John is a graduate of SUNY Oswego where he studied Lighting Design. He has been working in theater professionally for 35 years. John had his first job at the age of 15 at a theater in central NY that was at the time called the Merry Go Round Playhouse. 2024 marks 25 years working as the head of props in a LORT theater. John spent 11 years at South Coast Rep, and has been the head of props at Dallas Theater Center since 2010. On top of doing props at DTC, John has been the decor/set designer for 10 of our Centerstage Galas, and during 2020-21 designed the sets for four shows for DTC. This includes the premier of Cake Ladies written by DTC’s resident playwright Jonathan Norton.