John Galas

Background:  Originally from Granby, CT, John has been a professional actor, director, puppeteer and teaching artist for over 15 years. As a teacher he has taught workshops and classes in Musical Theatre, Acting and Puppetry in Hoonah, Alaska, the University of Georgia, and Troy University. As an actor John has performed in several national and international tours including: Guys and Dolls (Big Jule), Big League Productions; My Fair Lady (US/Singapore/China), Big League Productions; The Music Man (Oliver Hix), Windwood Theatricals. Regional Credits include: Peter and the Starcatcher (Smee) Perseverance Theater, Adventures of Perseus (Lead Puppeteer) Experiential Theatre Company, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Buzz Who), Grand Ole Opry, and Fiddler on the Roof (Avram), Syracuse Stage.   

Artistic Statement:  

Seek truth.  Entertain and enlighten.  Simple is good.  Serve the story. 

All of these are words of advice or encouragement that I have taken from teachers, mentors, and fellow artists. I believe this is both my goal and my responsibility as an actor, director, teacher or any other title I may claim. My work is influenced heavily by the physical comedy of Commedia Del ‘Arte’, and Mel Brooks, the physical acting work of Michael Chekov as well as the work of Sanford Meisner, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Jim Henson. 

If you put them all together you have my personal stylistic approach to acting and artistry. I believe in a two way street of allowing your physical life to affect your inner life and vice versa, while balancing all of this with entertaining an audience, offering a message but not forcing one upon them, simplifying and essentializing, to serve the story and above all things to let your ego go.