In the Works...
(Plays by John Fisher, unless otherwise noted)
Timon!
A Musical of Timon of Athens
Shakespeare's topical tale of gold hoarding in times of crisis gets the epic treatment.
Yerba Buena Arts and Events, date TBA
The Battle of the Ironclads
In 1862, Lincoln pins his hopes for an emancipation proclamation on a tiny warship he has dispatched to defeat the mightiest weapon ever created.
Good Game
A screen writer discovers the path to success is basketball, the down and dirty kind.
Recent...
(See coverage on homepage)
Three on a Party
A Collaboration with Word-for-Word
Direted by John Fisher and Delia MacDougall
May 2009
A Necessary Evil
A family is divided by the past.
Theatre Rhinoceros, Workshop Production
April 16-26, 2009
The Rhino Christmas Panto
Theatre Rhinoceros
December 2008
Schoenberg
Bleecker Street Theatre, NYC
August 2008
Ishi: The Last of the Yahi
Theatre Rhinoceros
July 2008 (Extended!)
Moby Dick: The Musical
By Longden, Koch and Kaye
Directed by John Fisher
Fall 2008
Boston Marriage
By David Mamet
Direced by John Fisher
Theatee Rhinoeceros (Maisntage)
Opened March 2, 2008
Staircase
By Charles Dyer
Directed by John Fisher
Theatre Rhinocenros (Mainstage)
November 15 - December 16, 2007
The Studio Project
San Francisco
Winter, 2007
Richard Burton's Voice
Yale School of Drama
Spring, 2007
Special Forces
Theatre Rhinoceros
Spring, 2007
www.TheRhino.Org
There's Something About Marriage
New York Fringe Festvial
Summer, 2007
Theatre Rhinoceros: The First Thirty Years
September 20 to October 21, 2007 (Extended!)
Recent Teaching...
Acting
Summer Training Congress
American Conservatory Theatre
2008-Present
Classical Acting
Summer Training Congress
American Conservatory Theatre
Summer 2009
Graduate Seminar: The Playwright and the Audience
Yale School of Drama
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
Graduate Seminar: Wriitng for the Queer Theatre
Yale School of Drama
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
Directing
Graduate Program
U.C. Santa Cruz
Spring, 2005