JACK STEHLIN
ACTOR DIRECTOR PRODUCER REVIEWS
ACTOR
Jack Stehlin recently won a Garland Award and a Leading Male Performance nomination for the LA Weekly Awards for his performance of "Jim" in The Job. This past Fall, Jack directed and played Sir Toby Belch in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for which he won a Garland Award for his performance. Other L.A. acting credits include Orgon and directed this Spring’s production of Tartuffe, Charlie Fox in the Los Angeles premiere of Speed-the-Plow at the Odyssey Theatre (for which he garnered a Drama-Logue and Garland Award for Outstanding Performance), played Alceste (as well as directed) the Hudson Guild’s production of The Misanthrope (Drama-Logues for Performance and Direction, Garland for Performance), played Chicken in Tennessee William’s The Kingdom of Earth at The Hudson (1996 Garland for Outstanding Performance Award), Horton Foote’s West Coast premiere of The Habitation of Dragons directed by Crystal Brian at the Zephyr Theatre (for which he received a 1995 LA Weekly Award), the NBC M.O.W. “Blackout Effect,” “N.Y.P.D. Blue,” (ABC)“ The Practice” for Twentieth Century Fox, “General Hospital,” (ABC) and “The Client” for Warner Bros. He was the voice of John Wilkes Booth on A&E’s “The John Wilkes Booth Story.”
In New York, Mr. Stehlin played Stanley on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs directed by Gene Saks. Off-Broadway, in New York, he directed and played Macbeth at (C.S.C.) the Classic Stage Company.
At the New York Shakespeare Festival, he played Mowbray in Steven Berkoff’s production of Richard II, The Dauphin in Henry V with Kevin Kline, and played Count De Bernis opposite Ethan Hawke in Casanova by Constance Congdon, directed by Michael Greif, played Sir Richard Vernon opposite Mandy Patinkin in Henry IV, I directed by Des McAnuff, Julius Caesar with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen, Alcibiades in Timon of Athens directed by Brian Kulick, Richard Foreman’s Don Juan, and Romeo and Juliet directed by Les Waters. Mr. Stehlin appeared previously at CSC in Phaedra Brittanica, Don Juan and The Learned Ladies.
At Primary Stages, Mr. Stehlin created the role of Bobby in Matthew Witten’s Washington Square Moves, a play he previously read at the O’Neill Playwright’s Conference, of which he is an actor member. A former member of the American Repertory Theater, Mr. Stehlin played Apollo in Robert Wilson’s Alcestis, which was also featured in the Festival D’Automne in Paris; Truffaldino in Andre Serban’s The King Stag, which also played the Venice Bienale; JoAnne Akalitis’ The Balcony; Robert Brustein’s Six Characters; and created the role of Bobby Nobis in William Hauptman’s Gillette, directed by David Wheeler. At Hartford Stage, Mr. Stehlin played Sam Draycott in the American premiere of Hidden Laughter by Simon Grey, directed by Mark Lamos.
Other regional credits include Philadelphia Drama Guild, Indiana Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Missouri Rep, and Stamford Center of the Arts (again with Al Pacino in Salome).
DIRECTOR
Mr. Stehlin has directed himself as St. Just in Danton’s Death at the Rapp Arts Center (NYC). Other directing credits include The Stronger and No Exit at The Acting Company Studio (N.Y.C.), Hedda Gabler at A.T.A(N.Y.C.)., Driving Miss Daisy at Stages Rep Theatre in Houston where he served as Artistic Director in ’88-’89, My Sister in this House for the Juilliard School fourth year repertory, and The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, Bender and The Shakespeare Chronicles at The Hudson Guild.
Mr. Stehlin began producing in 1983, the first of many productions being Uncle Vanya with Kevin Spacey. As Artistic Director of The Hudson Guild, Mr. Stehlin has produced over 15 productions in three years and co-produced Gravity Shoes at The Hudson Avenue with John Bunzel. Mr. Stehlin serves as Artistic Director of The Hudson Guild. He is an alumnus of John Houseman’s The Acting Company and a graduate of The Juilliard School.
This Autumn, Jack Stehlin can be seen in The Job.
LA Weekly AWARDS NOMINEE- "Best Leading Male Performance" WINNER! Garland Award for "Performance" in The Job "Dripping with lechery and false sanctimony, Stehlin roars through his brilliantly bombastic turn as an iternant street preacher whom Frank taps as a muderous pinch-hitter" - Los Angeles Times
"Stehlin is perfect as the boozy, often hilaiousscam artist who reacts like a coiled snake at every opportunity to serve his best interest." - Variety
"Stehlin's raspy, maniacal homilies are memorably witty and frightening." - LA Weekly
"In his flamboyant, powerfully ironic turn as the archiypically satanic street preacher, Stehin offers his usual highly sophisticated performance, full of astonishing energy and intensity." - Back Stage West/Drama-Logue
"Stehlin is spell-binding and enthralling!" - New Times LA
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