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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

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Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!
The Old Man in A Christmas Story: The Musical
Seabon Faulk, HaHa Jones, Farley Wood in A Christmas Memory




= Drury Lane Theatre, Illinois

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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




= Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, Illinois

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His fifteen productions include:

Max in Sunset Boulevard
Georges in La Cage Aux Folles
Billy Flynn in Chicago




= Court Theatre, Chicago

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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
Twelfth Night
Piano
Life's a Dream
The Learned Ladies
Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards
Gross Indecency
Nora
The Little Foxes
La Bête
Putting It Together
An Ideal Husband
The Cherry Orchard
Old Times
Tartuffe
The Philadelphia Story
The Play's the Thing
Henry IV, Part 1
Travesties
The Misanthrope
The Triumph of Love
Cloud Nine
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Woyzeck
The Seagull




= Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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King John
The Moliere Comedies
The Winter's Tale




= Northlight

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Woody Guthrie's American Song
Enter the Guardsman




= Steppenwolf Theatre Company

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The Ballad of Littke Jo




Works






= The Christmas Schooner

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With Julie Shannon creating the music and lyrics, 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 captain who risks life and limb to transport fir trees from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Chicago's German immigrants during the late 19th century.




= Let the Eagle Fly

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With Shannon again creating the music and lyrics, Reeger wrote Let the Eagle Fly, the story of Cesar Chavez.




Personal life


He is married to Paula Scrofano and has two children.




See also


Theatre in Chicago




References






External links


Author Biography by Music Theatre International (MTI)
University of Missouri-Rolla's production
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Review of Winter's Tale by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Review of James Joyce's "The Dead" at Court Theatre

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