2011 Staged Readings

Revelation Readings: The Witch

Red Bull Theater at St. Clement’s, New York City
February 7, 2011
Read as the Duke

Synopsis

Directed by Eleanor Holdridge, Johnny read the part of the Duke in Thomas Middleton’s The Witch, “a wickedly funny play featuring Hecate, the queen witch from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.” This reading was part of an ongoing OBIE Award-Winning series dedicated to the rediscovery of neglected classics and to the development of new plays of heightened language and classical themes.

Critical Response

“The commanding presence and majestic voice of Johnny Lee Davenport as the Duke recalled James Earl Jones in his Off-Broadway days.”
—Zan, The Juggler Blog (February 12, 2011)

“Master Harold” . . . and the boys

Boston Center for American Performance
Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210
March 1, 2011
Read as Sam

George Love

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
May 17, 2011
Read as George Love

Revolutionary Moments

Elaine P. Bernstein Theatre
Shakespeare & Company
July 4, 2011
Read as Nelson Mandela

George Washington’s Boy

by Ted Lange
Studio Festival of Plays
Elaine P. Bernstein Theatre
Shakespeare & Company
August 29, 2011
Read as Billy Lee

Henry IV

Studio Festival of Plays
Elaine P. Bernstein Theatre
Shakespeare & Company
August 29, 2011
Read as Poins and Glendower