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FOUNDER, DIRECTOR
Jeffrey Stocker


Productions

   Love Songs....Presby Players ....2017 Port Jervis,NY

  Broadway Babies Two.....Presby Players... 2017 Port Jervis, NY

  Talking Heads... Presby Players....2017   Port Jervis,NY

  The Lion of Anacosta ...The Rose Theatre ....2017  Waldon, NY....

  You've Got A Friend....Presby Players....2017....Port Jervis, NY

  A Christmas Memory ....Presby Players, Port Jervis, NY...December 2016

  Forevermore- a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe....Grey Towers U.S Forerst Service....Oct. 2016

   Mystery Theater -an evening of two spooky one acts to celebrate Halloween....Oct. 2016

   Spoon River by Edgar Lee Masters....Presby Players, Port Jervis, NY.....August 2016

   Yankee Doodle Dandy - a new musical.....Presby Players, Port Jervis, NY .....July 2016

   Broadway Babies -a new musical revue ...Presby Players, Port Jervis, NY ....April 2016

  My Funny Valentine an original musical revue based on love songs from the Broadway musicals of the past...Feb. 2016

The Gift Of The Magi....Presby Players in Port Jervis, NY....December 2015

The Jerry Herman Songbook an original musical revue ..Presby Players in Port Jervis, NY...Aug. 2015

Life Is A Cabaret an original musical revue based on the Broadway musicals of the 1960's Presby Players in Port Jervis NY ...June 2015

Steel Magnolias Presby Players in Port Jervis, NY... March 2015

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote….ART/OR….December 13th….Portland

Over The River And Through The Woods….Portland Civic Theatre Guild….December 2nd 2014

Dear World....Lakewood Theatre...2014

The Alice Project....Portland Festival Ballet Theatre Dept....2014

A Christmas Carol....Portland Festival Ballet Theatre Dept.....2013

Sorry Wrong Number and The HitchHiker....Portland Festival Ballet Theatre Dept....2013

The Wit and Wisdom of Thornton Wilder....Portland Festival Ballet Theatre Dept....2013

Boys In Autumn…ART/OR PFB Theatre/Dept. 2012

Kimberly Aikimbo…Portland Civic Theatre Guild, Portland OR 2012

The Irving Berlin Songbook…Presby Players Port Jervis, NY 2011

The Cocktail Hour….Portland Civic Theatre Guild…Portland, OR. 2011

The Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays- Evening of Monologues (with Marian Seldes)….National Arts Club….NY 2010

A Night of Poe-Evening of Stories and Poems…Grey Towers Heritage…Milford, PA 2010

William’s Last Chance….New Playwright’s Lab….Presby Players…Port Jervis, NY 2010

The Broadway Showstoppers- a musical revue….Presby Players…Port Jervis, NY 2010

Animal Farm…..Beaverton Arts Commission….Beaverton, OR 2010

The Words of Harper Lee..Pike County Public Library…NEA-BIG READ…Milford, PA 2010

The Cemetery Club…..Presby Players Port Jervis, NY 2010

The Last Act Is A Solo…..(Starring Francis Sternhagen)….National Arts Club, NYC 2010

The Last Act Is A Solo …. Portland, Oregon …Black Fish Gallery@ Portland Readers Theatre Rep. Company 2010

The Hammerstone….Portland Civic Theatre Guild…Portland,OR 2010

The Cocktail Hour (Starring Remak Ramsay)….National Arts Club, NYC 2009

Everyone Expects Me To Write Another “Streetcar” (Starring Jeremy Lawrence)…..National Arts Club, NYC 2009

Love From Shakespeare to Coward (Starring Tammy Grimes)….National Arts Club, NYC 2009

Mr. Williams and Miss Wood (Starring Francis Sternhagen)….National Arts Club, NYC 2009

I Can’t Remember Anything (Starring Joan Copeland)…..National Arts Club, NYC 2009

Backwards and In High Heels (Starring Louisa Cabot)….National Arts Club, NYC 2008

