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Hello and Welcome to my website!
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This serves as the home base for J.T. Turner,
actor, director, storyteller and stage combat choreographer. I really
appreciate your stopping by. The site contains information
on my current projects, my resume and the many odd things I do.
Please feel free to contact
me regarding any acting gigs,storytelling gigs, or combat choreography.
The quick overview goes like this. I am a professional actor, member
of Actors Equity, the Screen Actors Guild, and the
American Federation of TV and Radio Artists. That means I
act onstage, in film, and TV and radio. Much of my work is in the
area of voice-overs.
I also am the director of moonlight
productions, inc., a non-profit theater company I run with Sandi Nason. Check us out
by clicking here.
I have been a professional storyteller for years, and offer many
in-school programs. For the past 3 years, I have toured schools
as Temperence speaker John Gough. Check out my list of storytelling
characters.
And I have been swordfighting and choreographing stage combat for
many years, and am a proud member of the Society of American Fight
Directors.
Thanks for stopping by the site, I'd
love to hear from you!
J.T.
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| A New Year! |
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Posted by : jt on Monday, January 04, 2010 - 10:15 AM EST |
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Hope you all had a great and blessed New Year! Mine was spent with family and friends, and as usual I have been plotting new ventures for 2010!
I have a new blog, which gives advice to actors. But some of the info, like eye contact and relaxation techniques, are great for anyone. Please check it out, and become a follower, I need the numbers! And suggest it to any actors, singers, dancers, performers you know. Or anyone who has to do public speaking or presentations.
www.jtturneractor.blogspot.com
I am casting our new show over at moonlight, Jason Robert Browns musical, "13". I am also directing Pirates of Penzance at Ipswich Middle School. My new touring show about William Shakespeare, Will's World, debuts this week!
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| Christmas Carol! |
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Posted by : jt on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 04:14 PM EST |
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For the lucky 13th year, I am presenting my one man show. As Charles Dickens, I retell the story of A Christmas Carol, playing all the roles! This show has gotten rave reviews, and I hope you and your family will make it a part of your tradition.
THIS SEASON:
GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY/GORTONS THEATER
In this classic Christmas story, Turner portrays Charles Dickens using minimal set, a few simple props and lights. Turner brings the entire show to life before your eyes, portraying over 25 characters in the course of this one show.
A Christmas Carol, December 16-19 at 7:30pm, and December 20th at 2:30pm. Tickets $18 for adults, $15 for children 12 and under and seniors.Group discounts availabe for groups of 10 or more.
SATURDAY EVENING THE19TH IS A FUND RAISER FOR FIRST CHURCH IPSWICH!
SUNDAY THE 20TH MATINEE IS A FUND RASIER FOR PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT, SERVING THE POOREST OF THE POOR IN GUATEMALA AND HAITI,
To Reserve Tickets, please call 508-942-9938
GLOUCESTER STAGE
267 EAST MAIN ST.
GLOUCESTER, MA, 01930
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| A Concert |
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Posted by : jt on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 04:41 PM EST |
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ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE
Stories and songs by J.T. Turner to help build a school in Guatemala.
First Church Ipswich, 3pm , November 1st. Suggested donation, $10.
Join J.T. Turner for an afternoon of musical theater songs, coupled with stories from his work on the stage and screen. J.T. is joined by by his talented son, and a guest singer or two. Have a great time while supporting a great cause!
J.T. Turner is an actor, director, and storyteller. He has appeared in many stage shows, including several Boston musical primieres. He is the founding director of moonlight productions, and The Actors Company. He serves as the drama director at Ipswich Middle School, and has appeared in feature films such as Mystic River, Meet Joe Black,The Crucible and on the Showtime's series The Brotherhood. His audio work includes narration for Ray Bradbury's Halloween Tree and Something Wicked This Way Comes.
He also volunteers with Partners In Development, an organization that works to improve life in a small village in Guatemala. The need for improvements at a small satellite school recently came to light, and this concert will raise funds for that cause.
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| The Horizon |
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Posted by : jt on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 07:16 PM EST |
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Adjusting after a wonderful 6 week run of Kiss Me Kate, which broke the Lyric's box office records! A quick look at what lays ahead:
The Middle School show at Ipswich Middle School, 30 Reasons Not To Be In A Play, plays October 23, 24 and 25.
I am presenting The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in Littleton this month, and Haverhill next month,
I will be playing John Gough at the Northborough Historical Society.
