John Campbell Finnegan

John Campbell Finnegan has been a professional actor, director & designer for the past 40+ years. Some of his credits include: Actors Theatre of Louisville-Actor: Petrone-Suicide in B Flat, Director: Wit-Man, The Painter, Ticklish Tales (Children’s Theatre), Compatible (Heidemann Award Winner), Suicide in B Flat. Hardin County Schools PAC: Porter-MacBeth (also fight choreographer), Gandalf-The Hobbit, O’Brien-1984, Rooney-Arsenic and Old Lace. Acting Against Cancer: Adult Male-Spring Awakening. South Bend Civic Theater-Director: Art (ICT Winner Best Ensemble), Proof, Betrayal; Design: Art, Proof, Betrayal. Indiana University Southeast-Actor: Mr. Klemper-The Boys Next Door, Larry-Company, Joe-Shadow Box, Multiple roles-The Good Doctor, Giles-Mousetrap, Higgins-Come Slowly Eden; Director: Arsenic and Old Lace, Prelude to a Kiss, Amadeus, Extremities, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Antigone (Fight Director); Design: Makeup & Lights-Puss ‘N Boots, Sound-Amadeus, Lights-The Nerd. Bunbury Theatre Company-Actor: Hank-‘Til Beth Do Us Part, Jeffrey-The Sum of Us, Moon-The Real Inspector Hound, Joseph-Butterfinger’s Angel. . . ; Director: Romantic Fools, Butterfinger’s Angel. . . 1996 Production; Design-Dearly Departed (both set and lights), Christmas Belles-set, Butterfinger’s Angel… 1996 Production-set, Romantic Fools-lights, set and sound . WhoDunnit Murder Mysteries: Directed many productions. Actor: Count Federov-Murder by Quarry, Dr. MacCrimmon-Murder by Post, Dr. Vanpires-Fashion Show at the Castle of Blood, Fisher-Deception Beta, and O’Malley-Murder at Lenny’s Speakeasy. Clarksville Little Theater: Actor: Baker-Into the Woods, Director: Wedding Singer, Hair, The Nerd, The Foreigner; Design: Hair-set, Into the Woods-set. East Carolina Playhouse-Actor: Camille-Danton’s Death, Harold-Boys in the Band. Stadium and Thurber Theatres, Columbus, Ohio-Actor: Renfield-Dracula, Solyony-Three Sisters, Mazzini Dunn-Heartbreak House, Woolsey-Auntie Mame, Worcester-Henry IV, part I, Jay-All the Way Home. ACT, Greenfield, Massachusetts-Actor: James Leeds-Children of a Lesser God. The Rand & Curtain Theaters, Amherst, Massachusetts-Actor: Eben-Desire Under the Elms, Amos-The Runner Stumbles, Actor-Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, 3rd Merchant-The Comedy of Errors, Soldier-Man is Man, Man-Lover’s/Winners. Theater 14-Actor: Oberon/Theseus-A Mid-summer Night’s Dream John has been teaching acting since 1985. He holds the Master of Fine Arts Degree from The Ohio State University and has additional study in the following areas among others: Decroux Movement with Reid Gilbert, Neutral Mask Work with Jacques LeCoq, Viewpoints Work with Jennifer Hubbard and Anne Bogart, (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Directing with Jon Jory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Fight Choreography with Robin McFarquhar and Cass Foster, Solo Performance with Tim Miller.