Curriculum Vitae
Publications (web links provided where applicable)
DC Theatre Arts - Theatre critic and contributing writer, 2021-
Apr 4, 2023 - Review, All My Sons by Bowie Community Theatre
Oct 17, 2022 - Review, Design For Murder at Little Theatre of Alexandria
May 13, 2022 - Review, Memoirs of a Forgotten Man at Washington Stage Guild
May 10, 2021 - Review, Serious Adverse Effects by Rapid Lemon Productions
Feb 10, 2021 - Review, Tape by TheSharedScreen
DC Theatre Scene - Theatre critic and contributing writer 2017-20
(Website stopped publishing Dec 2020, links still active)
Apr 7, 2020 - Article, How I Got Hooked On Theatre
Mar 18, 2020 - Review, Henry V by Brave Spirits Theatre
Mar 12, 2020 - Article, Defining and defending the gray area: the invisibility of small professional theatre
Feb 19, 2020 - Review, Henry IV, pt 2 by Brave Spirits Theatre
Feb 4, 2020 - Review, Henry IV, pt 1 by Brave Spirits Theatre
Jan 7 2020 - Review, Richard II by Brave Spirits Theatre
Dec 10 2019 - Review, Other Desert Cities by Peace Mountain Theatre Co
Nov 8 2019 - Review, Havel Project by Alliance for New Music-Theatre
Sep 20 2019 - Review, Surfacing by ExPats Theatre
Aug 20 2019 - Review, Betrayal by 4615 Theatre
Aug 15 2019 - Review, Enron by 4615 Theatre
Jun 3 2019 - Review, Richard III at Synetic Theatre
May 17 2019 - Review, Mary Stuart at Olney Theatre Center
May 12 2019 - Review, The Great Commedia Murder Mystery by Faction of Fools
Apr 13 2019 - Review, As You Like It by Brave Spirits Theatre
Mar 21 2019 - Review, Henry IV, pt 2 at Chesapeake Shakespeare Co
Mar 13 2019 - Review, Queen of Basel at Studio Theatre
Sep 21 2018 - Review, Pramkicker by Taffety Punk Theatre
Sep 12 2018 - Review, Macbeth at Folger Theatre
Jul 30 2018 - Review, Macbeth by 4615 Theatre Co
Jul 14 2018 - Review, The Accidental Pilgrim by Theatre Du Jour
Jul 6 2018 - Review, A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chesapeake Shakespeare Co
Jun 19 2018 - Review, The Vagrant Trilogy at Mosaic Theatre Co
Jun 8 2018 - Article, Until - A Look at Recent #metoo Moments in Boston and Elsewhere
May 27 2018 - Review, Pericles by We Happy Few
May 16 2018 - Review, The Invisible Hand at Olney Theatre Center
Apr 23 2018 - Review, The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Constellation Theatre Co
Apr 10 2018 - Review, The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Landless Theatre Co
Apr 5 2018 - Review, Cabaret Noir at Happenstance Theater
Mar 21 2018 - Review, The Winter's Tale at Chesapeake Shakespeare Co
Feb 20 2018 - Review, Hobson's Choice at Quotidian Theatre Co
Dec 14 2017 - Review, Fiddler on the Roof at Compass Rose Theater
Dec 5 2017 - Review, The Book Of Will at Round House Theatre
Nov 21 2017 - Review, Misterman at Solas Nua
Nov 3 2017 - Interview, Sara Barker Defends Her Life
Oct 19 2017 - Interview, Director & Design Team of Antony and Cleopatra
Oct 17 2017 - Review, Antony and Cleopatra at Folger Theatre
Oct 10 2017 - Review, Our Town at Olney Theatre Center
Subplots, Perry Library of Theatre Annual Journal, Vol. 1 2017
Theater Mirror - Freelance critic for online Boston-area theatre website (1999, 2010)
Nov ’10 - Review, I Am Hamlet at the Boston Center for the Arts
Dec ’99 – Review, The Message at the Players Ring (post has been removed)
Sep ’99 – Review, Ulysses at the Players Ring
Apr ’99 – Review, True West at the Edwin Booth Project
Apr ’99 – Review, Lovers at the Players Ring
Apr ’99 – Review, Of Mice and Men at the American Stage Festival
Portfolio Magazine – Portsmouth NH monthly arts magazine (print-only, now defunct); regular columnist/essayist, 1996-98
Mar ’98 – preview of two plays, Angel and Mortal Thought at the Players Ring
Feb ’98 – “Avner is Coming! Avner is Coming!” (Interview with famed clown/mime Avner the Eccentric)
Dec ’97 – preview of A Christmas Carol at Rochester Opera House
Nov ’97 – “Harvey – Community Theatre Is Alive And Well”
May ’97 – essay, “Why I Left LA”
Apr ’97 – preview of South Pacific at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Mar ’97 – preview of Death of a Salesman at the Edwin Booth Project
