John Palmer - Theatre Resume

Acting Experience (representation: Charlene Richards of The Agency)
November, 2002	Senior Architect, principal	"Own Care" - Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee
August, 2002	Old Man, principal	*The Business of Suicide*, half-hour independent film
June, 2001 -	various roles, scripted & improv	Mystery Unlimited, mystery dinner theatre, various venues throughout Southwestern Ontario
June, 2001	Charles Gounod	*Opera Comique* by Nagle Jackson London Community Players
Spring, 2000	Baxter Seeker	*No Mother To Guide Her* by Anthony Forsythe Clinton Community Players
Spring, 1998	Tobias	*Let's Murder Marsha* by Monk Ferris Clinton Community Players
Spring, 1997	Harvey Dawson	*June Groom* by Rick Abbott Clinton Community Players
Spring, 1997	Master of Ceremonies	*Cabaret Night*, Blyth Festival Singers Blyth, Ontario
Spring and Summer, 1993	Lecturer	Introductory Economics 17 half-hour episodes on TV Ontario, which have subsequently been purchased and shown in 8 provinces and in the United States
Spring, 1961	George	*If Girls Asked Boys to Date,* Muskegon High School Muskegon, Michigan
Spring, 1960	admitted to National Thespians Society
Autumn, 1960	High School Principal	*Occurrence at Carson Corners*, Muskegon High School Muskegon, Michigan
Summer, 1960	Sheriff and Town Drunk	*The Gold Mine* (a melodrama), Port City Playhouse Muskegon, Michigan
Spring, 1960	Lord Ingram and Father John Some other looks:	*Jane Eyre,* by Charlotte Bronte, Muskegon High School Muskegon, Michigan
shaved head, no beard	Ernie Dingle, class nerd	as Gounod	Playing French horn	Imagine this with stubble

	Directing and other Theatre Experience
1999 - 2000		Chair, Executive Board Clinton Community Players
Spring, 2000		No Mother To Guide Her, a melodrama by Anthony Forsythe Director, Clinton Community Players
Autumn, 1999		*Rumors,* by Neil Simon Director and Producer, Clinton Community Players
Autumn, 1997		*The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon Co-director, co-producer, and stage manager*, Clinton Community Players
Spring, 1961		If Girls Asked Boys to Date Director, Muskegon High School

Musical Experience (voice) (I am primarily a baritone, but I have also sung tenor at times in several choirs)
1998 - present	*Thatotherchoir.* A madrigal-sized choir that performs in concerts, has done choral work for The Blyth Festival Theatre, and sang the national anthems at Sky Dome in July, 1998.
1996 - 1999	*Blyth Festival Singers. A choir of 40 – 60 members that has performed Messiah,* Vivaldi’s Gloria, and similar works.
1982 - 1983	*Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus* (Gerald Fagan, conductor). A large choral group which requires auditions for membership
1964 -1965	*Carleton College Choir*. Roughly only half of those who auditioned were accepted.

In addition to my TVO series on economics and some baseball sportscasting,
I have had numerous television and radio appearances discussing current issues.
Major appearances have included:

November 30 – December 28, 2002	Along the Way, a one-person juried exhibition of photographs. Sifton Gallery, Masonville Library, London, Ontario
August 6 – September 1, 2002	Huron County Expressions, a portion of a juried exhibition of Huron County art, Bainton Gallery, Blyth Memorial Hall.
April, 2002	Ecclesiastes 3: 1-4, awarded Honourable Mention, in a juried exhibition, “Look 2002”, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia
March 17 – April 9, 2002	Dead Queen Anne, an exhibition of photographs of Queen Anne’s Lace in the autumn and winter, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
December, 2002	The Kilmer Variations, in a juried exhibition entitled, “Multiples”, Galleries @ Galleria, London, Ontario.
August 20, 2001	Invited Judge, Photography and Slide Exhibition, Western Fair Photography Show, London, Ontario.
August, 2001	*Deruralization*, part of a juried exhibition selected by the McIntosh Gallery, London ON
July, 2001	*Visitors*, a one-person invited exhibition of computer-enhanced portraits at Starbucks/Chapters, Masonville, London.
May 12 - June 9, 2001	*The* Lonely Pump and *Sometimes in Winter*. Bainton Gallery, Blyth, Ont.
May 1 - June 5, 2001	*Posthenge*. A series of photographs in the London Arts Council photographic art exhibit at the Copp Gallery, Covent Garden Market, London, Ontario. One of four invited participants in the exhibition.
January 12 - February 4, 2001	*Road Poach* and *Poached Possum*. In an exhibition titled Not Legal. Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario.
January 3 - February 28, 2001	*Capital*, a juried one-person exhibition of photographs and computer-enhanced photographs of wooden pallets and vegetable crates. Spencer Gallery, D.B. Weldon Library, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
October, 2000 - February, 2001	Invited Resident Artist, with twenty-five items in the gallery exhibition at different times. Galleries @ Galleria, London, Ontario
September, 2000	Nine pieces in a combined show, *Piece by Piece*, in galleries@galleria.
August, 2000	*Rural Themes*, a juried one-person exhibition of photographs and computer-enhanced photographs, Starbucks/Chapters, Masonville, London, Ontario.
Summer, 2000	Cat's Cradle and The Two of Us, Blyth Festival Theatre Ticket Office
June, 2000	*Whither the Family Farm?*, a photo collage; in a juried exhibition of art using text, IIPhase Gallery, London, Ontario
May, 2000	Two pieces, *Posthenge* and *The Two of Us*, Bainton Gallery, Blyth, Ontario:
December, 1999	*The Second Concession*, a juried one-person exhibition of photographs and computer-enhanced photographs, Starbucks/Chapters, Masonville, London, Ontario.
November, 1999	Two entries in a juried exhibition at Second Phase Gallery; Canadian Sunrise, was awarded Best Colour Photo in the exhibit, and Kilmer's Revenge.
May, 1999	Two photographs, *Canadian Sunrise* and Sigmund's Sunrise, Bainton Gallery, Blyth, Ontario

Musical Experience (instrumental)
2001 - 2002	Blyth Festival Orchestra, Conductor and Music Director
2000 - 2002	Bayfield Winds, French Horn
1999 - present	Blyth Festival Orchestra, French Horn
1999 - present	Goderich Laketown Band, French Horn, E-flat alto horn
1979 - 1982	UWO Marching Band, French Horn, Trumpet, percussion
1961 - 1963	Carleton College Orchestra, French Horn
I also can play the piano, the recorder, the harmonica, and most double reed and brass instruments (a bit)

John Preston Palmer

Theatre Resume

Major Television Appearances