John Bolen is an actor/playwright/novelist.
John’s plays have been produced throughout the U.S. They include: Count Down the Thunder (New Jersey Repertory, Longbranch, N.J.; Red Room Theatre, New York, N.Y.; Stages Theatre, Fullerton CA), Best Chance, Chance Best (Chance Theater, Anaheim Hills CA; Cabrillo Playhouse, San Clemente CA), Waiting (Theatre@First, Somerville, Mass.; NewGate Theatre, Providence, R.I.; Newport Theatre Arts Center, Newport Beach CA; Thalian Hall Studio Center, Wilmington N.C.; Costa Mesa Playhouse, Costa Mesa, CA), For Bidden (Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood, CA; The Asylum Theatre, Hollywood, CA), A Song for Me (Secret Rose), Goodnight, Joe (Lincoln Square Theatre, Chicago, Ill.; Costa Mesa Playhouse), Nothing for Christmas (Malibu Stage Company, Malibu, CA; Chance Theater; Costa Mesa Playhouse), Sands of Discontent (Vanguard Theatre, Fullerton, CA; Costa Mesa Playhouse), Sunday (Garden Grove Playhouse, Garden Grove, CA; Vanguard Theatre; staged readings at Palm Springs Playwrights Circle, Palm Springs, CA & Don Cribb Theatre, Santa Ana, CA), Loreto (Vanguard), ‘Tween Time (Gallery Theatre, Anaheim CA), A Christmas Frail (Empire Theatre, Santa Ana CA), Kris’ Hopes (Chance), Expectations (Chance), Believing (Chance), Rudy in Saigon (Chance), Not Larabie (Costa Mesa), David (Costa Mesa), Lawanda (staged readings: Genesius Theatre Guild, New York NY; Theatre Neo, Los Angeles CA; Underground Theatre, Hollywood, CA), A Tangled Affair (staged reading: Empire Theatre), and The Hidden Dark (staged reading: Theatre Neo).
John’s play for a young audience, Aurelia’s Magic, (under its original title Dancing on a Grave), was produced by the Vanguard Theatre and Garden Grove Playhouse. Readers Theater Television produced Dancing on a Grave, and radio play adaptation was produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre and was broadcast on 111 other stations across the United States through the National Public Radio system. Aurelia’s Magic is published by YouthPLAYS (youthplays.com). John has just completed a novel adapted from the story of Aurelia’s Magic.
As an actor, John has worked extensively in theatres throughout Southern California, including the Chance Theater; Secret Rose Theatre; Lillian Theatre, Hollywood; East West Players, Los Angeles; El Portal Center for the Arts, North Hollywood; and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. John is a member of Theatre NEO. He has appeared in numerous feature films and TV shows. As a voice actor, John has recorded forty audiobooks.
John is the Producing Artistic Director for the New Voices Playwrights’ Theatre.
Contact John at j.e.bolen@gmail.com.