Teaching Jedi class at First Church Georgetown this month.
There will be a fund raising concert in Ipswich on Novermber 1 at First Church in Ipswich, more info to come.
Traveling to Guatemala in November, and presenting a lecture on Memory Skills in Newport.
Couple the above with lectures and webinars, and I am a busy fella!
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| IT'S A HIT!!!!!! |
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Posted by : jt on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 07:51 PM EST |
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Kiss Me Kate at the Lyric stage (www.lyricstage.com), is open and running to great houses and reviews!
Neil A. Casey (First Man) and J.T. Turner (Second Man) play it for all they're worth and then some, especially in the ditty "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." (I've never been crazy about that bit in the past, but Casey and Turner turned me around.) ....BroadwayWorld.com
The addition of a pair of gun-slinging, stage-struck thugs, out to collect a gambling debt from Graham, gave Porter a chance to write his gag-encrusted adoration to the Bard, the Act II show-stopping song, “Brush Up Your Shakespeare........ And in the roles that were Porter’s gift to the generations of stage clowns, Neil A. Casey and J.T. Turner as the Shakespeare-spouting hoods, have topped their previous excellent outings on the local stages.......The Patriot Ledger
The presence of a pair of gangsters (played by Neil A. Casey and J.T. Turner) doesn’t make a whole lot of sense plot-wise, but I was glad they were there, especially when Casey and Turner warbled “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.’’....Boston Globe
General Harrison Howell, delivers a particularly wonderful comic relief in the second act when paired with the gangster team of J.T. Turner and Neil A. Casey. .....The Tufts Daily
Neil A. Casey (The Mystery of Irma Vep at Lyric) and J.T. Turner (Benjamin Franklin in Lyric’s 1776) as the gangsters have their moments of hilarity ... Boston Edge
I am so proud to be a part of this show, which features great leads and one of the finest ensembles I have worked with!
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| Summertime! |
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Posted by : jt on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 10:13 PM EST |
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It has started off as a very busy summer! I will be appearing as Truffledino in A Servant of Two Masters on the Town Green in Ipswich, MA on August 7 and 8 at 6:30. Our summer workshops for kids are totally booked, and we have just added a Jedi Training Workshop to our lineup, August 10-14, 9am-noon at First Church in Ipswich.
I also spend a week working at an inner city literacy camp in Philadelphia, with some great counselors and kids.
OGLE AWARD! For the second year in a row, I am honored to receive an award given for the best Science Fiction and Fantasy audio works. Colonial Radio Theater's version of Ray Bradburys Halloween Tree received a Silver Award. I narrated this piece, and this is added to last years Silver Award for Colonials Something Wicked This Way Comes, in which I play Mr. Dark. Kudos to Jerry Robbins, who runs Colonial and produced both!
In the recording studio, I have been doing description for the great PBS cartoon Martha Speaks! And in great news, I have been cast in the Lyric Stage Company's fall production of Kiss Me Kate as a gangster!
Hope to see you at a show soon!
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| Travel Time |
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Posted by : jt on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 05:11 PM EST |
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I am heading down to Guatemala soon. This will be my 5th trip, my 3rd to Village Concepcion where I volunteer with Partners In Development. They run a clinic, build houses, help out in the school, sponsor children and give micro grants to start businesses. My personal goal this trip is to launch a chess program in the small school in the village. Friends of mine donated money, I got 10 chess sets and a teaching board, and am hoping to improve the quality of life for some kids.
Look for news about Aida, and our various summer shows and workshops, over at www.moonlightproductions.org
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| The Bard and more! |
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Posted by : jt on Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 09:47 PM EST |
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Upcoming performances of Shakespeare's Ghost: The Bard himself has returned to comment on his life, his works, and how the centuries have treated him. Actor J.T. Turner brings Shakespeare to life, and presents an evening filled with stories about Shakespeare, his works, productions through the ages, and passages from many of the Bard's best works.
Shakespeare's Ghost
April 17, 2009 @ 7:30PM
Tickets are $12 for adults/$10 for children/seniors
Proceeds to benefit Tiger Tots Daycare Program
Reserve tickets, email eimiayumi@gmail.com
and
Caldwell College Alumni Theater
Sunday April 19, 2:00 pm .
Admission: $10 for adults, $5 for students
Reserve tickets, email eimiayumi@gmail.com
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