The Zoo Story ( 50th Anniversary Reading in collaboration with Edward Albee)….National Arts Club, NYC 2008

Durang/Durang…..National Arts Club, NYC 2008

The Rodgers and Hammerstein SONGBOOK……Presby Players, Port Jervis NY.2008

The Comedy of Life……..Presby Players, Port Jervis N.Y 2008

The Ladies of Spoon River…….Presby Players, N.Y @ Noel Coward Foundation 2008

HeartSongs by Mattie Sepanek…..National Arts Club, NYC 2008

Forevermore-Edgar Allen Poe……Delaware Valley School District, PA 2007

The Lincoln Letters….The Columns Museum of Pike County Pennsylvania 2007

The Noel Coward SONGBOOK…..National Arts Club, NYC 2007

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote….The Columns Museum, PA 2007

The Grapes of Wrath…BIG READ of the Pike County Public Library, PA 2007

American Talking Heads……National Arts Club, NYC 2006

Gift of the Magi…..The Columns Museum, PA 2006

Our Town……Grey Towers Heritage, PA 2006

Not My Fault (in collaboration with Christopher Durang…National Arts Club, NYC 2006

Christmas 1933.…..National Arts Club, NYC 2006Dracula…..Grey Towers Heritage, PA 2006

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof……National Arts Club, NYC 2005

James Pinchot- The Father of Conservation…..Grey Towers Heritage, PA 2005

Charlotte’s Web…Grey Towers Heritage…National Arts Club, Beaverton Library, OR 2005

