JAKE EGAN O’HARA:

RESUME & C.V.

(The Black and white)

EDUCATION:

BA (HONS) DRAMA, APPLIED THEATRE AND EDUCATION          

• The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK

MASTERS COURSE WORK (CONCENTRATION: DRAMATIC ARTS)  

• Harvard University and Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA

TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Private Tutor, English/Literacy; Humanities/History; Theatre; Post-Secondary Planning (2009- Present)

• Website Designer/Webmaster, Nantucket Magic, Nantucket, MA (2021-Present)

• Distance Learning Curriculum Developer, Content Creator and Online Teaching Webmaster, The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA 01776 (2020 - Present)

• Admissions Committee Co-Chair, The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA 01776 (2016 - Present)

• Makeup and Hair Contest Adjudicator, Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild, Drama Festival (2009-2020)

• Master Teacher (Hair and Makeup), Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild (2014 - Present)

• Workshop Leader, Playwriting and Visual Storytelling: Listen and You Will Hear; Watch and You Will See (2014 - Present)

• Workshop Leader, Personal Narrative in Performance: I Am Who I Am and What I Mean to Be (2014 - Present)

• Workshop Leader, Playwriting: This is My Telling You (2014 - Present)

• Workshop Leader, Playwriting and Visual Storytelling: Writing Your Story; Owning Your Narrative (2014 - Present)

• Development, Marketing and PR Officer, The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA 01776 (2014 - Present)

• Freelance Acting, Design, Dramaturgy and Voice Coach (2013 - Present)

• Founding Artistic Director, The Moving Statues Theatre Company, Sudbury, MA 01776 (2009 - Present)

• Head of Theatre and Performance Studies, The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA 01776 (2007- Present)

  
  

MEMBER AFFILIATIONS/ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Member, The Board of Directors, FUSE Theatre of Connecticut, West Haven, CT (2020 - August, 2023)

• Contributing Highlighted Member, Sohomuse [ Founder: Conseulo Vanderbilt Costin, Duchess of Marlborough] (2018- Present)

• Host, The Boarding House Restaurant, Nantucket MA (2018)

• Private Chef (Freelance), National (2017 - Present)

• Member, The New Hollywood LGBT (2016 - 2020)

• Stage Manager, The Boston Pride Festival, Boston, MA (2013)

• Member and Adjudicator, The Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild (2009 - 2020)

• Assistant VIP/Marketing and Outreach Manager, The Donkey Show, American Repertory Theatre/Club Oberon, Cambridge, MA (2011-2012)

• Member, The Broccoli Hall Development Committee (2010 - Present)

• Scene/Be Scene/ Custom Creatives: Personal Wardrobe, Hair and Makeup Stylist/Wardrobe Curator for Musicians, Public Figures, Recording Artists and VIPS: Belles of the Balls and Beasts Alike, London, UK; New York, Boston, Los Angeles USA [Current Client list includes Michael Judson Berry; Alice Ripley; Jorge Donoso; Nancy Shakerley; Elle Millar; Kae Ryenne; Colin Malette; Elizabeth Flemming; Tina Scariano] (2012 - Present)

  
  

  AS A PLAYWRIGHT:

• Never Land: A Musical (2019): Music and Lyrics by Graham Peck; Book and Additional Lyrics by Jake Egan O’Hara; Orchestrations by John David Eldridge

•Touching Ground (2007): Docudrama/Verbatim Theatre one-act highlighting the homeless community of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE:

• Matilda the Musical (2023) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall/The Umbrella Center for the Arts

• James and the Giant Peach - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Mary Poppins (2022) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall/Fine Arts Theatre

• Spring Awakening (2021) - Self Produced, National: A response to the social and racial inequitude in the United States, as well as the Global Health Crisis (COVID-19). Production featured a mix of AEA and local actors, performers, designers, technicians, and visual storytellers.

  (TRAILER AVAILABLE HERE)

• Evita (2020) - The Corwin- Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Little Shop of Horrors (2019) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Disney’s The Lion King, Jr. (2019) - Concord Middle School, Concord MA

• Never Land ( 2019) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Assassins (2018) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Billy Elliot (2018) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Alice in Wonderland (2017) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Seed is Planted; Now STEM Grows; Full STEAM Ahead: A Festival of Shorts, Scenes and Musical Perspectives Celebrating the Arts, Sciences and Ourselves (2017) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall (in collaboration with John Eldridge and Lenni Kmiec)

• Sister Act (2017) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Wind in the Willows (2016) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Disney's The Little Mermaid (2016) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Little Prince (2015) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Oliver! (2015) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Peter and Wendy (2014) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Cinderella (2014) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Spring Awakening (2013 and 2014) - The Lexington Players

