John Michael Cox is an actor, director, fight director, teacher, and acting coach currently located in Greenville South Carolina. After several years of full-time university work involving teaching, directing, performing, fight directing, creating a Shakespeare certificate program, and advising students on capstone & thesis productions, he became the founding artistic director of an actor-driven theatre project called Vagabond Shakespeare.
John Michael earned his MFA in Classical Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy at The George Washington University, where he studied and performed under the direction of industry professionals such as Alec Wild, Ed Gero, Floyd King, Dody DiSanto, Lisa Beley, Chris Cherry, Roberta Stiehm, Robb Hunter, Dan Crane, Paul Reisman, Timothy Douglas, and Aaron Posner.
Hailed as “marvelously comic” by DC Metro Theatre Arts, and praised for his “fierce commitment” by the Greenville News, John Michael has proven his flexibility in performances for over 20 years. Credits include Peter & the Starcatcher (Centre Stage); Dr. Faustus (Richmond Shakespeare); Taming of the Shrew, Nell Gwynn, Tempest (Texas Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure (Hoosier Shakespeare Festival); Macbeth, Hamlet, Tempest, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Greenville Shakespeare Co.); Blood: A Comedy (Best Medicine Rep); Robin Hood (SC Children's Theatre); As You Like It, Measure for Measure, Henry 60, Two Gentlemen of Verona (STC Academy); Christmas Carol (Greenville Theatre); Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Tale of Two Cities, Tempest (BJU Classic Players).
Directing credits include Murder on the Orient Express (Spartanburg Little Theatre); Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vagabond Shakespeare); Mary Poppins (Ben Lippen School); Comedy of Errors, Classic Players: Off the Boards (Upstate Renaissance Faire); Happily Ever After Please, This Could Be (Equinox Theatre); Romeo & Juliet, Sorry Wrong Answer, To Theophilus, Twelfth Night, The White Rose (Bob Jones University).
Fight Directing credits include Peter & the Starcatcher (Centre Stage); Hamlet, Macbeth (Greenville Shakespeare Company); Newsies (Mauldin Cultural Center); Macbeth (Veritas Academy); Romeo & Juliet (Landrum Highschool); Comedy of Errors (Upstate Renaissance Faire); Alas & Other Remedies, Disney's Beauty & the Beast, Great Expectations, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Samson et Dalilah, Tale of Two Cities: The Musical (Bob Jones University).
For John Michael every new creative project is an invitation toward Trust, Curiosity, and Play. His daughter, Rosalind is why he smiles.
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