John Edmond Morgan

Brave New World Member

John is a co-founder of BNW and currently an associate artistic director. Brave New World: “Fahrenheit 451 (Montag) “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (MTA conductor) “The Great White Hope” (Fred/Coates/Ensemble), “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Bob Ewell), “The Importance of Being Earnest” (Algernon). New York stage includes: “I Vermin” “The Last Empress” at Lincoln Center, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” at The Samuel Beckett Theatre, “Sure Thing” at Soho Rep, the title role in “Zastrozzi” at The Basic Theatre, a staged reading of “The Grand Tour” for the Jewish Rep. directed by Stuart Zagnit, and Peck in “How I Learned to Drive” as a guest artist at Brooklyn College. Regional credits include “Sideman” at Florida Rep, “Candida” at Pennsylvania Stage, “Master Harold and the Boys” for Portland Rep, “Romeo and Juliet” at the Virginia Shakespeare Festival and “Hamlet” as a guest artist at Northern Michigan University. Television appearances include “All My Children” and “As the World Turns.” John has performed in and choreographed fights for numerous Shakespeare Festivals and independent films. Also for The Basic Theatre he directed “Downtown” at The Samuel Beckett Theatre, and he has directed for The Neighborhood Theatre for kids in Brooklyn. Teaching credits (acting and stage combat) include NYU, Webster University and Northern Michigan University. He teaches stage combat in the theatre department at Brooklyn College. John and his family live in Brooklyn.