John Evans Reese

John is a graduate of Yale School of Drama’s lost class of 2020 due to the COVID crisis. Some of his favorite credits include: A Taste of Honey (The Pearl Theatre Company, directed by Austin Pendleton); Way to Heaven (Repertorio Español, NYTimes Critic’s Pick); Lord of the Flies (Barrington Stage Company); An Inspector Calls (Pioneer Theatre Company); This is Our Youth (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre); The History Boys (Palm Beach Dramaworks); Shakespeare’s R&J (Cygnet Theatre) and The Way of the World (Franklin Stage).

YSD credits include: In His Hands; or the gay christian play; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; Pivot; Shoot Her, Shooter; Trouble in Mind; shakespeare’s as u like it; Alice; and Mr. Burns, a post-electric play. Other credits include Cock; NOVIOS PART 1, NPC, Truck 3 (Yale Cabaret), The Conduct of Life (Yale Summer Cabaret).

He is the recipient of Yale School of Drama’s Oliver Thorndike Acting Award, and was the Jerome L. Greene Fellow from 2019-2020. His formal training includes the British American Drama Academy Midsummer in Oxford, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. He is a proud member of the Actor’s Center and Actor’s Equity. @johnevansreese