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WHAT'S HAPPENING?

APRIL 2025​

  • The Eighth Annual Festival of Mini-Musicals, a program John started in 2017, will feature six new short musicals written by students. John is the writing advisor and music supervisor for the shows.

JULY 2025​

  • John is musically directing "Pippin" at Broadway On Tour, directed by Danny Blaylock and choreographed by Karie Seasock.
     

WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED?

OCTOBER 2024​

  • John musically directs and assistant directs  "Spamalot: School Edition" at Broadway On Tour, directed by Sharie Nitkin and choreographed by Crystal Dancer.

JULY 2024​

MAY 2024

APRIL 2024

OCTOBER 2023

  • John directs "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" at Broadway On Tour Youth Theatremusically directed by Michelle Hernandez and choreographed by Karie Seasock.

SEPTEMBER 2023

JULY 2023

JUNE 2023

  • After six AMAZING years as the Director of Creative Writing at California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley, John steps down to spend more time in the classroom. John stays on to teach and assist with special projects at CSArts-SGV.

APRIL 2023

DECEMBER 2022

NOVEMBER 2022​

  • John performs as William Barfee in a faculty reading of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at McCoy Rigby Arts.

OCTOBER 2022​

JUNE 2022

APRIL 2022

AUGUST 2021​

MAY 2021​

FEBRUARY 2021​

  • One Million Musicals Podcast produces a song from "Langdon St. Ives: The Steampunk Musical" as a part of their "The Artist Cabaret" series.

DECEMBER 2020​

  • John is the writing advisor on a musical student adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" produced by McCoy Rigby Arts, directed by Shanon Mills and musically directed by Liane Harper.

​AUGUST 2020​

JULY 2020​

  • John musically directs a virtual presentation of Shrek the Musical, Jr. at LCA Performing Arts, featuring performers from all over the country.

MAY 2020​

  • John writes three short plays for the "Great Quarantine Bakeoff" that are shared on the program's archive page.

  • California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley produces the Third Annual Festival of Mini-Musicals. John is producer and creative advisor.

FEBRUARY 2020​

JANUARY 2020​​

OCTOBER 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019​

JUNE 2019​

APRIL 2019​

JANUARY 2019​

  • John musically directs "Be More Chill" at Broadway On Tour Youth Theatre (directed by Laurie Holden and choreographed by Robert Laos.)

  • John musically directs "Oliver" at McCoy Rigby Arts (directed by Heather Redfern and choreographed by Miguel Cardenas).

SEPTEMBER 2018​

AUGUST 2018​

MAY 2018​

APRIL 2018​

  • California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley produces the First Annual Festival of Mini-Musicals, a program created by John in which writing student create short musical theatre pieces that are workshopped by performance students and directed by professional directors.

MARCH 2018

FEBRUARY 2018

DECEMBER 2017

NOVEMBER 2017

  • John performs in a cabaret of Irving Berlin songs at the Merc, produced by Jordan Beck.

OCTOBER 2017

  • John musically directs a cabaret of Stephen Schwartz songs with McCoy Rigby Arts.

AUGUST 2017

JUNE 2017

 FEBRUARY 2017

DECEMBER 2016

AUGUST 2016

  • John directs "The Little Mermaid Jr." at McCoy Rigby Arts, choreographed by Tammy Paulino.

JULY 2016​

JUNE 2016

MAY 2016

  • "Fool on a Hill" (short play by John) is included in the 18th Annual Hormel Festival of New Plays and Musicals at Phoenix Theatre Company.

DECEMBER 2015

AUGUST 2015

JULY 2015

JUNE 2015

MAY 2015

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