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Jack Bradford

{{Short description|American actor and theatre director}}

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| birth_place = Milton, Florida

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Jack Bradford (born July 26, 1959) is an American / Australian stage actor and director. He is best known in Brisbane for founding Brisbane Junior Theatre which presented its first production The Pirates of Penzance in April 2001.

Bradford, the son of Gerald and Rose Bradford, was born in 1959 at Milton, Florida, in the USA. His father was a Navy captain, which meant that Jack and his seven siblings were regularly on the move.

His first stage role was Jesus in Godspell working alongside Kathy Najimy in 1975.

Upon completion of a Bachelor of Arts in theatre, he moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1988.

Jack was married to Australian Deborah Onions, whom he had met on a visit to Australia in 1986. From 1989 to 1993, he was the senior pastor of the Christian Praise Centre in Glen Innes, New South Wales.


In 1993, Jack, Debbie and their three boys moved back to Brisbane, which is where they currently reside.

Stage

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Location

1975

| Godspell

| Jesus

| Helix Summer Theatre, La Mesa CA. alongside Kathy Najimy

1976

| The Roar of the Greasepaint

| Cocky

| Monte Vista High School. Director Ron Ray.

1977

| Kiss Me, Kate

| Hortensio

| Grossmont College Summer Theatre, El Cajon CA.

1977

| Equus

| Alan, Strang

| Grossmont College, El Cajon CA. working alongside John Castellanos

1978

| Sweet Charity

| Herman

| Cajon Performing Arts Center

1979

| The Roar of the Greasepaint

| Cocky

| Patio Playhouse, Escondido, CA.

1979

| How to Succeed in Business

| Bert Bratt

| Grossmont College Summer Theatre, El Cajon, CA.

1979

| Zoo Story

| Director, Jerry

| Central Wyoming College

1979

| All the World's a Stage

| Writer, editor and principal

| Central Wyoming College. (A Shakespearean Review).

1980

| Butterflies are Free

| Donny Dark, Set and Light Designer

| Central Wyoming College.

1980

| Camelot

| Arthur

| Central Wyoming College.

1980

| My Partner and Olio by Bartley Campbell

| Sam Bowler, Imperial Players

| Cripple Creek, Colorado. Professional Summer Stock, 150 Performances.

1983

| Waiting for Lefty

| Irv

| Wright State University, Professional Actors Training Company, Ohio.

1983

| Two by Two

| Japheth

| Dayton Playhouse, Ohio.

1984

| Equus

| Dalton

| Wright State University, Professional Actors Training Company, Ohio (with George Grizzard.)

1984

| Kiss Me, Kate

| Petruchio, Fred

| Dayton Playhouse, Ohio.

1984

| Princess Ida

| Cyril

| Center Stage, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

1984

| Royal Hunt of the Sun

| De Candia

| Fairborn Playhouse, Ohio.

1985

| Amadeus

| Baron Van Swieten

| Wright State University, Professional Actors Training Company, Ohio.

1985

| Annie

| Director

| Fairborn Playhouse, Ohio.

1985

| Antigone

| Creon

| Yellow Springs Amphitheater, Ohio.

1989

| Godspell

| Jesus

| Ballarat Light Opera Company, Ballarat Victoria Australia.

1995

| Man of La Mancha

| Sancho

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

1996

| Godspell

| Director

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

1997

| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| Director

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

1999

| Guys and Dolls

| Nicely Nicely Johnson

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

1999

| The Importance of Being Earnest

| Director

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2000

| Godspell

| Director

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2001

| Bye Bye Birdie

| Harry MacAfee

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2001

| Oliver

| Director

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2002

| Les Misérables

| Jean Valjean

| Savoyards Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia. Winner of the 2002 4MBS Perform Award for best actor in a musical.

2002

| Wit

| Director

| La Boite Theatre D-Lab, Brisbane Australia.

2002

| The Music Man

| Harold Hill

| Queensland Musical Theatre, Brisbane Australia.

2004

| West Side Story

| Director

| Savoyards Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2004

| Wit

| Director

| Bunbury Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia. In the 2004 Matilda Awards Caroline Kennison was a joint winner of Best Female Actor in a lead role for her role as Professor Vivian Bearing.Ministerial Media Statements, Education & Arts, The Honourable Anna Bligh, Monday March 21, 2005, http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=39981

2004

| Arsenic and Old Lace

| Teddy Brewster

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2005

| Les Misérables

| Jean Valjean

| Ignatians Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2006

| Rent

| Director and Joint Producer

| Schonell Theatre, University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.

2006

| Parade

| Tom Watson, Old Soldier

| Warehaus Theatre, Brisbane Australia.

2006

| Godspell

| Jesus, director and joint producer

| Schonell Theatre, University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.

2007

| Children of Eden

| Father

| Harvest Rain Theatre Company, Brisbane Australia.

2007

| The Witches of Eastwick

| Director and joint producer

| Schonell Theatre, University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.