Feb ’97 – preview of Taming of the Shrew at the Players Ring
Jan ’97 – preview of Inherit The Wind at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Oct ’96 – “Macbeth – That Scottish Play” preview of Macbeth at Durham Centerstage
Portsmouth Herald – Portsmouth NH daily newspaper; freelance theatre critic (1994-95)
Oct ’95 – Review of Serving His Master at the Players Ring
Sep ’95 – Review of The Music Man at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Jul 27 1995 – "Brimming with Good Will" Review of The Will Rogers Follies at the Hampton Playhouse
Jul 13 1995 - "A musical with Heart" Review of Damn Yankees at the Hampton Playhouse
Dec 16 1994 – “Do Get Into The Woods” Review of Into The Woods at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Nov 24 1994 – “Simon Says Laugh” Review of Prisoner of Second Avenue at the Players Ring
Oct 28 1994 – “Black Widow Cast Shines, Script Reminiscent” Review of Black Widow at the Players Ring
Articles Written About Me (web links provided where applicable)
Portsmouth Herald, Jun 26 2007, Jeanne McCartin: “Jack of All Trades”
Feature article covering my professional journey from home to NYC to DC, and my return to guest-direct Henry V for the Players Ring and perform in The Nina Variations.
Portsmouth Herald, Oct 14 2003, Jeanne McCartin: “From Big Apple to Port City”
Feature article documenting my return visit from NYC to guest-direct A Lie of the Mind for Theatre on the Rocks at the Players’ Ring.
Portsmouth Herald, Oct 22 1999, Jeanne McCartin: “A Powerful Form of Storytelling”
Feature article and interview, tied in with an upcoming lead role in the Players’ Ring production of Serving His Master
Portsmouth Herald, Sep 22 1994, George Hosker: “‘Adequate’ Theatre”
Feature article focusing on the opening of A Life In The Theatre, the premiere production of the Adequate Players.
Produced Plays and Shorts
2010 – Our Town Plus Zombies, a one-hour horror parody of the third act of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, in which the dead of Grovers Corners come back to life.
PRODUCTIONS:
1993 – Rumpelstiltskin, a one-hour play significantly re-written from an adaptation by Bill Hayden, performed by the Young Company of the American Stage Festival, Milford NH
Unproduced Plays & Shorts
1995 – Basher, a 10-minute short in which a gay-basher and his would-be victim make an unexpected connection.
DC Theatre Arts - Theatre critic and contributing writer, 2021-
Apr 4, 2023 - Review, All My Sons by Bowie Community Theatre
Oct 17, 2022 - Review, Design For Murder at Little Theatre of Alexandria
May 13, 2022 - Review, Memoirs of a Forgotten Man at Washington Stage Guild
May 10, 2021 - Review, Serious Adverse Effects by Rapid Lemon Productions
Feb 10, 2021 - Review, Tape by TheSharedScreen
DC Theatre Scene - Theatre critic and contributing writer 2017-20
(Website stopped publishing Dec 2020, links still active)
Apr 7, 2020 - Article, How I Got Hooked On Theatre
Mar 18, 2020 - Review, Henry V by Brave Spirits Theatre
Mar 12, 2020 - Article, Defining and defending the gray area: the invisibility of small professional theatre
Feb 19, 2020 - Review, Henry IV, pt 2 by Brave Spirits Theatre
Feb 4, 2020 - Review, Henry IV, pt 1 by Brave Spirits Theatre
Jan 7 2020 - Review, Richard II by Brave Spirits Theatre
Dec 10 2019 - Review, Other Desert Cities by Peace Mountain Theatre Co
Nov 8 2019 - Review, Havel Project by Alliance for New Music-Theatre
Sep 20 2019 - Review, Surfacing by ExPats Theatre
Aug 20 2019 - Review, Betrayal by 4615 Theatre
Aug 15 2019 - Review, Enron by 4615 Theatre
Jun 3 2019 - Review, Richard III at Synetic Theatre
May 17 2019 - Review, Mary Stuart at Olney Theatre Center
May 12 2019 - Review, The Great Commedia Murder Mystery by Faction of Fools
Apr 13 2019 - Review, As You Like It by Brave Spirits Theatre
Mar 21 2019 - Review, Henry IV, pt 2 at Chesapeake Shakespeare Co
Mar 13 2019 - Review, Queen of Basel at Studio Theatre
Sep 21 2018 - Review, Pramkicker by Taffety Punk Theatre
Sep 12 2018 - Review, Macbeth at Folger Theatre
Jul 30 2018 - Review, Macbeth by 4615 Theatre Co
Jul 14 2018 - Review, The Accidental Pilgrim by Theatre Du Jour
