John Reshetar
Born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, John K. Reshetar started his acting career at the age of 10 when he performed as an ensemble member in several productions at Holy Name High School, where he spent four years from 2002-2006. When he wasn’t onstage, he excelled in his studies with the piano/keyboard and guitar and spent time singing with men’s chorus groups while in high school. In sports, he played...
Born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, John K. Reshetar started his acting career at the age of 10 when he performed as an ensemble member in several productions at Holy Name High School, where he spent four years from 2002-2006. When he wasn’t onstage, he excelled in his studies with the piano/keyboard and guitar and spent time singing with men’s chorus groups while in high school. In sports, he played golf, tennis, and basketball.
In his senior year, with the help of Timothy Mogford, John applied to several colleges to study the performing arts. He was accepted into Kutztown University, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and DeSales University. He chose DeSales University with a major in Acting/Directing. In 2010, he graduated from DeSales University with a B.A. in Theatre: Acting/Directing. He went on to work with several regional theatres across the country which include The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Fulton Theatre, EffectiveARTS Theatre Co., Northern Stage Theatre, Gretna Theatre, Theatre of the Seventh Sister, Storybook Musical Theatre, and many others.
John is a working playwright currently based in West Chester, PA. Since 2014, he has had multiple staged-readings and live productions of several ten minute plays and full-lengths with Creative Works of Lancaster, Millersville University, Wabash College, Middletown Arts Center, The 24 Hour Plays, and Theatre of the Seventh Sister. Those works include The Bulldozer, Black Belt, Mary Poppins is at a Loss of Words, A Most Inconvenient Bunbury - The Wilde Servants of Earnest, Exclusion, and First Flight, The Story of Wilbur and Orville Wright (Children's Play). Adaptations include Edgar Allen Poe's Cask of Amontillado, Hop-Frog, and Masque of the Red Death. These have been performed by students of Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia and directed by Jeffrey Lanigan, a friend and fellow DeSales University Alumni.
He teaches playwriting at the Lebanon Middle School in Lebanon, PA and with Kids on Campus at Buck County Community College on a seasonal basis.