JOHN KUNTZ

John Kuntz (Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen) is a founding company member of the Actors Shakespeare Project, where he was last seen as Tamora in the all-male Titus Andronicus. Other ASP roles include Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Lucio/Froth in Measure for Measure, Sebastian in Twelfth Night, Bertram/The Clown in All’s Well That Ends Well, and the title role in Richard III. NY credits include Mrs. Daigle in The Bad Seed (Ohio Theatre), Kurt in Jump/Rope (which he also wrote) with Square Peg Productions at Urban Stages, and his one-person shows Starfuckers (Ohio Theatre and NY Fringe) and Freaks! (Solo Arts Group). Recent Boston credits include the title role in Mr. Marmalade (Company One), numerous productions of The SantaLand Diaries (IRNE Award – Best Solo Performance), Katurian in the New England premiere of The Pillowman, Estragon in Waiting for Godot, the title role in Scapin, Austin in True West (all with New Repertory Theatre), 20 roles in How I Got That Story (Nora Theatre Company), 40 roles in Fully Committed (Lyric Stage), Voice #1 in Betty's Summer Vacation (Huntington Theatre Company) and three seasons with Commonwealth Shakespeare, appearing in Henry V (Fluellen), Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew) and Hamlet (Guildenstern/Osric). Film: The Red Right Hand (Roger), Anathema (Neil; Best Actor Award - Festival Du Cinema du Bruxelles). John received both an Elliot Norton Award and New York International Fringe Festival Award for Starfuckers and his plays Sing Me To Sleep and Freaks! both received Elliot Norton Awards for "Outstanding Fringe Production". His play Jasper Lake received both the Michael Kanin and Paula Vogel National Playwrighting Awards, with productions at the Kennedy Center (Washington DC) and the New York Fringe Festival.

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