Jack Stehlin

A descendant of circus trapeze artists, jugglers, and acrobats on one side of his family, and coal miners and minor league ball players on the other side, Stehlin began his career at New York's prestigious Juilliard School, landing a role in Henry VI, Part I with fellow alums Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer and Mandy Patinkin. After graduation, he joined the New York Shakespeare Festival, acting in dozens of plays including, Richard II,Henry V, Casanova, Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, Don Juan and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Of his stage work, Stehlin has been a theatre critic darling, often calling him "one of our very best actors", "unpredictable", "dangerous", "brimming with energy", "an electrified presence on the stage." Inheriting the circus performer work ethic, Stehlin founded his theatre company Circus Theatricals in 1983. The company's first performance was Chekov's Uncle Vanya in which Stehlin starred opposite Kevin Spacey and Tom Hewitt. Now based out of Los Angeles, Circus