John C. Doyle

Background

Doyle, John C. was born on September 5, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Joseph and Patricia Ann Cheap.

Education

Santa Clara University (Bachelor of Arts, 1975. Juris Doctor, 1978). Articles Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1977-1978.

Career

He has served as artistic director at several regional theatres in the United Kingdom, where he has staged more than 200 professional productions during his career spanning over 40 years. He trained at the University of Georgia in the United States. He was associate director of the Watermill Theatre, a 216-seat performance space in the English countryside of Berkshire until 2008.

With his work there he has become known for his unusual approach to musical theatre, often featuring casts who are both actors and musicians, accompanying one another on musical instruments while simultaneously playing roles.

His 2004 staging of Stephen Sondheim"s Sweeney Todd moved from the Watermill to the West End of London in 2005 (first to Trafalgar Studios and then the Ambassadors Theatre). In November 2005 he re-mounted Sweeney on Broadway, with Michael Cerveris playing the "demon barber" and Patti LuPone as Mistress

Lovett. Foreign Doyle"s next project, he moved to the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park to reinvent Sondheim"s Company with a cast led by Raúl Esparza, again with actors who sing, dance and provide their own musical accompaniment (known in England as actor/muso).

Doyle also staged an actor/musician version of Mack and Mabel starring David Soul and Janie Dee in the West End. Foreign his last production at Watermill, he directed Merrily We Roll Along in March 2008.

In June through August 2009 he directed a production of Oklahoma! at the Chichester Festival Theatre, with fresh orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. The piece was dark in its conception and was well received.

The Guardian reviewer noted "Doyle"s spare approach renders this as a bittersweet, almost Chekhovian experience exploring the nature of identity, the loss of innocence and a society on the brink of change."

He directed the musical A Catered Affair, which ran on Broadway from April 17 through July 27, 2008 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Also in 2008, Doyle directed the Sondheim/John Weidman musical Road Show Office-Broadway at The Public Theater. The musical ran from October 28 through December 28, 2008. Doyle directed a production of Kiss Maine, Kate at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for their 2010 season.

He also has ventured into the world of opera, directing a production of Gaetano Donizetti"s Lucia di Lammermoor for Houston Grand Opera in the 2010-2011 season.

Doyle directed the Encores! Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis staged concert A Bed and A Chair at City Center, New York City, from November 13 through 17, 2013. The concert featured Bernadette Peters, Norm Lewis, Jeremy Jordan, Cyrille Aimée, and Elizabeth Parkinson.

In 2014, Doyle directed a production of The Visit with actress Chita Rivera at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. lieutenant moved to Broadway in 2015.

Achievements

• John C. Doyle has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Center for Children, Pasadena, 1990-1993. Member institutional review board Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 1983-1990, board directors, Scoutmaster Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture Troop 507, La Canada, California, since 1999. Member Defense Research Institute, Association Southern California Defense Counsel, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Pasadena Bar Association.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, backpacking, voice, skiing.

Connections

Married Mary Lynne Schlotterbeck, October 28, 1984. Children: Eamon Keenan, Lindsey Karen.

Father:

John Joseph Cheap

Mother:

Patricia Ann Cheap

Spouse:

Mary Lynne Schlotterbeck

child:

Eamon Keenan Doyle

child:

Lindsey Karen Doyle