As Founder and Artistic/Producing Director of Woodland Hills Theatre has directed all but ten of our productions. In the last six years, he has been nominated as director four times for the Valley Theatre League’s “Artistic Director Achievement Award”, winning directorial awards for Gigi (1996), The Fantasticks (1998) and Don’t Dress for Dinner (2000). As an actor he has worked professionally in New York, Kentucky, New Mexico and Los Angeles. In 1982, Jon originated the role of Eddie Hayhurst in Horton Foote’s critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of The Roads to Home. He received a Drama-Logue Award for his performance in The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia and Valley Theatre League Awards as Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for A Tale of Two Cities (Parts 1 and 2), the 2003 Best Actor in a Drama award for The Chase. and the 2004 Best Actor in a Drama Award for his performance in The Heiress In addition to a recurring role (two seasons) on the Fox Network series Mr. President starring George C. Scott, Jon has appeared in Quantum Leap, Matlock, and Doogie Howser, M.D. among others. He’s done many national and local commercials, extensive ADR (voice-over) work, most notably for Murder, She Wrote and the Cosby Mystery Series.

Call Jon at (818) 884-1907 or send email to:
Jon_Berry@wvplayhouse.com