John (Jack) Grant-Phillips

Jack Phillips received his MFA from the Acting/Directing division of the Yale Drama School where he was the John Schubert Memorial Scholar in Directing. Jack spent 13 years as the Executive Director of the Civic Theatre in Spokane, Washington, and 5 years as the Artistic Director of Theatre of Western Springs. He has directed nearly 300 plays in professional and community theatres from Edinburgh to Los Angeles, acting in over 250 stage roles and more than 75 roles in film, TV and commercials. Jack is nationally known as a theatre adjudicator, having taught at Harvard, Gonzaga and the graduate school of Leslie University. Jack is Past President of the American Association of Community Theatre, is included in both Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World and was recently awarded the Art Cole Award for "a lifetime of contributions to community theatre."

Director, Teacher, Lecturer, Actor

You can find Jack's Directing resume here, his Teaching resume here, and you can contact Jack here for lecture and other opportunities.