• Big Friendly Giant (2013) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• AIDA (2013) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Alice in Wonderland (2012) -The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Producers (2012) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• The Snow Queen (2012) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Jekyll & Hyde (2011) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Jungle Book (2010) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Maids (2010) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Legally Blonde - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• Camelot (2010) -- The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (2009) -The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Secret Garden (2008) - The Alexander Children's Theatre School

• The Producers (2008) - The Umbrella Arts Center

• Beauty and the Beast (2008) -- The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (2007) -The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

  THEATRICAL COSTUME AND/OR SCENIC DESIGN:

• Matilda the Musical (2023): Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• James and the Giant Peach (upcoming): The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Beauty and the Beast (upcoming; with “Enchantress” specialty design work by Travis M.Grant): Wayne Academy, Waynesboro, Mississippi

• Pippin (2022): Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Waltham, MA

• West Side Story (2022): Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Waltham, MA

• Into the Woods (2022): Alexander Childrens Theatre School, MA

• Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2022): Wayne Academy, Waynesboro, MI

• Mary Poppins, Jr (2022): Austin Educational Theatre, Austin, TX

• Mary Poppins (2022): Chisholm Trail Middle School, Round Rock, TX

• Mary Poppins (2022): The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• “Quaranteatime” (2020- Current) - (Written and Starring Michael Judson Berry ) National/International (video series)

• Into the Woods (2021) - Pentucket Players, Lawrence, MA

• A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Rewired Musical: FUSE Theatre of CT, Madison, CT

• PIPPIN (2021) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA

• Spring Awakening (2021) - National, USA

• Matilda - City Honors School, Buffalo, NY

• Disney’s The Lion King, Jr - Fuse Theatre of Connecticut, West Haven, CT

• Evita (2020) - Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Children of Eden (2019) - Lasell/Regis College, Waltham, MA

• Smoke and Mirrors (2019) - Intramersive Media, LLC, Salem, MA

• Cendrillon (2019) - Opera Del West, Wayland/Boston, MA

• Disney’s The Lion King, Jr (2019) - The Concord Middle School, Concord MA

• Never Land (2019) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Pippin (2018) - ActorSingers, Nashua NH *Winner: Best Costume Design, New Hampshire Theatre Alliance 2018

• My Fair Lady (2018) - Theatre III, Acton, MA

• IN THE HEIGHTS (2018) - Nashoba Players, Westford, MA

• Billy Elliot (2018) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Alice in Wonderland (2017) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party - ActorSingers, Nashua NH

• Sister Act (2017) - The Corwin -Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2016) - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• Shrek the Musical (2016) - The Wellesley Players

• Into the Woods (2016) - South Shore Theatre Works

• Wind in the Willows (2016) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Secret Garden, 2016 - The Nashoba Players

• "#Hamiltonys" , 2016 - dir. Morgan Reynolds, featuring the cast of the National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Wizard of Oz"

• Phantom of the Opera (2016) - Concord- Carlisle High School

• Young Frankenstein (2016) - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• Addams Family: The Musical (2015) - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• Disney's The Little Mermaid (2015) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Little Prince (2015) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Oliver! (2015)- The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Peter and Wendy (2014) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Cinderella (2014)- The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Spring Awakening (2013 and 2014) - The Lexington Players

• Big Friendly Giant (2013) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• AIDA (2014)- The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Cabaret (2013)- The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Alice in Wonderland (2012) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Producers (2012) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• The Snow Queen (2012) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• Jekyll & Hyde (2011) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Jungle Book (2010) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Maids (2010) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Legally Blonde - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• Camelot (2010) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (2009) - The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• The Secret Garden (2008) - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• The Producers (2008) - The Umbrella Arts Center (EMACT Nomination)

• Beauty and the Beast (2008) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (2007) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

HAIR AND WIG, MAKEUP DESIGN (FILM AND THEATRE):

• James and the Giant Peach (upcoming): The Moving Statues Theatre Company

• West Side Story (2022): Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Waltham, MA

• Mary Poppins, Jr (2022): Austin Educational Theatre, Austin, TX

• Mary Poppins (2022): Chisholm Trail Middle School, Round Rock, TX

• Mary Poppins (2022): The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hal

• Into the Woods (2021) - Pentucket Players, Merrimack Valley, MA

• A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Rewired Musical: FUSE Theatre of CT, Madison, CT

• PIPPIN (2021) - The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA

• Spring Awakening (2020) - Self Produced, National: A response to the social and racial inequitude in the United States, as well as the Global Health Crisis (COVID-19). Production featured a mix of AEA and local actors, performers, designers, technicians, and visual storytellers. Female; BIPOC; LGBTQ++ led production.