Jul 6 2018 - Review, A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chesapeake Shakespeare Co
Jun 19 2018 - Review, The Vagrant Trilogy at Mosaic Theatre Co
Jun 8 2018 - Article, Until - A Look at Recent #metoo Moments in Boston and Elsewhere
May 27 2018 - Review, Pericles by We Happy Few
May 16 2018 - Review, The Invisible Hand at Olney Theatre Center
Apr 23 2018 - Review, The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Constellation Theatre Co
Apr 10 2018 - Review, The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Landless Theatre Co
Apr 5 2018 - Review, Cabaret Noir at Happenstance Theater
Mar 21 2018 - Review, The Winter's Tale at Chesapeake Shakespeare Co
Feb 20 2018 - Review, Hobson's Choice at Quotidian Theatre Co
Dec 14 2017 - Review, Fiddler on the Roof at Compass Rose Theater
Dec 5 2017 - Review, The Book Of Will at Round House Theatre
Nov 21 2017 - Review, Misterman at Solas Nua
Nov 3 2017 - Interview, Sara Barker Defends Her Life
Oct 19 2017 - Interview, Director & Design Team of Antony and Cleopatra
Oct 17 2017 - Review, Antony and Cleopatra at Folger Theatre
Oct 10 2017 - Review, Our Town at Olney Theatre Center
Subplots, Perry Library of Theatre Annual Journal, Vol. 1 2017
Theater Mirror - Freelance critic for online Boston-area theatre website (1999, 2010)
Nov ’10 - Review, I Am Hamlet at the Boston Center for the Arts
Dec ’99 – Review, The Message at the Players Ring (post has been removed)
Sep ’99 – Review, Ulysses at the Players Ring
Apr ’99 – Review, True West at the Edwin Booth Project
Apr ’99 – Review, Lovers at the Players Ring
Apr ’99 – Review, Of Mice and Men at the American Stage Festival
Portfolio Magazine – Portsmouth NH monthly arts magazine (print-only, now defunct); regular columnist/essayist, 1996-98
Mar ’98 – preview of two plays, Angel and Mortal Thought at the Players Ring
Feb ’98 – “Avner is Coming! Avner is Coming!” (Interview with famed clown/mime Avner the Eccentric)
Dec ’97 – preview of A Christmas Carol at Rochester Opera House
Nov ’97 – “Harvey – Community Theatre Is Alive And Well”
May ’97 – essay, “Why I Left LA”
Apr ’97 – preview of South Pacific at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Mar ’97 – preview of Death of a Salesman at the Edwin Booth Project
Feb ’97 – preview of Taming of the Shrew at the Players Ring
Jan ’97 – preview of Inherit The Wind at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Oct ’96 – “Macbeth – That Scottish Play” preview of Macbeth at Durham Centerstage
Portsmouth Herald – Portsmouth NH daily newspaper; freelance theatre critic (1994-95)
Oct ’95 – Review of Serving His Master at the Players Ring
Sep ’95 – Review of The Music Man at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Jul 27 1995 – "Brimming with Good Will" Review of The Will Rogers Follies at the Hampton Playhouse
Jul 13 1995 - "A musical with Heart" Review of Damn Yankees at the Hampton Playhouse
Dec 16 1994 – “Do Get Into The Woods” Review of Into The Woods at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
Nov 24 1994 – “Simon Says Laugh” Review of Prisoner of Second Avenue at the Players Ring
Oct 28 1994 – “Black Widow Cast Shines, Script Reminiscent” Review of Black Widow at the Players Ring
Articles Written About Me (web links provided where applicable)
Portsmouth Herald, Jun 26 2007, Jeanne McCartin: “Jack of All Trades”
Feature article covering my professional journey from home to NYC to DC, and my return to guest-direct Henry V for the Players Ring and perform in The Nina Variations.
Portsmouth Herald, Oct 14 2003, Jeanne McCartin: “From Big Apple to Port City”
Feature article documenting my return visit from NYC to guest-direct A Lie of the Mind for Theatre on the Rocks at the Players’ Ring.
Portsmouth Herald, Oct 22 1999, Jeanne McCartin: “A Powerful Form of Storytelling”
Feature article and interview, tied in with an upcoming lead role in the Players’ Ring production of Serving His Master
Portsmouth Herald, Sep 22 1994, George Hosker: “‘Adequate’ Theatre”
Feature article focusing on the opening of A Life In The Theatre, the premiere production of the Adequate Players.
