajama Game – Charlie (Jim Golden Director) , Pure as the Driven Snow – EZ Pickens ( Frank Scott Director) 

DCT: Calamity Jane – Francis Fryer (Jackie Busby Director) 

OCT: Don’t Drink the Water – Axel Magee ( Dick Cook Director) 

GP: Treasure Island – Ben Gunn (Fred Moore Director) 

CRT: How I Learned to Drive – Uncle Peck , Dracula – Dr. Seward , The Man Who Came to Dinner – Banjo , My Fair Lady – Colonel Pickering , Godspell – Herb , South Pacific – Captain Bracket (Zina Bleck Directed All) 

SCT: Judgment at Nuremberg – General Merrin & Rudolph Peterson, The Lion in Winter – Richard (Zina Bleck Directed All) 

PWLT: To Kill a Mockingbird – Judge Taylor , The Lion in Winter – Richard (Zina Bleck Directed Both) 

PPF: You Can’t Take it With You – Henderson (Chip Gertzog Director) 

BVC: Madwoman of Chaillot – Ragpicker , The Night of the Iguana – Pedro , Little Mary Sunshine – Billy Jester , Inherit The Wind - Matthew Harrison Brady (Travis Lockhart Directed All) University of London: Strange, Stranger, Estranged Improvisation – Harry (Rodney Archer & Powell Jones Directors ) 

USN: Performed One - Man Shows for Sailors while underway: Clarence Darrow, Zero Hour, Picasso, Krapp’s Last Tape , Barrymore’s Ghost, Beyond Glory, The Fever, The Old Jew, My Pal George

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE 

Shaw Theatre, London: The Taming of the Shrew : Vincentio (Sir Richard Dawood Director) 

Royal Shakespeare Company (Globe Theatre) Stratford - on - Avon 

England : Macbeth – Macduff (Sir Trevor Nunn Director & Sir Laurence Olivier In - House Critic) 

OCTC: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Pseudelous (Jim Hill Director) , Inherit the Wind – Juro r (Tom Johnson Director) , G odspell – Jesus & Jeffrey (Jim Hill Director) , Inherit The Wind – E.K Hornbeck (Tom Johnson Director) 

Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead – Rosencrant z (Michael Langham Director) 

Gladstone Theatre, Chicago: One Way or Another – Pete (Tom Lolakos Director) 

Drury Lane,

Chicago: A Man For All Seasons – Thomas Cromwell ) , Inherit The Wind – Henry Drummond (William Woodman Directed Both) 

Zemfira Stage : That Day in September – Two Man Show (Zina Bleck Director) , That Day in September – One Man Show (Self Directed) 

PLAYWRIGHT: 

SHOAH - Stage Adaptation of Documentary, The Greatest Generation Speaks – Stage Adaptation of Tom Brokaw’s Book , Echoes of the Holocaust – Stage Adaptation of Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg’s Book , Voices From Vietnam – Original Stage Play and Book 

EDUCATION 

Buena Vista College: Bachelor of Arts , 

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale: Master of Science 

California Coast University: Doctor of Education , 

University of London: Theatre Studies

THEATRE KEY 

BVC = Buena Vista College , IA 

CRT = Castaways Repertory Theatre , VA 

FCT: Fauquier Community Theatre , VA 

OCTC: Old Creamery Theatre Company , IA 

PWLT = Prince William Little Theatre , VA 

PPF = Providence Players of Fairfax , VA 

SCCT = Sioux City Community Theatre , IA 

SCT = Springfield Community Theatre , VA 

DCP = Dakota City – NE 

OCT = Okoboji Community Theatre,IA 

GP = Grove Players - IL 

CA = Clifton Arts, VA 

USN: US Navy