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'''John Reeger''' is a Chicago actor and playwright. He is married to Paula Scrofano and has two children, Adam and Alison Reeger.
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'''John Reeger''' (born 20th century) is an American actor and playwright, based in [[Chicago]].
 
==Performances==
===[[Theatre at the Center]], [[Munster, Indiana]]===
* Horace Vandergelder in ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
* The Old Man in ''[[A Christmas Story: The Musical]]''
* Seabon Faulk, HaHa Jones, Farley Wood in ''[[A Christmas Memory (musical)|A Christmas Memory]]''
 
===[[Drury Lane Theatre (Illinois)|Drury Lane Theatre]], Illinois===
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] in ''[[Sherlock's Last Case]]''
* The Wizard in ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]''
* Scrooge in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''
* John Barrymore in ''[[I Hate Hamlet]]''
* Capt Hook in ''[[Peter Pan]]'
* Fagin in ''[[Oliver!]]''
* Henry Higgins in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''
* Franz in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=30 August 2011 |title=Drury Lane's The Sound of Music Has Tony Nominee Patti Cohenour; Cast Announced |url=https://playbill.com/article/drury-lanes-the-sound-of-music-has-tony-nominee-patti-cohenour-cast-announced-com-182165 |url-status=live |website=www.playbill.com}}</ref>
 
===The [[Marriott Theatre]], [[Lincolnshire, Illinois]]===
His fifteen productions include:
* Max in ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''
* Georges in ''[[La Cage Aux FolliesFolles]]''
* Billy Flynn in ''[[Chicago]]''
 
===[[Court Theatre (Chicago)|Court Theatre]], Chicago===
His thirty productions include:
* Gabriel Conroy in ''[[James Joyce's "The Dead"]]''
* Polonius in ''[[Hamlet]]''
* Malvolio in ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
* Col. Pickering in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''
* ''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]''
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
* ''[[Piano (play)|Piano]]''
* ''[[Life’sLife's a Dream]]''
* ''[[The Learned Ladies]]''
* ''[[Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards]]''
* ''[[Gross Indecency]]''
* ''[[Nora (EWTC show)|Nora]]''
* ''[[The Little Foxes]]''
* ''[[La Bête (play)|La Bête]]''
* ''[[Putting It Together]]''
* ''[[An Ideal Husband]]''
* ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
* ''[[Old Times]]''
* ''[[Tartuffe]]''
* ''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]''
* ''[[The Play's the Thing (play)|The Play's the Thing]]''
* ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]''
* ''[[Travesties]]''
* ''[[The Misanthrope]]''
* ''[[The Triumph of Love (play)|The Triumph of Love]]''
* ''[[Cloud Nine (play)|Cloud Nine]]''
* ''[[A Midsummer Night’sNight's Dream]]''
* ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
* ''[[Woyzeck]]''
* ''[[The Seagull]]''
 
===[[Chicago Shakespeare Theater]]===
* ''[[The Life and Death of King John|King John]]''
* ''[[The Moliere Comedies]]''
* ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''
 
===[[Northlight]]===
* ''[[Woody Guthrie's American Song]]''
* ''[[Enter the Guardsman]]''
 
===[[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]]===
* ''[[The Ballad of Little Jo#Stage musical|The Ballad of Littke Jo]]''
 
==Works==
===''The Christmas Schooner''===
With [[Julie Shannon]] creating the music and lyrics, '''John Reeger''' wrote ''[[The Christmas Schooner]]'' which premiered at Chicago's [[Bailiwick Repertory Theatre]] and received the 1996 [[Chicago After Dark Award]] for outstanding new work. A twelve-year (as of 2006) continuing seasonal run has followed as well as a CD, and productions in the Midwest, Texas and California have also been successful.
 
Based on the true story of a [[Great Lakes]] Schooner[[schooner]] captain who risks life and limb to transport [[fir treestree]]s from Michigan'sthe [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]] to Chicago's German immigrants during the late 19th century.
 
===''Let the Eagle Fly''===
With [[Julie Shannon]] again creating the music and lyrics, John Reeger wrote ''Let the Eagle Fly'', the story of [[Cesar Chavez]].
 
==Personal life==
 
'''John Reeger''' is a Chicago actor and playwright. He is married to Paula Scrofano and has two children, Adam and Alison Reeger.
 
==See also==
* [[TheTheatre Christmasin SchoonerChicago]]
* [[Cesar Chavez]]
* [[Drury Lane Theatre (Chicago)|Drury Lane Theatre]]
* [[Court Theatre (Chicago)|Court Theatre]]
* [[Chicago Shakespeare Theatre]]
* [[Northlight]]
* [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061128150756/http://www.mtishows.com/bio.asp?bID=3374 Author Biography by Music Theatre International (MTI)]
* [http://calendar.mst.edu/index.php?go=view&parentID=3027&popup=yes&cat= University of Missouri-Rolla's production]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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