John Reeger
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John Reeger is a Chicago actor and playwright. He is married to Paula Scrofano and has two children, Adam and Alison Reeger.
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[edit] Performances
[edit] Drury Lane Theatre
- 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
[edit] The Marriott Theatre
His fifteen productions include:
- Max in Sunset Boulevard
- Georges in La Cage Aux Follies
- Billy Flynn in Chicago
[edit] Court Theatre
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
[edit] Chicago Shakespeare Theater
- King John
- The Moliere Comedies
- The Winter's Tale
[edit] Northlight
- Woody Guthrie's American Song
- Enter the Guardsman
[edit] Steppenwolf
- The Ballad of Little Jo
[edit] Works
[edit] The Christmas Schooner
With Julie Shannon creating the music and lyrics, John Reeger wrote The Christmas Schooner which premiered at Bailiwick Repertory Theater 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 Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago's German immigrants during the late 19th century.
[edit] Let The Eagle Fly
With Julie Shannon again creating the music and lyrics, John Reeger wrote Let The Eagle Fly, the story of Cesar Chavez.
Based on the true story of Cesar Chavez.
[edit] See also
- Julie Shannon
- The Christmas Schooner
- Let The Eagle Fly
- Cesar Chavez
- Drury Lane Theatre
- The Marriott Theatre
- Court Theatre
- Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
- Northlight
- Steppenwolf