• Matilda - City Honors School, Buffalo, NY (upcoming)

• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

  (Advisor, Massachusetts Drama Festival submission 2018) - Bourne High School, Bourne, MA

• Evita (2020) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall

• Disney’s The Lion King, Jr (2019) - The Concord Middle School, Concord MA

• Never Land (2019) - The Corwin- Russell School @ Broccoli Hall, Sudbury, MA

• My Fair Lady (2018) - Theatre III, Acton, MA

• Candide (2018) - Opera Del West, Wayland/Boston, MA

• Pippin (2018) - ActorSingers, Nashua, NH *Winner, Best Costume Design, New Hampshire Theatre Alliance. 2018

• Disney's Beauty and the Beast (2018) - The Stadium Theatre, Rhode Island

• Acts of Love (Advisor, Massachusetts Drama Festival submission 2018) - Bourne High School, Bourne, MA

• Shakespeare in Hollywood (2018) - Theatre III, Acton MA

• The Light in the Piazza (2017) - Arlington Friends of the Drama

• Buried Child (Advisor, Massachusetts Drama Festival submission 2018) - Bourne High School, Bourne, MA

• Young Frankenstein (2017) - The Stadium Theatre, Rhode Island

• Cabaret (2016) - Theatre III

• Nice Work, If You Can Get It (2016) - The Sudbury Savoyards (*EMACT Nomination)

• Into the Woods (2016) - South Shore Theatre Works

• Phantom of the Opera (2016) - Concord-Carlisle High School, Concord, MA

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2016) - The Arlington Friends of the Drama (*EMACT Nomination)

• Fiddler on the Roof (2015) - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• Bonnie and Clyde (2015) - The Umbrella Arts Center (*EMACT Nomination)

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2015) - The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain (*EMACT Nomination)

• The Light in the Piazza (2015) - Vokes Theatre, Wayland MA

• La Cage Aux Folles (2015) - The Umbrella Arts Center

• Next to Normal (2014) - Vokes Theatre, Wayland MA

• Batboy (2014) -Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club, Harvard University (Production revised and workshopped by original playwright Lawrence O'Keefe for meditation of a Broadway revival)

• Little Women (2014) - Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Harvard University

• The Weaver of Raveloe (2014) - World Premiere, written by Erica Glenn and Melissa Larson, Club Oberon/A.R.T, Cambridge MA

• Little Women (2013) - The Alexander Childrens' Theatre School

• As Da Art World Might Turn (2013) - dir. Kalup Linzy, feat. Natasha Lyonne, Leo Fitzpatrick, Tunde Adebimpe, Steve Loff, Sara Stern, Gabe Culver Mendola, Jake Egan O'Hara and James Butler.

• Twelve Angry Men (2013) - Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Harvard University, Cambridge MA

• The Sound of Music (2013) - The Concord Players, Concord MA

  *Winner, Best Hair/Wig and Makeup Design Design, Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres (EMACT)

• The Drowsy Chaperone (2012) - The Concord Players, Concord MA (*Nomination, Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres (EMACT)

RECENT PERFORMANCE CREDITS/APPEARANCES:

• A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Rewired Musical (2021) - FUSE Theatre of CT; Madison, CT, National: (Philostrate)

• “Carry Me Away” (Music & lyrics: Lewis Flinn; feat. Brad Simmons & Alice Ripley; DP: Michael Kusher; Recorded at Kilgore Studios) Music Video: (Featured Dancer/Performer)

• Spring Awakening (2020) - National: (Hanschen)

• Shakespeare in Hollywood (2018) - Theatre III, Acton, MA: (Puck)

•  Boston Party Princess Productions, Boston, MA, (2017 - Present): (Appearances as Captain Jack Sparrow; Peter Pan; Spiderman; Batman; Kristoff; Bert the Chimney Sweep; The Mad Hatter; The Beast; Jack of the Beanstalk; Superman/Clark Kent)

• Labyrinth, Masked Goblins Ball - The Dark and the Light - Oneail FX, Worcester, ()(MA: Goblin Jester (2017)

• The Toy Boat Pirate and Mermaid Parade 2017 - The Toy Boat, Nantucket, MA: (Captain Lesyeux D'Étoile)

• The Seed is Planted; Now STEM Grows; Full STEAM Ahead: A Festival of Shorts, Scenes and Musical Perspectives Celebrating the Arts, Sciences and Ourselves (2017) - The Corwin - Russell School @ Broccoli Hall: Guest Musical Artist, singing "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" from Next to Normal (Gabe) and "When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground" from Finding Neverland (J.M. Barrie)

• AN EVER AFTER DISNEY PRINCESS TEA PARTY - Oneail FX, Worcester, MA: Kristoff from Disney's "Frozen"

• Concord Youth Theatre Winter Cabaret and Fundraiser: Featured Soloist, singing "The Tennis Song" from City of Angels and "Quartet" from The Secret Garden (Archibald Craven)

• CABARET (2016) - Theatre III, Acton, MA : (Victor/SaIlor/Train Attendant)

• The Secret Garden (2016) - Nashoba Players, Westford, MA: (Dickon)

• The Time Machine (2005) -The Minack Theatre, Lands End, Cornwall, UK: (Shadow Figure)