Acting & Theatre Résumé for Jon Bastian

The Pension Grillparzer (John Irving, short story; stage adaptation by mollie boice) -- Duna the Bear.
The Company Rep, Directed by mollie boice

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, story; book & lyrics, Thorin Alexander, music, Max Kinberg) -- The Ghost of Christmas Future, Tony, Townsperson, Chorus.
The Company Rep, Directed by Hope Alexander

The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare) -- Officer.
The Company Rep, Directed by Hope Alexander

The Lysistrata Project (Aristophanes) -- Spartan Delegate
The Company Rep, Directed by Hope Alexander

Camino Real (Tennessee Williams) -- The Dreamer
The Company Rep, Directed by Hope Alexander

Something About Love (Melinda Johnson) -- Musical Director/Accompianist
The Company Rep, Directed by Melinda Johnson

The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill) -- The Iceman
The Imaginary Company, Directed by Atmen Hart.

Melrose Place (Various Writers) -- Series Extra
Various Directors

Adaptation (Elaine May) -- Ensemble
The Del Rey Players, Directed by Beth Bayless

Division Street (Steve Tesich) -- Chris
The Del Rey Players, Directed by Cynthia Kelley

Harvey (Mary Chase) -- Harvey.
The Pooka Players, Directed by Crystal Lapin

The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare) -- Petruchio.
The Del Rey Players, Directed by Louis Villaescusa

Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett) -- Godot.
Ennui Theatre Company, Directed by Rey di Buffo

Getting Out (Marsha Norman) -- 2nd Guard.
LMU Theatre, Directed by Judith Royer

Brigadoon (Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner) -- Andrew MacLaren.
LMU Theatre, Directed by Bob Ackley

Murder in the Cathedral (T.S. Eliot) -- 2nd Priest.
LMU Theatre, Directed by C. Melvin Davidson

Philemon (Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt) -- Musical Director/Keyboardist.
LMU Theatre, Directed by Emmett Jacobs

Other Theatrical Experience

Sound Op, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Anne McNaughton; The Company Rep

House Manager, The Fantasticks, book and lyrics by Tom Jones; music by Harvey Schmidt, directed by Hope Alexander; The Company Rep

Producer, Split , written by Mayo Simon and directed by Bill Bushnell; The Company Rep (at the American Renegade Theatre), Hope Alexander, Artistic Director

Sound Op, Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, directed by Hope Alexander; The Company Rep (at the American Renegade Theatre)

Producer, Out of the Golden West I and II, evenings of short plays by the Golden West Playwrights, presented at The Road Theatre in NoHo and Theatre East at the Complex in Hollywood

Musical Director and performer, Something About Love , written and directed by Melinda Johnson, directed by Bobbi Stamm; The Company Rep (at the El Portal Theatre), Hope Alexander, Artistic Director

Director, The Company Rep Play Development Lab.

Member, The Company Rep Playwrights Lab

Invited member, Interact Theatre Company Play Development Lab

Invited Participant, Lincoln Center West Directors Lab 2001, presented by Wordsmiths

Co-Founder, Emeritus Member, The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights

Co-Director, Founding Member, The Golden West Playwrights, independent play development workshop

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles,
Communications/Screenwriting Major; Theatre Directing and Abnormal Psych Minors

Special Skills

Keyboards, roller skating, ice skating, bowling, horseback riding, ear for dialects, can perform in foreign languages known and unknown, annoyingly strong concentration, willingness to do anything, dogs love me and I love them. Affinity for rats.