Produced Plays and Shorts
2010 – Our Town Plus Zombies, a one-hour horror parody of the third act of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, in which the dead of Grovers Corners come back to life.
- 2010 Staged reading by Generic Theater, Portsmouth NH
- 2018 Fringe PVD, Providence RI
- 2019 Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC
PRODUCTIONS:
- 2009 Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC; Pick of the Fringe Winner: Best Experimental Production
- 2016 Fringe PVD, Providence RI
- 2017 Fringe Seacoast, Dover NH
1993 – Rumpelstiltskin, a one-hour play significantly re-written from an adaptation by Bill Hayden, performed by the Young Company of the American Stage Festival, Milford NH
Unproduced Plays & Shorts
1995 – Basher, a 10-minute short in which a gay-basher and his would-be victim make an unexpected connection.
Professional Affiliations
Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Co-Founder, Artistic Director, November 2012 - October 2017
- Leadership of a non-union performing arts organization with a $50k annual budget.
- In partnership with senior production team, planned full seasons of 3-4 productions per year in addition to special events and playreadings.
- Gained attention for innovative Pay What You Can business model and commitment to stipends for all actors, crew and designers.
- Company earned 14 IRNE nominations and 3 IRNE awards (as of 2017)
- Performed in three productions, earning 2 IRNE nominations
- Directed four productions, including 2016's Wit which recieved 6 IRNE nominations and won three (Best Production, Director and Actress)
Small Theatre Alliance of Boston, Boston MA
Space Initiative Committee Chair, Dec 2012 - 2013
President, Jan - Dec 2012
General Manager, Dec 2010 - Jan 2012
Liaison between Executive Committee and various Subcommittees. Short and long-term strategizing for fostering relations and support between member organizations/artists, and advocacy for small, start-up, underground and “Fringe” theatre.
Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition, Boston MA
Steering Committee, Jun 12 - 13
Theatre Communications Group
Host Committee for 2012 TCG Conference, Nov 2011 - Jul 2012
Co-Chair, Volunteer Subcommittee - Organized and coordinated volunteers for 2012 TCG Conference in Boston.
The Adequate Players
Founder, Producer, Artistic Director
The banner under which I self-produced various theatrical productions from 1994 - 2010.
2019 - Producer/Director/Playwright/Actor, Our Town Plus Zombies (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC)
2010 – Producer, The Nina Variations (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC)
2009 – Writer/Producer, Bad Hamlet (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC)
Winner: Pick of the Fringe, Best Experimental Production
2007 – Producer/Director/Actor, The Nina Variations (Players Ring, Portsmouth NH)
2001 – Producer/Director, Come In From The Rain (Variety Theatre at Rockefeller Center, NYC)
2000 – Producer/Director, Goodly Creatures (Players Ring, Portsmouth NH)
1994 – Producer/Director/Actor, A Life in the Theatre (Players Ring, Portsmouth NH)
Playwrights Theater, NYC, Steven Kennedy Murphy, artistic director
Visiting Artist, Jan-Mar 2004
Invited to participate in readings of Now I Ask You by Eugene O’Neill and Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, plus Meisner workshops.
Michael Chekhov Theater, NYC, Michael Horn, artistic director
In-House Director, February-May 2004
Part of a stable of directors presenting scenes and plays in-house for peer-review as well as for potential future public productions. Directed Steven Deitz’s The Nina Variations, presented in-house in April 2004 and performed in May.
Ten Grand and a Burger Productions, NYC, Justin Nadal, artistic director
Company member, February-May 2004
Assisted with creation and production of a regular playreading series that began readings in May 2004.
The Players Ring, Portsmouth NH, Gary Newton, founder/producer, Barbara Newton, current producing director
Actor, director, producer, Nov ’93 – Jul ‘07
Acted, directed, produced or otherwise assisted on over two dozen productions, produced either by the Players’ Ring itself or by numerous resident companies. Most recently produced, directed, and text-edited a modern dress production of Henry V, and acted/directed an acclaimed staging of Steven Dietz’s The Nina Variations.
Theatre on the Rocks, Bruce Allen & Anne Rehner, producers
Company member, 1993 – 2000, 2003
Portsmouth, NH based non-professional theatre company. Acted, directed, produced or otherwise contributed to numerous productions, assisted in readings and play selection. Returned in 2003 to direct Shepard’s “A Lie of the Mind,” which received two Spotlight Award nominations. (Company no longer operating)
Generic Theater
Company member, 1994-2000
Portsmouth, NH based non-profit theatre collective. Acted, directed, or otherwise contributed to numerous productions. Co-organized and participated in regular playreading series. Served as company secretary.
