Violet Sharp Creative

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John S. Davies
John S. Davies’ 30-year career as an actor, director and teacher encompasses films (RoboCop; Magnolia, etc); television (Prison Break; Friday Night Lights, etc) industrial films, commercials, Murder Mystery Dinners and more than 80 appearances in theaters all over Texas. He has written and performed two solo shows and has worked at most of the professional theaters in the DFW Metroplex including the Dallas Theater Center, Theatre Three, Casa Manana, Stage West, Circle Theater, Watertower Theater, and many others. As a director, his work has been seen at Circle Theater, Ft. Worth and at Shakespeare Dallas among other venues. In 2011 and 2012, he directed staged readings of Nicholl Fellowship winning film scripts for The Reading, presented by Ballroom Marfa in the Crowley Theater in Marfa, TX. He also taught acting and related arts at KD Studio, Actors Conservatory of the Southwest, and at STAGE. At the WLAC, he has directed (and often performed in) Our Town, RED, Visiting Mr. Green, and Proof.

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William Cameron is a playwright, director, actor and educator. His plays have been performed around the country, including at Theatre 40 in Los Angeles, the Harold Clurman and Gene Frankel Theatres in NYC, and the Curious Theatre Company in Denver. ​Bill’s plays include Violet Sharp, a prize-winning drama of the Lindbergh kidnapping (Concord Theatricals); Truth Be Told (Concord Theatricals), a drama confronting the mass shooting epidemic; the romantic-comedy Criminal Mischief (an AACT NewPlayFest Winner), and Every Livin’ Soul (Winner, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest 2022), a tale of Depression-era crime and redemption. In his 31-year tenure as a professor of theatre and communication arts at Washington & Jefferson College, William founded the College’s first academic theatre program and directed over 40 student productions. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous films, including Hoffa, Lorenzo’s Oil and the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead. Bill lives in Washington, Pennsylvania with his wife, artist and actress Susan Martinelli. www.williamcameron.net