2008

| The Importance of Being Earnest

| Director

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2008

| Songs for a New World

| Director (Qld Premiere)

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2008

| Proof

| Robert (professor)

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2008

| Suds

| Director (Australian Premiere)

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2009

| An Ideal Husband

| Earl of Caversham

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2009

| Sweeney Todd

| Sweeney Todd

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2009

| Speed the Plow

| Charlie Fox

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2009

| Forbidden Broadway

| Director

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2010

| Fiddler on the Roof

| Director, Tevye

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2010

| 13

| Director

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2010

| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

| Director, J.B. Biggley

| Starlight Theatre, Centre Stage Spring Hill, Brisbane Australia.

2015

| The Prince of Egypt

| Director, Jethro

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Brisbane Australia.

Brisbane Junior Theatre productions

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Year

! School Holiday

! Title

! Location

2001

| Easter

| 1. The Pirates of Penzance

| RiverCity Family Church, The Gap

2001

| September

| 2. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| RiverCity Family Church, The Gap

2002

| Easter

| 3. H.M.S. Pinafore

| RiverCity Family Church, The Gap

2002

| September

| 4. Annie

| RiverCity Family Church, The Gap

2003

| Easter

| 5. The Mikado

| Centenary Uniting Church, Middle Park

2003

| July

| 6. The Pirates of Penzance

| Bracken Ridge Baptist Church

2003

| September

| 7. Guys and Dolls

| Centenary Uniting Church, Middle Park

2004

| July

| 8. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| Bracken Ridge Baptist Church

2004

| September

| 9. Fiddler on the Roof

| Bracken Ridge Baptist Church

2005

| June–July

| 10. The King and I

| Bracken Ridge Baptist Church

2005

| September

| 11. The Music Man

| Bracken Ridge Baptist Church

2006

| July

| 12. Aladdin

| Bracken Ridge Baptist Church with performances at Redcliffe Cultural Centre

2006

| September

| 13. Guys and Dolls

| Clontarf Baptist Church with performances at Redcliffe Cultural Centre

2007

| January

| 14. Oklahoma

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2007

| Easter

| 15. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2007

| July

| 16. Mulan

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2007

| September

| 17. Fiddler on the Roof

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2008

| January

| 18. Cinderella

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2008

| January

| 19. Into the Woods

| Centre Stage Theatre, Spring Hill

2008

| Easter

| 20. Alice in Wonderland

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2008

| July

| 21. Annie

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2008

| September

| 22. Once Upon a Mattress

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2009

| January

| 23. Aladdin

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2009

| January

| 24. H.M.S. Pinafore

| Centre Stage Theatre, Spring Hill

2009

| Easter

| 25. King and I

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2009

| July

| 26. Beauty and the Beast

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2009

| September

| 27. High School Musical

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2010

| January

| 28. High School Musical 2

| Albany Hills Christian Church with performances at Ferny Grove High School Theatre

2010

| Easter

| 29. The Pirates of Penzance

| Albany Hills Christian Church with performances at Centre Stage Theatre, Spring Hill

2010

| June–July

| 30. Mulan

| Albany Hills Christian Church with performances at Centre Stage Theatre, Spring Hill

2010

| September

| 31. Seussical

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2011

| January

| 32. Oklahoma!

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2011

| June

| 33. The Music Man

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2011

| September

| 34. Thoroughly Modern Millie

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2012

| January

| 35. Guys and Dolls

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2012

| Easter

| 36. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2012

| June

| 37. State Fair

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2012

| September–October

| 38. Les Misérables

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2013

| January

| 39. Alice in Wonderland

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2013

| April

| 40. Fiddler on the Roof

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2013

| June

| 41. Beauty and the Beast

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2013

| September

| 42. Honk!

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2013

| September–October

| 43. 13 the musical

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2014

| January

| 44. Aladdin

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2014

| April

| 45. Godspell

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2014

| July

| 46. The Little Mermaid

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2014

| September

| 47. Peter Pan

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2014

| September–October

| 48. The Pirates of Penzance

| Mueller Community Church, Rothwell

2015

| January

| 49. The Sound of Music

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2015

| April

| 50. Annie

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2015

| June–July

| 51. Hairspray

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2015

| October

| 52. The Wizard of Oz

| Mueller College, Rothwell

2015

| October

| 53. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

| Mueller College, Rothwell

2016

| January

| 54. Legally Blonde

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2016

| March–April

| 55. My Son Pinocchio

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2016

| June–July

| 56. Thoroughly Modern Millie

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2016

| September–October

| 57. Singing in the Rain

| Mueller College, Rothwell

2017

| January

| 58. Shrek

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

2017

| April

| 59. The Sound of Music

| Albany Hills Christian Church, Warner

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0103033}}
  • [http://www.brisbanejuniortheatre.com Brisbane Junior Theatre]
  • http://www.fusion-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/03/Bradford_Brisbane-Junior-Theatre.pdf

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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:Central Wyoming College alumni

Category:People from Milton, Florida

Category:American male stage actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from Florida

Category:American emigrants to Australia