John Perine

John Perine is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist and educator with an academic and employment history primarily based in the Southeast United States. He holds a BFA (Samford University) and MFA (UNC Greensboro) in Theatre for Youth.

John Perine is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist and educator with an academic and employment history primarily based in the Southeast United States. He holds a BFA (Samford University) and MFA (UNC Greensboro) in Theatre for Youth.

Scripts

Orpheum

by John Perine

Cast Size
3
Genre
experimental,
movement/physical,
tragedy

a dance/physical theatre retelling of the myth of orpheus and eurydice.

a dance/physical theatre retelling of the myth of orpheus and eurydice.

ORBIT, or The Last Days Before Life on Mars

by John Perine

Cast Size
11—15
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
drama

When presented with the opportunity to be the first member of a colony on Mars, Jonah Forrester spends a year circumnavigating the globe relying on the kindness of strangers in order to determine if the Earth is worth leaving behind forever.

When presented with the opportunity to be the first member of a colony on Mars, Jonah Forrester spends a year circumnavigating the globe relying on the kindness of strangers in order to determine if the Earth is worth leaving behind forever.

icarus x apollo

by John Perine

Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
drama,
movement/physical,
tragedy

On New Years Eve, college seniors Icarus and Apollo stand at a crossroads: Icarus is ready to follow his boyfriend Apollo to the ends of the earth following their upcoming graduation, and Apollo is sensing that he and Icarus have the potential to destroy each other if they continue with their relationship. As the minutes count down toward midnight, Icarus and Apollo must confront their pasts as the cosmic...

On New Years Eve, college seniors Icarus and Apollo stand at a crossroads: Icarus is ready to follow his boyfriend Apollo to the ends of the earth following their upcoming graduation, and Apollo is sensing that he and Icarus have the potential to destroy each other if they continue with their relationship. As the minutes count down toward midnight, Icarus and Apollo must confront their pasts as the cosmic arrangement of the order of the universe hangs in the balance. icarus x apollo reevaluates the Greek myth of Icarus. Perhaps we were not told the whole story.

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