James J. Fenton
Birth Place: Springfield, MO
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Westport Country Playhouse (Nov 10, 2025)
Interview: Melissa Rain Anderson of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Westport Country Playhouse (Oct 19, 2025)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Begins This Month at Westport Country Playhouse (Oct 8, 2025)
BIO
Selected Credits:
Penguin Repertory: Drop Dead Perfect (World Premiere), How the World Began, The How and The Why (NY Premiere by Sarah Treem, dir: Joe Brancato), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dir: Mark Shanahan) and Greetings!(Dir: Tom Caruso).
NYMF 2014: Academia Nuts(Written by: Becca Anderson and Dan Marshall, music by Julian Blackmore, directed by Tom Caruso)
Barrington Stage Company: Dancing Lessons(World Premiere, by Mark St. Germain, dir: Julie Boyd), Southern Comfort, the Musical(Music by Julianne Wick Davis and written by Dan Collins, dir: Tom Caruso)
Merrimack Repertory: Mrs. Mannerly(Dir: Mark Shanahan), The Devil’s Music: the Life and Blues of Bessie Smith (Dir: Joe Brancato), The Outgoing Tide(Dir: Charles Towers - Spring 2015).
Hudson Stage Company: Kunstler (World Premiere, dir: Annette O’Toole).
InProximity Theatre: The Fall to Earth (NY Premiere, dir: Joe Brancato) at 59E59, Sight Unseen (Dir: Dorothy Lyman), Navy Pier (NY Premiere, Dir: Bryn Boice) at Theatre Row, The Maiden’s Prayer (dir: Terry Berliner), and Orange Flower Water.
CAP21: Southern Comfort, the Musical(World Premiere, dir: Tom Caruso), When We Met(World Premiere, dir: Eric Hoff),
Off-Off Broadway: God Steeling (World Premiere)(Written by Charles Cissel), Seven Stories, Speaking in Tongues, Closer Than Ever, Seascape with Sharks and Dancer and Cake.
Selected West Coast: American Conservatory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Shotgun Players.
James is proud member of IATSE, USA Local 829.
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