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John Bolen

JOHN BOLEN  

 Nationality:    USA
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John Bolen is a novelist/playwright/actor living in Southern California. He has been published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Hal Leonard Publishing), Indigo Rising, Scars Publications, The Write Place at the Write Time, OC180news, Eunoia Review and YouthPLAYS. John is the Producing Artistic Director of the New Voices Playwrights Theatre & Workshop. John's plays have been produced throughout the U.S. His play for a young audience, Aurelia's Magic, (under its original title Dancing on a Grave), was produced by the Vanguard Theatre and Garden Grove Playhouse. Readers Theater Television produced Dancing on a Grave, and a radioplay adaptation was produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre and was broadcast on 111 other stations across the United States through the National Public Radio system. John's short story collection Nothing for Christmas & Other Holiday Tales and his novel Aurelia's Magic have just been released in both paperback and Kindle editions. As an actor, John has worked extensively in theatres throughout Southern California, although he is probably best remembered for his roles in the cult films Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and The Call of Cthulhu. He has appeared in numerous feature films and TV shows. As a voice actor, John has recorded forty audiobooks.

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         Believing         Best Chance, Best         Christmas Frail, A         Count Down the Thunder         Dancing On A Grave         David         Expectations         For Bidden         Goodnight, Joe         Hidden Dark, The         Kris' Hopes         Ladies A'Waiting         Lawanda         Loreto         Match, A         New Year Me         Night In the City Of Angels         Not Larabie         Nothing For Christmas         Peace On Earth, Goodwill         Rudy In Saigon         Sad Tales of G I Joe         Sands Of Discontent         Song For Me, A         Sunday         Tangled Affair, A         Tween Time         Waiting

Believing

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Best Chance, Best

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A son wants to move his parents into a nursing home, alzheimer's threatens to tear a family apart

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Part of New Voices Holiday Show 2008

1st Produced:
Cabrillo Playhouse    20 Dec 2008

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Christmas Frail, A

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Part of Holiday Plays 2009

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Empire Theatre, SAnta Ana, CA    05 Dec 2009

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Count Down the Thunder

Synopsis:
While a professor lectures his wife on the most benign of American holidays, that which seems to be unable to be learned from history comes ever closer and closer to their door.

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endTimes Productions presents their 4th Annual one-act festival: Vignettes for the Apocalypse 2010, A collection of twenty one-act plays, dealing with dystopian, futuristic, And Apocalyptic themes. Artistic director Russell Dobular has chosen pieces that reflect A diversity of writing styles, ranging from sci-fi to traditional horror, the comic, And the Dramatic, while representing A unifying vision of our culture And society, both past And present, As it faces the real possibility of imminent collapse.
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Dancing On A Grave

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aurelia can't wait to grow up. a chance meeting with a fairy has her wish granted and every time something difficult comes up she moves time on. She now finds that she is an old woman and regrets that her life has passed so quickly.

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Also known as "Aurelia's Magic"

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Vanguard Theater, Fullerton, California    2005

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Comedy

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David

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Costa Mesa Playhouse, Costa Mesa, CA    -

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Expectations

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For Bidden

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Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood    -

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Goodnight, Joe

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Lincoln Square Theatre, Chicago    -

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Hidden Dark, The

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An heiress confronts three influential men

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Rehearsed reading at Empire Theatre, SAnta Ana, CA    03 Jul 2010

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Kris' Hopes

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Ladies A'Waiting

Ladies A'Waiting
Three ladies in waiting wait for the Queen

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Part of New Voices Spring Voices 2013

1st Produced:
Stage Door Repertory Theater, Anaheim, CA    01 Jun 2013

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Lawanda

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after the death of his Father arthur his raised by his non racist mother and racist uncle. they live in the American South. In 1965 arthur's all white school becomes an integrated one and one black pupil arrives. But he is taken out of school and the family move to Los Angeles. Now many years later arthur a reporter goes back to interview Lawanda that black pupil.

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Genesius Theatre Guild, New York    2003

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Loreto

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Match, A

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New Year Me

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Part of New Voices Holiday Show

1st Produced:
Empire Theatre, SAnta Ana, CA    11 Dec 2010

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Night In the City Of Angels

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Part of New Voices Summer Show 2011

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STAGESTheatre, Fullerton, California    10 Sep 2011

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Not Larabie

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Costa Mesa Playhouse, Costa Mesa, CA    -

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Nothing For Christmas

Nothing For Christmas
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Peace On Earth, Goodwill

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Part of 16th Annual Holiday Voices

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Stage Door Repertory Theater, Anaheim, CA    01 Dec 2012

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Rudy In Saigon

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Chance Theater, Anaheim, CA    -

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Sad Tales of G I Joe

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Part of Holiday Voices

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STAGESTheatre, Fullerton, California    26 Nov 2011

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Sands Of Discontent

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Vanguard Theater, Fullerton, CA    -

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Song For Me, A

Song For Me, A
Music and relationships

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Originally performed with seven other short plays under the overall title "Eightudes"

1st Produced:
Empire Theatre, SAnta Ana, CA    21 Aug 2010

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Sunday

Synopsis:
a singer/songwriter returns home looking for the person who first inspired him

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1st Produced:
Vanguard Theater, Fullerton, California    2005

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Genre:
Comedy

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Tangled Affair, A

Synopsis:
Love and genius which one will be the winner

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1st Produced:
Theatre OUT, SAnta Ana, CA    29 Aug 2009

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Tween Time

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Gallery Theatre, Anaheim, CA    -

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Waiting

Synopsis:
Life is full of waiting - but when do you stop?

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Theatre@First, Somerville, MA    -

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One act

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