JONATHAN ARKIN is an actor, director, writer, choreographer and teacher who divides his time between New York and California. He is a graduate of both Columbia University and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he majored in Cinema and Journalism/News Media and Society and was the founding president of the resurrected Theta Chi Fraternity's Beta Tau Chapter at USC, leading the OX men to new philanthropic heights in the community. Jonathan became an award-winning journalist while completing his Phi Theta Kappa studies at Santa Monica College and read Shakespeare and British Politics and Art for a semester at the University of Cambridge. Recently finishing his master's degree studies (in Specialized Journalism) at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, he wrote for the ASC website and also worked extensively in South Central Los Angeles public schools. (This work inspired his thesis, which examined the residual effects of cuts to arts funding in public schools and the potential fallout for the future of arts criticism and consumption in Los Angeles.) He hosted "Morning Classical" on WKCR-FM every Wednesday morning (until 2008), following Phil Schaap, and taught an adult writing class at Columbia's Community Impact program. He also hosted a popular blues jam in downtown Manhattan called "Chase the Blues."
As an actor, Jonathan studied with Herbert Berghof, Uta Hagen, Victor Garber, Austin Pendleton, Bill Hickey, Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, and Anna Sokolow. Recently, Jonathan became the artistic director of NetActors, an international new media company of actors. Their charter offering, Tony Verna's "Algebra One, Murder Two," is scheduled for podcast release in 2012. Be sure to look for his short film, "The Windigo," now in post-production.
He is the father of Sophia, who is in her 13th year.
Please come back and visit again..............................just disable popups if they drive you crazy. I hope you all bookmark this page and feel free to pop in whenever.......This page will be updated to the 21st Century in the weeks to come...
Below: 'Alice Through the Wonderland' photos! Click on link below for photos from (directorial efforts) 'King John' and 'Coriolanus' at the Knightsbridge...
Performance pics
WKCR-FM; Click here and follow the links to the *live* audio feed every Wednesday morning from 9:30 til Noon, EST!
UTAH 2003
The Ovation Awards
The 'Alice Through the Wonderland' page
YouTube channel (updated August 2011)
The 'Coriolanus' page
The 'King John' page
The 'Twelfth Night' at the Knightsbridge page
The 'Twelfth Night' at the Globe page
'The Recruiting Officer' page
STICKFIGHT!!!! Live onstage endo efforts (movie)
From the archive: As Universal Studios' 'Ricky Ricardo' character
In a recent photo/film project
From the archive: Embarassing stage moments - File this one under 'You've got to be f**king kidding...'
From the all-male
'Three Musketeers' - the climactic fight between the eyepatched villain Rochefort (J. Arkin) and D'Artagnan (Mike Tolfo - yes, 'Sebastian' from 'Twelfth Night')
As a calendar 'Santa' (wearing glasses)
Singing 'Son of a Preacher Man' at the Lava Lounge
Singing at a variety show/benefit for Children's Hospital
As 'Mariner' at Universal's 'Waterworld' Live Sea War Spectacular show!
As Captain Plume in 'The Recruiting Officer'
NetActors! Coming Soon!!!
Other Performance Pages
More archival (older) pics for your enjoyment
More pics from recent L.A. productions in L.A.
Some reviews
My resume
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