Without A Clue Mystery Players, Bruce Allen, producer
Company member, 1993-2000
Kittery ME/Portsmouth NH based dinner theater company; Bruce Allen, artistic director. Acted in and assisted in development of improv-based (and bad pun-laden) murder mystery dinner productions presented in Seacoast-area restaurants. (Company no longer operating.)
Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Co-Founder, Artistic Director, November 2012 - October 2017
- Leadership of a non-union performing arts organization with a $50k annual budget.
- In partnership with senior production team, planned full seasons of 3-4 productions per year in addition to special events and playreadings.
- Gained attention for innovative Pay What You Can business model and commitment to stipends for all actors, crew and designers.
- Company earned 14 IRNE nominations and 3 IRNE awards (as of 2017)
- Performed in three productions, earning 2 IRNE nominations
- Directed four productions, including 2016's Wit which recieved 6 IRNE nominations and won three (Best Production, Director and Actress)
Small Theatre Alliance of Boston, Boston MA
Space Initiative Committee Chair, Dec 2012 - 2013
President, Jan - Dec 2012
General Manager, Dec 2010 - Jan 2012
Liaison between Executive Committee and various Subcommittees. Short and long-term strategizing for fostering relations and support between member organizations/artists, and advocacy for small, start-up, underground and “Fringe” theatre.
Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition, Boston MA
Steering Committee, Jun 12 - 13
Theatre Communications Group
Host Committee for 2012 TCG Conference, Nov 2011 - Jul 2012
Co-Chair, Volunteer Subcommittee - Organized and coordinated volunteers for 2012 TCG Conference in Boston.
The Adequate Players
Founder, Producer, Artistic Director
The banner under which I self-produced various theatrical productions from 1994 - 2010.
2019 - Producer/Director/Playwright/Actor, Our Town Plus Zombies (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC)
2010 – Producer, The Nina Variations (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC)
2009 – Writer/Producer, Bad Hamlet (Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC)
Winner: Pick of the Fringe, Best Experimental Production
2007 – Producer/Director/Actor, The Nina Variations (Players Ring, Portsmouth NH)
2001 – Producer/Director, Come In From The Rain (Variety Theatre at Rockefeller Center, NYC)
2000 – Producer/Director, Goodly Creatures (Players Ring, Portsmouth NH)
1994 – Producer/Director/Actor, A Life in the Theatre (Players Ring, Portsmouth NH)
Playwrights Theater, NYC, Steven Kennedy Murphy, artistic director
Visiting Artist, Jan-Mar 2004
Invited to participate in readings of Now I Ask You by Eugene O’Neill and Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, plus Meisner workshops.
Michael Chekhov Theater, NYC, Michael Horn, artistic director
In-House Director, February-May 2004
Part of a stable of directors presenting scenes and plays in-house for peer-review as well as for potential future public productions. Directed Steven Deitz’s The Nina Variations, presented in-house in April 2004 and performed in May.
Ten Grand and a Burger Productions, NYC, Justin Nadal, artistic director
Company member, February-May 2004
Assisted with creation and production of a regular playreading series that began readings in May 2004.
The Players Ring, Portsmouth NH, Gary Newton, founder/producer, Barbara Newton, current producing director
Actor, director, producer, Nov ’93 – Jul ‘07
Acted, directed, produced or otherwise assisted on over two dozen productions, produced either by the Players’ Ring itself or by numerous resident companies. Most recently produced, directed, and text-edited a modern dress production of Henry V, and acted/directed an acclaimed staging of Steven Dietz’s The Nina Variations.
Theatre on the Rocks, Bruce Allen & Anne Rehner, producers
Company member, 1993 – 2000, 2003
Portsmouth, NH based non-professional theatre company. Acted, directed, produced or otherwise contributed to numerous productions, assisted in readings and play selection. Returned in 2003 to direct Shepard’s “A Lie of the Mind,” which received two Spotlight Award nominations. (Company no longer operating)
Generic Theater
Company member, 1994-2000
Portsmouth, NH based non-profit theatre collective. Acted, directed, or otherwise contributed to numerous productions. Co-organized and participated in regular playreading series. Served as company secretary.
Without A Clue Mystery Players, Bruce Allen, producer
Company member, 1993-2000
Kittery ME/Portsmouth NH based dinner theater company; Bruce Allen, artistic director. Acted in and assisted in development of improv-based (and bad pun-laden) murder mystery dinner productions presented in Seacoast-area restaurants. (Company no longer operating.)