Austin, Texas

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• B. IDEN PAYNE AWARD: John's performance as "Young Zeus" (top left image) in Tutto Theatre Company's Zeus in Therapy won the B. Iden Payne Award for Austin's "Outstanding Young Performer." Click the top left image for a review.

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• Professional Debut: "Ensign Denny" in Pride and Prejudice. Dir. Ann Ciccolella.

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• Training: New York Film Academy. The Actors School. Britelites Acting Studio.

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• Austin Young Shakespeare: Two seasons. "Romeo" in Romeo and Juliet. "Caesar" in Julius Caesar. Dir. Ann Ciccolella. Performances at the Curtain Theatre, a restoration of the Elizabethan original (bottom left image).

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• UIL/Speech and Debate: "Best Actor," Wimberley One-Act Festival. Top 12 Humorous Interpretation in the State of Texas. 1st in Humorous Interpretation, multiple competitions. 1st in Prose, UIL District competition.

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• Westlake High School: "Lysander" in A Midsummer Night's Dream. "Khlestakov" in The Government Inspector. "Teddy Lloyd" in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. "Lloyd Dallas" in Noises Off. "Eugene" in Look Homeward Angel. "Jay Follet" in All the Way Home. Westlake Improv Team Captain.​