War of the Worlds….Grey Towers Heritage, PA 2005

Glass Menagerie….City College NYC 2004

Night Mother (Starring Kelly Bishop and Crista Moore) …National Arts Club 2004

Kennedy’s Children……City College of NYC Graduate Honors Program 2003

Real Queen of Hearts…..National Arts Club, NYC 2003

Sunday on the Rocks….National Arts Club, NYC 2003

Hooters….City College, NYC 2003

Visitors Fom Chicago….National Arts Club, NYC 2002

Ladies In Waiting….Acting Studio, NYC 2002

The Bullpen….Acting Studio, NYC 2002

Bedrooms….Acting Studio, NYC 2002

Visit To A Small Planet….National Arts Club, NYC 2001

Lovers and Other Strangers….Acting Studio, NYC 2001

Effect Of Gamma Rays…..Smithers Foundation, NYC 2001

The VIP (with Cliff Robertson)….Smithers Foundation, NYC 2001

The Rainmaker….City College, NYC 2000

Gift of the Magi….National Arts Club, NYC 2000

The Mind with a Dirty Man….National Arts Club, NYC 2000

The Women….National Arts Club, NYC 2000

Rapunzel…International Performing Arts Festival, Milford, PA 1999

Rumors…Acting Studio, NYC 1999

Haunting of Hill House….National Arts Club, NYC 1999

Seven Year Itch…National Arts Club, NYC 1999

Dracula….National Arts Club, NYC 1999

Blue Denim….National Arts Club, NYC 1999

The Matchmaker….National Arts Club, NYC 1999

Twelve Angry Men…..City College, NYC 1998

Counting The Ways (in collaboration with Edward Albee) City College, NYC 1998

Our Town….Grey Towers Heritage, PA 1998

Beautiful Bodies….National Arts Club, NYC 1998

Chapter Two…..Acting Studio, NYC 1998

Of Mice and Men….City College, NYC 1997

Lady House Blues….National Arts Club, NYC 1997

Boy’s Life….National Arts Club, NYC 1997

The Children’s Hour….National Arts Club, NYC 1996

That Championship Season….National Arts Club, NYC 1996

Steel Magnolias….National Arts Club, NYC 1996

A Girl’s Guide To Chaos…National Arts Club, NYC 1996

Last Of The Red Hot Lovers…..National Arts Club, NYC 1996

Butterflies Are Free…..National Arts Club, NYC 1995

Dead People Aren’t Scary …..NYU Graduate Theatre/Dept. NYC 1995

Wrong Turn at Lungfish….National Arts Club, NYC 1995

Sunday On The Rocks…National Arts Club, NYC 1995

The Dinner Party….Acting Studio, NYC 1995

Blithe Spirit…National Arts Club, NYC 1994

Kennedy’s Children….City College, NYC 1994

Hurlyburly….National Arts Club, NYC 1994

Sorry Wrong Number/The Hitchhiker…National Arts Club, NYC 1994

William’s Last Chance…Blue Heron Theatre, NYC 1993

The Line That’s Picked Up 10,000 Babes…National Arts Club, NYC 1993

Lips Together Teeth Apart….National Arts Club, NYC 1993

A Family Reunion…Blue Heron, NYC 1993

Agnes of God….National Arts Club, NYC 1993

The Blond…Blue Heron, NYC 1993

The Sanctuary….Blue Heron, NYC 1993

Gennareniello….NYU Graduate Dept., NYC 1993

Three Women Dating Henry….Princeton Club, NYC 1992

Beautiful Bodies…National Arts Club, NYC 1992

Murder Play….National Arts Club, NYC 1992

Animal Farm….National Arts Club, NYC 1991

La Ronde….National Arts Club, NYC 1991

Bless Me Father….National arts Club, NYC 1991

Bell, Book, and Candle….National Arts Club 1991

Einstein….Princeton Club, NYC 1991

A Visit to A Small Planet….National Arts Club, NYC 1990

Christmas 1933...National Arts Club, NYC 1990

Love Allways….National arts Club, NYC 1990

Love Of A Pig…..National Arts Club, NYC 1990

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof….Smithers Foundation, NYC 1990

Days of Wine and Roses….Smithers Foundation, NYC 1989

Taste Of Honey….Smithers Foundation, NYC 1989

Key Exchange…..National Arts Club, NYC 1989

Christmas Carol….Presby Players, NY 1989

Young Marrieds at Play….Smithers Foundation 1989

Storied Lives….National Arts Club,NYC 1989

The Best Of Everything….Princeton Club, NYC 1989

A Delicate Matter….Princeton Club, NYC 1988

Sister Stories…National Arts Club, NYC 1988

Jesus Christ Superstar….Canton Cultural Center, Ohio 1978

West Side Story….Canton Cultural Center, Ohio 1978

Godspell….Barberton Summer Musical Festival, Ohio 1976

The Boyfriend…..Barberton Summer Musical Festival, Ohio 1976

Jacque Brel Is Alive and Well….Akron Summer Theatre, Ohio 1978

Star Spangled Girl….Akron Summer Theatre, Ohio 1978

The King and I…..Canton Opera Guild, Ohio 1978

George M…..Barberton Summer Musical Festival, Ohio 1976

Mame….Neils New Yorker, NJ 1989

You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown…Little Theatre, NYC 1980

The Bad Seed….. Little Theatre, NYC 1980

The Legacy….Little Theatre, NYC 1980

Entertaining Mr. Sloan….Little Theatre, NYC 1980


Positions Held


Barberton Summer Musical Theatre Festival, Ohio ….Artistic Director 1974-76

Canton Urban Arts Festival, Ohio…..Artistic Director 1977-78

Little Theatre on Riverside Drive, NYC……Artistic Director 1979-80

Film Acting Studio, NYC ….Founder and Director….1980-2009

Presby Players in Port Jervis, NY…..Artistic Director 2002-Current

National Arts Club, NYC…Board of Governor and Chair of Theatre/Drama..1982-Current

American ReadersTheatre, NYC, PA , OR….Founder and Director…..1990-Current


Grants Awarded


Smithers Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

EITC Grant in PA

and The Noel Coward Foundation.


Teaching Positions


Portland Center Stage 2010 ….Master Class in Musical Theatre

Portland Festival Ballet  2010 (current position)….Theatre Director and Master Class

Magnus Midwest Dance 2010 (current position)….Theatre Director and Master Class

Joffrey Ballet School in NYC 2000-2008….Master Class

Film Acting Studio of NYC 1989-2008.… Director and Master Class