Home Bio Headshots Resumes Reviews Contact
Acting Resume
(for Business, click here)
John Forkner
Cell:(214) 395-7759
Email: John_Forkner@hotmail.com
Hair: Brown Height: 5’10’’ Voice: Tenor/Baritone Eyes: Blue Weight: 150lbs Equity Membership Candidate
| OFF-OFF BROADWAY | ||
| Henry V (March/April 2008) | Mountjoy | American Globe Theater, dir. John Basil |
| Henry V (staged reading) | Westmoreland | American Globe Theater, dir. John Basil |
| The Rape of the Lock | Belinda | Judith Shakespeare, dir. Jane Titus |
| A Nasty Story | Nicholson/Writer/ukulele | FringeNYC, dir. Melissa Firlit |
| Trademark | the Judge | American Globe Theatre, dir. Gerard Mawn |
| Sex Drugs & Ukuleles | Max/soprano ukulele | Theatre for the New City, dir. Victor Maog | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Puck | Tuckaberry Productions, dir. Michael Hagins | Richard II | The Gardener/Groome | Theatre of the Expendable, dir. Jesse Rosbrow | The Tragedy of John | Jeff | Theatre of the Expendable, dir. Corinne Neal | Brecht's Baal | Ekart | Looking Glass Theater, New York, NY |
| In The Beginning Again | Abraham | Impact Theater of Brooklyn, NY |
| THEATER | ||
| Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Shakespeare Festival of Dallas |
| The Winter's Tale | Clown | Shakespeare Festival of Dallas |
| Tab A: Slot B | Man | 2005 Out of the Loop Festival |
| Snow White: A Panto | Maid A-Mess | Theatre Britain |
| A Mysterious Way | Gordon | Fusion-Dallas Conference |
| The Comedy of Errors | Dromio of Ephesus | Shakespeare Festival of Dallas |
| And Then They Came For Me...(National Tour) | Young Ed | Dallas Children's Theater On Tour! |
| Bobby Gould in Hell | The Interrogator | Second Thought Theater |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Biondello | Shakespeare Festival of Dallas |
| A Man's Best Friend | Steve | Undermain Theater |
| Comic Potenial | Understudy (All Roles) | Theater Three |
| The Lesson | The Professor | 2002 Out of the Loop Festival |
| Othello | Cassio | Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival |
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | Peter, Edmund, Tumnus, Beaver, Aslan | Seventh and James Baptist Church |
| The Imaginary Invalid | Argan, the Invalid | Waco Civic Theatre |
| A Christmas Carol | Scrooge | Waco Civic Theatre |
| The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Joe | Waco Civic Theatre |
| The Comedy of Errors | Dromio of Syracuse | Baylor University |
| Misalliance | Lord Summerhays | Baylor University |
| On the Verge | Understudy (Alphonse, Grover, et al) | Baylor University |
| The Adding Machine | Mr. Two | Baylor University |
| The Clouds | Strepsiades | Baylor Studio |
| The Dark Lady of the Sonnets | Beefeater | Baylor Studio |
| MUSICAL THEATER | ||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puck | Shakespeare Festival of Dallas |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Perchik | Jewish Community Center-Dallas |
| Beguiled Again | Bartender | Theatre Three |
| Alexander and the...Bad Day | Anthony, Paul | Dallas Children's Theater |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Perchik | Granbury Opera House |
| Annie Warbucks | F.D.R. | Granbury Opera House |
| George M! | Quartet, the Stage Manager | Granbury Opera House |
| Those Marvelous Movies! | Cabaret Soloist | Baylor University Fund Raiser |
| How to Succeed...! | Bud Frump | Baylor University |
| OTHER | ||
| GameStop | Store Clerk | Regional Commercial |
| One Vote, Make it Count | Speaking Role | Daystar Television Nat'l Ad Campaign |
| Paws and Tales: Esther | Bigthan | Nat'l Radio Broadcast |
| Festival Cabaret | Soloist | Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival |
| Summer Season 1998 | Costume Character | Six Flags Fiesta Texas |
| TRAINING | ||
| BFA in Theater Performance from Baylor University, 2002 | Acting, Meisner: | Deborah Mogford |
| Acting Shakespeare | Pat Cook | |
| Voice: | Jon Truitt, Glenn Beals | |
| Speech (Lessac Technique): | Deborah Mogford | |
| Voice Over: | Randy Tallman | |
| Dance | Jerry MacLaughlin (tap, jazz, Fosse, ballet) | |
| Movement | Karen Flygare |
SPECIAL SKILLS Play the Ukulele and the Ocarina, Dialects (British, Australian, Southern, French, German, Dutch, Vietnamese), character voices, costumes, juggling, sword fighting (sabres), stage combat (throws, pratfalls), learning to ride a unicycle(!), web design, playwright
*Download a Microsoft Word version of this resume by clicking here.
Business Resume
(for Acting, click here)
John Forkner
Cell:(214) 395-7759
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Baylor University
Home Bio Headshots Resumes Reviews Contact
Copyright 2004 by NTC Web Design. Contact Webmaster for more information.