{"id":2684,"date":"2022-06-09T05:02:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/?page_id=2684"},"modified":"2022-08-12T13:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:13:59","slug":"john-hickok-adjunct-professor-performance-techniques-meisner-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/john-hickok-adjunct-professor-performance-techniques-meisner-director\/","title":{"rendered":"John Hickok – Adjunct Professor (Performance Techniques, Meisner, Director)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Hickok<\/strong> (Adjunct Professor)\u00a0<\/em>On Broadway, John originated the roles of Governor Slaton in\u00a0<\/span>Parade<\/i><\/span><\/span>, Zoser in Elton John\u2019s\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Aida<\/i>, and Professor Bhaer in\u00a0<\/i>Little Women<\/i><\/span>, and can be heard on all three cast albums. Also on\u00a0Broadway:\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Man & Boy\u00a0<\/span><\/i>opposite Frank Langella,\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Our Country\u2019s Good<\/span><\/i>, and Rupert Holmes\u2019\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Accomplice<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In December he’ll be playing Cowboy Eddie at the George Street Playhouse in the world premiere of the new musical\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Joy.<\/i>\u00a0Some favorite roles among many \u2013 John Adams \/<\/i>1776<\/i><\/span>, Mercutio \/ <\/i><\/span>Romeo & Juliet, <\/span><\/i>Pontius<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Pilate \/<\/i><\/span>Jesus Christ Superstar,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Andrew Aguecheek\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Twelfth Night<\/span><\/i>, Beauregard opposite Michelle Lee \/ <\/i><\/span>Mame<\/span><\/i>, Polonius \/ <\/i><\/span>Hamlet,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Dillard Nations with James Whitmore \/\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Foxfire<\/span><\/i>, Lt.\u00a0Kaffee\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/i><\/span>A Few Good\u00a0Men<\/span><\/i>, Garry LeJuene \/ <\/i><\/span>Noises Off,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and Lord Edgar \/ Jane in\u00a0<\/i><\/span>The Mystery of Irma Vep<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He guest-starred on all the <\/i><\/span>Law & Orders, <\/i>also<\/i> Blacklist <\/i><\/span>and <\/i><\/span>Body of Proof.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Most<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>importantly<\/i><\/span>, <\/span><\/i>he\u00a0plays the role of Agent Milton in <\/i><\/span>Red Dead Redemption 2.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He directed the acclaimed world premiere of DMW Greer\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Burning Blue<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on London\u2019s West End (2 Olivier nominations), as well productions in LA, San Francisco, and NYC.\u00a0\u00a0He\u2019s directed straight plays, musicals & classics all over the country, notably the off-B\u2019way\u00a0premiere of\u00a0<\/span>Eye of the Beholder<\/i>\u00a0starring Kim Hunter, and\u00a0<\/i>Bus Stop, <\/i><\/span>chosen as one of the\u00a0\u201c10 Best Plays of 1980\u201d by the Boston Phoenix. In addition to dramaturging &\u00a0directing numerous plays and musical readings,\u00a0he worked with Hal at the Hal Prince Musical Theatre Workshop as a director for several years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As an educator, he taught Shakespeare and directed\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Hot L Baltimore<\/i>\u00a0at Bard College, taught Shakespeare and directing\u00a0at Queens college, where he also directed <\/i>Twelfth Night, <\/i><\/span>directed<\/i><\/span>\u00a0Rent<\/span><\/i>,\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Urinetown<\/span><\/i>, and\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Spring Awakening <\/span><\/i>at CCSU, and directed\u00a0<\/span>You\u00a0Can\u2019t\u00a0Take\u00a0it\u00a0With You<\/i><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Anne of Green Gables<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/i><\/span>A Christmas Carol, <\/i>and<\/i> Company <\/i><\/span>at WCSU, where he been on faculty for the past six years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John Hickok (Adjunct Professor)\u00a0On Broadway, John originated the roles of Governor Slaton in\u00a0Parade, Zoser in Elton John\u2019s\u00a0Aida, and Professor Bhaer in\u00a0Little Women, and can be heard on all three cast albums. Also on\u00a0Broadway:\u00a0Man & Boy\u00a0opposite Frank Langella,\u00a0Our Country\u2019s Good, and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-navigation.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2684","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}