DANIEL JOHN
617-733-8795 (cell)
danieljohn3@mac.com
www.danieljohn.net
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 175
Hair: gray/balding
Eyes: hazel
BIOGRAPHY
Daniel John was
raised in Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a dancer, movement
& massage therapist, poet, writer, actor, and
playwright. He has ten children. He is a gardener and
landscape designer by trade and teaches Intuitive Gardening
for Brookline Adult Education. His poems, stories, and
essays have appeared in, among others, Apalachee Review,
The Amherst Review, The Comstock Review, Descant,
Drumvoices Revue, Epiphany! Mindprints, Ocean City, The
Owen Wister Review, Passager, Phantasmagoria, Phi Kappa Phi
Forum, Pig Iron Press, Rio Grande Review, Soundings East,
The North Dakota Quarterly, Thin Air, and Valdosta Voice.
His essay, "Dust to Dust, Ashes to Children" was one of the
winners in the Campbell Corner Essay Competition sponsored
by Sarah Lawrence College. He was a finalist in the Ruth
Stone Hunger Mountain Poetry Contest, the Comstock Review
Annual Poetry Contest, and received honorable mention in
Passager’s Annual Poetry Competition. His plays and
monologues have been produced by TYG Productions at the
Boston Playwrights Theater at Boston University.
Theater Ensemble
HANDS OFF
Jean-Claude, lead
C4 Theater, Denver
NIELSON SPIKE
Brian Chase, lead
TYG Productions,
Boston Playwrights Theater
THE INVISIBLE HUSBAND
Husband, lead
TYG Productions,
Boston Playwrights Theater
EXONERATED
Kerry, principal
Merrimack College Ministry,
Philadelphia
LAST UPS
Store Manager, lead
American College Theater
Kennedy Festival,
Boston Playwrights Theater
GOLDBERG STREET
The father, lead
Boston University, CFA
OLEANNA
The Professor, lead
Boston University, CFA
THE MIME SHOW
lead
Boston University, CFA
ORTS THEATER OF DANCE
Founding member
Tucson, Arizona
Independent Film
THEORY OF MIND
Isaac, supporting
Guy Wood Films, Boston
LUCKY ME
The manager, lead
Jacob Leonti Films, Boston
Solo Performance
UNDRESSING FEAR
TYG Productions
Boston Playwrights Theater
VOICES
TYG Productions
Boston Playwrights Theater
Education and Training
School for Body-Mind Centering, Amherst, Mass.
Movement, fundamentals of dance: Bonnie Cohen.
Boston University College for the Arts, Boston, Mass.
Acting: Jim Spruill
Ensemble: Syd Friedman
Orts Theater of Dance, Tucson, Arizona
Ensemble performance: Annie Bunker
Private Training
Voice: Sarah Gall
Acting: Lyralen Kaye (Meisner)
Special Skills:
Spoken poetry, physical comedy, dance, comedy improv, dramatic improv, playwriting, poetry writing, essay writing, speed theater, movement therapy, massage therapy, and conversation.