{"id":9054,"date":"2025-02-08T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9054"},"modified":"2025-02-08T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:21:20","slug":"celeste-ciulla-about-the-artist-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9054","title":{"rendered":"John Ahlin: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">listen to his interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:67.66221%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/John-Ahlin-as-Falstaff-in-Merry-Wives-with-Jim-Helsinger-as-Ford-1024x819.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/John-Ahlin-as-Falstaff-in-Merry-Wives-with-Jim-Helsinger-as-Ford-1024x819.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/John-Ahlin-as-Falstaff-in-Merry-Wives-with-Jim-Helsinger-as-Ford-1024x819.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2000\" data-id=\"9056\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=9056\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/John-Ahlin-as-Falstaff-in-Merry-Wives-with-Jim-Helsinger-as-Ford-1024x819.jpg\" data-width=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/John-Ahlin-as-Falstaff-in-Merry-Wives-with-Jim-Helsinger-as-Ford-1024x819.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 4 of 4 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Ahlin is an actor, writer and playwright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting credits on Broadway include: Waiting for Godot (with Bill Irwin, Nathan Lane, John Goodman and John Glover), Journey\u2019s End (2007 Tony Award Best Revival), The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Voices in the Dark, One Mo\u2019 Time, Whoopee! and Macbeth (with Kelsey Grammer and Diane Venora).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Off-Broadway John has appeared as Falstaff six times, most recently in Henry IV at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Other regional theater work includes American Buffalo and The Seafarer at TheaterWorks Hartford. The Drawer Boy at Studio Arena in Buffalo, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing at Pittsburgh Public Theater and Floyd Collins at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Old Globe Theatre and Goodman Theatre. Other regional theaters include: Repertory of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Prince Music Theatre, Syracuse Stage, George Street Playhouse and the Goodspeed Opera House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TV credits include: Law and Order: SVU (multiple episodes), Third Watch, As the World Turns, The Education of Max Bickford as well as numerous commercials and voiceovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to his interview. John Ahlin is an actor, writer and playwright. 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