John Reeger

John Reeger is a Chicago actor and playwright. He is married to Paula Scrofano and has two children, Adam and Alison Reeger.

Performances[]

Theatre at the Center[]

• Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!
• The Old Man in A Christmas Story: The Musical
• Seabon Faulk, HaHa Jones, Farley Wood in A Christmas Memory

Drury Lane Theatre[]

• Sherlock Holmes in
• The Wizard in Once Upon a Mattress
• Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
• John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet
• Capt Hook in Peter Pan
• Fagin in Oliver!
• Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady

The Marriott Theatre[]

His fifteen productions include:

• Max in Sunset Boulevard
• Georges in
• Billy Flynn in Chicago

Court Theatre[]

His thirty productions include:

• Gabriel Conroy in James Joyce's "The Dead"
• Polonius in Hamlet
• Malvolio in Twelfth Night
• Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady
• Hay Fever
• Twelfth Night
• Piano
• The Learned Ladies
• Nora
• The Little Foxes
• La Bête
• Putting It Together
• An Ideal Husband
• The Cherry Orchard
• Old Times
• Tartuffe
• The Philadelphia Story
• The Play's the Thing
• Henry IV, Part 1
• Travesties
• The Misanthrope
• The Triumph of Love
• Cloud Nine
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Woyzeck
• The Seagull

Chicago Shakespeare Theater[]

• King John
• The Winter's Tale

Northlight[]

• Enter the Guardsman

Steppenwolf[]

• The Ballad of Little Jo

Works[]

The Christmas Schooner[]

With creating the music and lyrics, John Reeger wrote The Christmas Schooner which premiered at Bailiwick Repertory Theatre and received the 1996 for outstanding new work. A twelve-year (as of 2006) continuing seasonal run has followed as well as a CD, and productions in the Midwest, Texas and California have also been successful.

Based on the true story of a Great Lakes Schooner captain who risks life and limb to transport fir trees from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago's German immigrants during the late 19th century.

Let the Eagle Fly[]

With again creating the music and lyrics, John Reeger wrote Let the Eagle Fly, the story of Cesar Chavez.

See also[]

• The Christmas Schooner
• Cesar Chavez
• Drury Lane Theatre
• Court Theatre
• Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
• Northlight
• Steppenwolf Theatre Company

References[]

• Author Biography by Music Theatre International (MTI)
• University of Missouri-Rolla's production^{[permanent dead link]}
• season/Taleoftheallergistswife/taleoftheallergistswife.htm Apple Tree Theatre Biography
• Review of Winter's Tale by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
• Review of James Joyce's "The Dead" at Court Theatre