Performer

Dr. John Campbell

Bio

John first stepped onstage in church and high school productions in Gallatin, Tennessee. While earning a B.M. in music education at Samford University, he also received awards from the theatre department for Best Actor his sophomore year and Best Minor Role his senior year. He lived in east Africa for a couple of years after college, and met his wife Terri in a Champaign church choir while earning a M.M. in choral music from the University of Illinois. A twenty-five-year career as a university choir director called on his theatre background as he scripted and directed a Dickens Dinner for Longwood College and five Christmas Dinners for Milligan College. Along the way he earned a D.M.A. in church music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. With their children Laura, Ethan and Rebecca, John became active in Georgetown (Kentucky) Community Theatre starting in 2002, appearing onstage, eventually directing, and serving as President of the Board for three years. In 2013 he moved to Huntington to become full-time Minister of Music at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, and soon thereafter auditioned for Arts Resources for the Tri-State (ARTS). When that group folded, he helped to found Alchemy Theatre Troupe, serving on the Board and directing its first show as part of the inaugural West Virginia Shakespeare Festival in 2018. Nowadays John practices organ a lot and occasionally composes or arranges music in his part-time position as Director of Music at Enslow Park Presbyterian Church.

Credits

Dan
Alchemy Theatre
2023

Baptista / Tailor
Alchemy Theatre
2022

Jackson Greene
Alchemy Theatre
2022

Le Grue
Alchemy Theatre
2022

Original Music
Alchemy Theatre
2022

Writer
Alchemy Theatre
2022

Reader
Alchemy Theatre
2022

Performer
Alchemy Theatre
2021

Dan
Alchemy Theatre
2021

Ensemble
Alchemy Theatre
2021

Prospero
Alchemy Theatre
2020

Performer
Alchemy Theatre
2020

Buddy
Alchemy Theatre
2020

The O’Neill Project
Performer
Alban Arts Center
2020

Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play
Performer
Alban Arts Center
2020

Revival Music Director
Alchemy Theatre
2019

Sir Toby Belch
Alchemy Theatre
2019

Performer
Alchemy Theatre
2019

Newsies
Weisel
First Stage
2019

Director / Original Music "Fairy Dance"
Alchemy Theatre
2018

A Catered Affair
Sam / Mr. Halloran
ARTS
2017

An Evening with Gilbert & Sullivan
Director / Creator
ARTS
2017

The Odd Couple
Murray
ARTS
2017

As You Like It
Duke Frederick / Duke Senior
ARTS
2016

The Comedy of Errors
Duke Solinus / Balthazar
Essential Stages
2016

Brigadoon
Mr. Lundy
ARTS
2015

Medea
Aegeus
ARTS
2015

Crazy for You
Music Director
ARTS
2014

The Pirates of Penzance
Modern Major General
ARTS
2014

Cinderella
Director
Georgetown Community Theatre
2013

Southern Comforts
Gus
Studio Players
2013

Annie
Warbucks
Bluegrass Theatre Guild
2012

Radio Gals
Abbott
Georgetown Community Theatre
2012

1776
Benjamin Franklin
Woodford Theatre
2011

Oliver
Bumble
Georgetown Community Theatre
2011

Honk!
Greylag
Georgetown Community Theatre
2010

The Sound of Music
Director
Georgetown Community Theatre
2010

Tim
Producer
Georgetown Community Theatre
2010

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Jess
Royal Spring Repertory Theatre
2009

The Music Man
Director
Georgetown Community Theatre
2009

Macbeth
Lennox
Woodford Theatre
2008

The Wizard of Oz
Cowardly Lion
Georgetown Community Theatre
2008

Tim
Producer
Georgetown Community Theatre
2008

Fiddler on the Roof
Tevye
Georgetown Community Theatre
2007

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Director
Georgetown Community Theatre
2007

Arsenic and Old Lace
Teddy
Georgetown Community Theatre
2006

My Fair Lady
Pickering
Georgetown Community Theatre
2006

Oklahoma!
Persian Peddler
Georgetown Community Theatre
2005

Anything Goes
Whitney
Georgetown Community Theatre
2004

Meet Me in St. Louis
Mr. Smith
Georgetown Community Theatre
2002