John Stark is an actor, writer, producer and director. His first major success
Was An Evening With Stephen Leacock, a one-man-show which he performed in Canada, the U.S. and England. RCA recorded the performance at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, and later it was produced as a television special and aired on CBC, Channel 4 London, and other major international networks. It is currently airing on PBS.
As a director, Mr. Stark has staged over 40 productions internationally. His most recent play was the off-Broadway staging of Chekhov & Maria, by Jovanka Bach, which is now a major motion picture, directed by Eric Till.
The production was a memorial tribute to his wife, Jovanka, who died recently after a lengthy battle with cancer. Other successfully staged plays by Jovanka Bach include Sylvie, Mercy Warren’s Tea and the Balkan Trilogy, which garnered positive reviews by the New York Times.
As a writer, Mr. Stark’s translation and adaptation of Miroslav Krleza’s Family Glembay trilogy, is the first English version of this acclaimed Croation playwright and novelist’s work. In Agony and Family Glembay have been staged by Stark off-Broadway, in Canada, and Los Angeles. He has also adapted Leacock’s story The Great Election, and staged it as a musical in Los Angeles. Two screenplays: Sons of Freedom, and Death of Angelique Virty have also been recently completed, and they will go into production shortly.