Education
Zibell studied acting with Mike Nichols, Paul Sills and George Morrison at the New Actors Workshop in Manhattan.
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John Zibell
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He appeared in the film The War Within and wrote, directed and acted in the movie Sex and Violence (film). John has worked with Paul Sills, Dianne Paulus (The Donkey Show) and with director Shira Piven (Piven Theatre, Chicago. And Water, New York).
Zibell originated the role of Jimmy Patraglia in Joe Roland"s off-Broadway play On The Lincolnshire.
In Fall 2010 he worked as assistant to performance artist Guillermo Gomez Pena on the University of California Davis production of Gomez Pena"s Corpo Ilicito. He has also performed with Gomez-Pena"s San Francisco-based troupe Louisiana Pocha Nostra.
Zibell received his Master of Fine Arts in directing theatre the department of theatre and dance from University of California Davis in June 2010. He is currently a 3rd-year Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Performance Studies at University of California Davis.
Building on his career in theater and cinema Zibell has focused his scholarship on traditional knowledge systems and new media.
He writes on the figures of the cyborg and the shaman. Zibell lives in Los Los Angeles
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Membership
He has also been a member of a several grass-roots theater companies performing original work including Sills and Company and Blue Circle Theater (also with Ms Paulus and Mr Sills).
