Jon Jory
Jon Jory (Murder by the Book; Dracula (one-act); The Boxcar Children; We Can't Talk About This; Safetown; The Hound of the Baskervilles (one-act); What Happens in Neverland Stays in Neverland (a monologue play); Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stay Weird (a monologue play); The Zoo Farce; Anne of Green Gables (one-act); Scrappy; Sherlock's Best; The Trojan Women; The Great, Great Granddaughter of Sherlock Holmes; Identity Play; The "Shakespeare, Clearly" series; Peter Pan's Jump Shot; Captain Theatre Nerd and The Magnificent Techies; Mythically Mythical Myths; The Semi-Amazing, Sort-of-Sensational, Almost Unbelievable Christmas Spectacular!; A Christmas Carol (Full-length); A Christmas Carol (one-act); The Jungle Book; Peter Pan (Non-flying version!); Peter Pan (one-act); Little Women; Little Women (one-act); The Wizard of Oz). As the Producing Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory directed over 125 plays and produced over 1,000 during his 32-year tenure. He conceived the internationally lauded Humana Festival of New American Plays, the SHORTS Festival, and the Brown-Forman Classics-in-Context Festival. He was also the Artistic Founding Director of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, and he has been inducted in New York’s Theatre Hall of Fame. Mr. Jory has directed professionally in nine nations, and in the United States has directed productions at many regional theatres including Washington’s Arena Stage, San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre, Hartford Stage, the McCarter in Princeton, Guthrie Theatre, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has received the National Theatre Conference Award and ATA Distinguished Career Award. For his commitment to new plays, he has received the Margo Jones Award twice, the Shubert Foundation’s James N. Vaughan Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement and Contribution to the Development of Professional Theatre, Carnegie Mellon’s Commitment to Playwriting Award, and the Special Tony Award for Achievement in Regional Theatre. He currently teaches acting and directing at UCLA.
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A Christmas Carol
adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens Drama Full-length. 80-90 minutes 10-40 actors A hit seasonal favorite at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory and Marcia Dixcy Jory's...
A Christmas Carol (one-act version)
adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens Drama One-act. 30-35 minutes 10-40 actors A hit seasonal favorite at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory and Marcia Dixcy Jory's...
A Christmas Carol (short radio version)
adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens Radio drama One-act. 30-35 minutes 10-40 actors A hit seasonal favorite at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory and Marcia Dixcy...
Anne of Green Gables (one-act)
adapted from the classic novel by L.M. Montgomery Drama One-act. 25-30 minutes 7 actors Jon Jory brings his theatrical magic to this spirited one-act adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's classic coming-of-age drama. After...
Captain Theatre Nerd and The Magnificent Techies
Comedy One-act. 30-35 minutes 15-40 actors Let Captain Theatre Nerd take you on a whirlwind tour of the history of theater from ridiculous melodramas to sweeping musicals. Everything...
Dracula (one-act)
Adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker Drama One-act. 30-35 minutes 10 actors (additional female roles) A swift one-act adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic horror novel that is easily...
Extra Ordinary
Drama Full-length. 70-80 minutes (each one-act is approximately 35 mins) 17 actors (13f, 4m) Incredible things are happening to average teenagers in this collection of two extraordinary one-acts. In The...
Identity Play; or Who You Are If You Think You Are
Drama (with comedy) One-act. 35-40 minutes 10-40 actors, gender flexible A series of comedic and dramatic vignettes exploring who we are and who we want to be. With endless choices and expectations,...
Little Women
adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott Drama Full-length. 80-90 minutes 9-10 actors Jon Jory brings his theatrical magic to this spirited adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic coming-of-age drama. The American...
Little Women (one-act)
adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott Drama One-act. 35-40 minutes 9-10 actors Jon Jory brings his theatrical magic to this spirited one-act adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic coming-of-age drama. The...
Love or Something
Romantic comedy One-act. 30-35 minutes 6-10 actors Social Distancing has made romance...well...difficult. When the boy next door comes by to offer some neighborly advice, two cooped-up sisters seize the...
Murder by the Book
Mystery/Comedy One-act. 35-45 minutes 9 actors (6f, 3m) When mystery writer Mary Graves is found dead, it's up to a detective with anger issues to figure out who among Graves'...
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