About John (Jack) Grant-Phillips

Directed nearly 300 stage plays, acted in over 200 roles onstage and over 75 roles in film, commercials, and television / Participated in the development of over forty original stage works / Educator and lecturer at Harvard University, Yale Drama School, American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training / Serves on the Joseph Jefferson Committee

Directing Resume | Teaching Resume | Selected Reviews

Guest Director
THE WEREWOLF’S CURSE- Racine Theatre Guild WAIT UNTIL DARK- Interplayers(Spokane) A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES- Contra Costa Civic Theatre(CA) KHENG,KHENG..(original play) ChicagoscriptWorks-LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL Ocala FL-ARSENIC AND OLD LACE-Beverly Theatre Guild--Chekhov Shorts-St Sebastian Players-Chicago-I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT-San Juan Theatre WA-City Lit Adaptation Festival- RESISTANCE(original play-Chicagoscriptworks- CADILLAC-Beverly Theatre Guild- SHERLOCK HOLMES:THE FINAL ADVENTURE-Racine Theatre Guild AMISH PROJECT – Oakton Community College

2009-2014

Theatre of Western Springs, Western Springs, IL - Artistic Director
Productions include: COMEDY OF ERRORS (in masks), LOST IN YONKERS, AMADEUS, STOP KISS, SPINNING INTO BUTTER, BOOK OF DAYS, Anouilh’s ANTIGONE, SUMMER AND SMOKE, TAFFETAS, etc.
Chicago Premieres: BLUE YONDER by Kate Aspengren, starring Patty Duke; SURVIVING GRACE by Trish Vradenburg
Produced and Directed:  365 PLAYS/365 DAYS by Susan-Lori Parks

2004-2009

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