About Jon

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | ARTS ADMINISTRATION

DIRECTOR | CHOREOGRAPHER | EDUCATOR | ACTOR

Upon graduating from High School, Jon began acting at Harbor Playhouse in Corpus Christi, Texas. His theatre education eventually took him to Del Mar College, the University of Northern Colorado, and Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. Jon has cultivated and maintained great relationships with the theatres that he has worked with including: HITS Theatre, Zoom Shakespeare Productions, Basin Theatre Works, The Depot Theater, Pasadena Little Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Harbor Playhouse, Aurora Arts Theater, Port Aransas Community Theatre, The Rialto Theatre, Rockport Little Theatre, and the Union Colony Civic Center. In addition to his work with theatres and other arts organizations, he has served in the role of Special Interest Chair for the K-12 Education Committee for the Texas Educational Theatre Association and as an Advisory Board Member for the Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau. He is currently the Executive Director of HITS Theatre in Houston, Texas. Jon has worked as an Interim Executive Director for the Ellen Noel Art Museum, Executive Director for Basin Theatre Works (both in Odessa, Texas), Executive Artistic Director for The Depot Theater in Dodge City, Kansas, an Educational Program Manager for The Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, and was the Fine Arts Director and Theatre Instructor for Incarnate Word Academy in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is a Founding Member of Dead Creek Theatre Company, the Co-Founder of Artists Crafting Theatre, and a Co-Founder of The Watershed Theatre. As of June 2023, Jon is serving as a Board Member-At-Large for the American Association of Community Theatre. As of September 2022, Jon is an Associate Member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Jon’s areas of expertise lie in: Artistic Operations, Community Engagment, Marketing, Development, Acting, Directing, Choreography, and Theatre Education.