Kids & Teens

Jon Gentry (He/Him)

Director & Associate Artist

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Jon Gentry has been a member of Childsplay’s acting company since 1982. He spent 6 months in Europe performing Steen Papier Schaar with Speeltheater. Childsplay shows include: Robin Hood, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Yellow Boat, The Color of Stars, Lyle the Crocodile and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Other roles: Passpartout in Around The World In 80 Days, Max Bialystock in The Producers, Tupolski in The Pillowman, Roy Cohn in Angels in America, Parts One and Two. Also, The Taming Of The Shrew, Compleat Wrks of Shspr (Abridged) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Directing credits: In My Grandmother’s Purse, Stones In His Pockets, Belle Of Amherst, Rhubarb Jam, The Imaginators (original production) and Equus