A graduate of the University of Michigan, John Jarboe is now a Philadelphia-based theatre artist. He most recently played Horatio and Amiens in Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s Hamlet and As You Like It, respectively. Other recent credits include Marley in A Christmas Carol (Walnut Street Theatre) and Bloody Sergeant/Seyton in Macbeth (The Wilma). He is a member of Applied Mechanics Theatre Company with which he most recently performed Jan in Portmanteau (Philly Fringe, Frontera Fest). Some favorite work includes turns as Julia Child in Inside Julia Child (Philly Fringe) and as the title role in The Green Fairy Cabaret (Phiily School of Circus and Kimmel Center) which he wrote and performed in as part of the inaugural Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. He is the artistic director of The Bearded Ladies, an experimental cabaret group with which he created Back in the Army Cabaret (Society Hill Playhouse), No Regrets: A Piaf Affair (The Wilma), and Wide Awake: A Civil War Cabaret.  Look for the new Bearde Ladies Cabaret Beards Are For Shaving: A 007 Cabaret