Professional Acting (Member Actor’s Equity Association since 1985)

Jayhawkers, Feature Film, Professor Wilson (Director, Kevin Wilmott), 2013.

Kansas Theatre Project, Kansas City Fringe Festival, MO
The Frenchy Bernadone Show, Frenchy (Director, Peter Zazalli), 2014.

The New Theatre Restaurant AEA-Dinner Theatre, Overland Park, KS.
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Ozzy, understudy for Percival Blakeney-performed (director Richard Carrothers), 2002.

New American Theatre AEA-SPT, Rockford, IL.
Forever Plaid, Sparky (director Pam Kriger), 1995.

Madison Repertory Theatre AEA-SPT, Madison, WI.
Madison Repertory Theatre-30th Anniversary Celebration, Master of Ceremonies, 1999.
Dames at Sea, Lucky (director Pam Kriger), 1997.
Goodnight Desdemona, (Good Morning, Juliet), Romeo/Iago (director D. Scott Glasser), 1997.
Red, Right, Return (Play Reading), Son (director D. Scott Glasser), 1996.
Forever Plaid, Sparky (director Pam Kriger), 1995.
The Miser, Jacques/Jocko/Jack (director D. Scott Glasser), 1993.
Arms and the Man, Understudy (director Joseph Hanreddy), 1992.

The Willows Theatre Company AEA, Concord, CA.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Elliot Rosewater (director Richard Elliott), 1991.

Woodminster Summer Musical Theatre AEA, Oakland, CA.
42nd Street, Billy Lawlor (director H. James Schlader), 1989.

Hippodrome State Theatre AEA, Gainesville, FL.
Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio (directors Gregory Hausch/Sid Homan), 1985.
Rhinoceros, Logician/Botard (director Mary Hausch), 1985.
The Comedy of Errors, Dromio of Ephesus (directors Kerry McKenney and Sid Homan), 1984.

Arizona Summer Arts Festival AEA, Tucson, AZ.
Pippin, Pippin (director Richard Hanson), 1986.

Old Lyric Repertory Theatre, Logan, UT. Professional Summer Stock.
Light Up the Sky, Carleton Fitzgerald (director W. Vosco Call), 1983.
Anything Goes, Billy (director Gary Byrd), 1983.
Misalliance, Bentley Summerhays (director Linda Lynford), 1983.
Murder at the Vicarage, Dennis (director W. Vosco Call), 1983.

Gaslight Theatre, Tucson, AZ. Professional Melodrama.
Angel on My Shoulder, Mr. Martini (director Arnie Krauss), 1983.
The Sally Cathleen Claim, Algernon (director Michael Maines), 1982.

Southern Arizona Light Opera Company, Tucson AZ.
Annie, Rooster (director Richard Hanson), 1984.

University of Kansas, The University Theatre, Faculty AEA-Educational Waiver.
Dracula, Van Helsing (Director, Dennis Christilles), 2013.
Shakespeare in Hollywood, Max Reinhardt (Director, Mechele Leon), 2011.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oberon (Director, Paul Meier), 2010. Performed in Original Pronunciation.
Hay Fever, David Bliss (director, Jack Wright), 2006. KCACTF Region V, 2007.
Angels in America: Part I Millennium Approaches, Louis Ironson (director Jack Wright), 2000.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Faculty AEA-Educational Waiver.
King Lear, Edgar (director David Frank), 1997.
Out of this World, Mercury (director Colleen Burns), 1995.
Iphigenia at Aulis, The Messenger (director Karen Ryker), 1993.
Major Barbara, Adolphus Cusins (director Barbara Clayton), 1991.
The Kitchen, Peter (director Arnold Wesker), 1990.

University of California-Davis, Faculty AEA-Educational Waiver.
St. Joan of the Stockyards, Lennox/Mulberry (director William Gaskill*), 1989.
The Recruiting Officer, Captain Plume (director Sarah Pia Anderson*), 1989.
Antony and Cleopatra, Octavius Caesar (director Richard Cottrell*), 1988.
*Granada Artist-in-Residence Program, Renowned directors of the British Stage.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Faculty AEA-Educational Waiver.
The Sound of Music, Max Detweiler (director Elizabeth Carlin), 1988.
Romeo and Juliet, Romeo (director Elizabeth Carlin), 1987.

ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
Solo-Duet Concert Series
Over 10 concerts performed throughout Lithuania from 2004-2015.

“Songs from the American Musical Theatre,” with Jurate Rudzianaite, Soprano, Vilnius, Lithuania, December 17, 2006. Accompanist: Egle Perkumaite.

“John Staniunas in Concert,” Reigner Hall-KU Edwards Camous, Overland Park Kansas, November 11, 2006. Accompanist: Barbara Puckett.

“John Staniunas in Concert,” Clay Center, Kansas, October 22, 2006. Accompanist: Barbara Puckett.

“Songs from the American Musical Theatre,” with Jurate Rudzianaite, Soprano, Kleipeda and Nida, Lithuania, July, 2006. Accompanist: Egle Perkumaite.

Songs from Musical Theatre (with Leslie Bennett and Egle Perkumaite-Fulbright Artist), Swarthout Recital Hall, December 2005.

Duets from Musical Theatre (with Alicia Gian), Swarthout Recital Hall, University of Kansas, 2005.

Soloist with the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Donatas Kaitkus, National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania, February 16, 2005.

“Songs by Per Erland R,” Odense, Denmark, February, 2005.

“Songs from the American Musical Theatre,” American Center, United States Embassy, December 5, 2004. Accompanist Egle Perkumaite.

“Songs from the American Musical Theatre,” Prieniu Gymnasia, Preiniu, Lithuania, December 2004. Accompanist Egle Perkumaite.

EDUCATION
M.F.A. Acting and Directing, University of Arizona, 1984
B.A. Dramatic Theory, University of Arizona, 1982