John Reeger (born 20th century) is an American actor and playwright, based in Chicago.
Performances Theatre at the Center, Munster, Indiana Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly! The Old Man in A Christmas Story: The Musical Seabon Faulk, HaHa Jones, Farley Wood in A Christmas Memory
Drury Lane Theatre, Illinois Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock's Last Case The Wizard in Once Upon a Mattress Scrooge in A Christmas Carol John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet Capt Hook in Peter Pan Fagin in Oliver! Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady Franz in The Sound of Music
Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, Illinois His fifteen productions include: Max in Sunset Boulevard Georges in La Cage Aux Folles Billy Flynn in Chicago
Court Theatre, Chicago His thirty productions include: Gabriel Conroy in James Joyce's The Dead Polonius in Hamlet Malvolio in Twelfth Night Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady Hay Fever Twelfth Night Piano Life's a Dream The Learned Ladies Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards Gross Indecency Nora The Little Foxes La Bête Putting It Together An Ideal Husband The Cherry Orchard Old Times Tartuffe The Philadelphia Story The Play's the Thing Henry IV, Part 1 Travesties The Misanthrope The Triumph of Love Cloud Nine A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Woyzeck The Seagull
Chicago Shakespeare Theater King John The Moliere Comedies The Winter's Tale
Northlight Woody Guthrie's American Song Enter the Guardsman
Steppenwolf Theatre Company The Ballad of Littke Jo
Works The Christmas Schooner With Julie Shannon creating the music and lyrics, Reeger wrote The Christmas Schooner which premiered at Chicago's Bailiwick Repertory Theatre and received the 1996 Chicago After Dark Award for outstanding new work. A twelve-year (as of 2006) continuing seasonal run has followed as well as a CD, and productions in the Midwest, Texas and California have also been successful.
Based on the true story of a Great Lakes schooner captain who risks life and limb to transport fir trees from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Chicago's German immigrants during the late 19th century.
Let the Eagle Fly With Shannon again creating the music and lyrics, Reeger wrote Let the Eagle Fly, the story of Cesar Chavez.
Personal life
He is married to Paula Scrofano and has two children.
See also Theatre in Chicago
References
External links Author Biography by Music Theatre International (MTI) University of Missouri-Rolla's production season/Taleoftheallergistswife/taleoftheallergistswife.htm Apple Tree Theatre Biography Review of Winter's Tale by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Review of James Joyce's "The Dead" at Court Theatre