1. John N. Frazier, MFA, MA
1228 Nielsen Dr. Clarkston, GA
Nyrere99@gmail.com
Education
M.A., Theatre Literature, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2012
M.F.A, Acting, Chicago College for the Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL,
2006
B.A , Theatre Arts, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, 2003
Bio
John Nyrere Frazier began his professional acting career with two East Coast tours as an
actor / dancer with Silver Sun Limited. While in Rhode Island, he worked with Rites and Reason
Theatre at Brown University and Providence Black Repertory. John later moved back to his
home state of North Carolina and attended Shaw University and North Carolina Central
University’s departments of theatre. During his time at NCCU, he involved himself in campus
theatre, local community theatres, and produced radio dramas. In addition, he also co-wrote a
production - "Bye-Bye Black Birds - with one of his theatre department professors. The
production went on to be included in North Carolina Central’s production season and represented
the department at the Irene Ryan Theatre Competitions.
He graduated with academic honors and was accepted to the Chicago College for the
Performing Arts at Roosevelt University where he received his MFA. While in Chicago, John
worked with Shattered Globe Theatre Company, Adventure Stage Theatre, American Theatre
Company, Victory Gardens Theater, and Next Theatre. He also performed in the Gaming
Industry as a motion capture performance artist and voice-over artist for MidWay Games, EA
Games/ Chicago, and Warner Brothers Entertainment.
John returned to university life when he was accepted to Miami University’s MA program
in Theatre Literature. Because he held an MFA at the time of his enrollment, he was tapped by
the university to teach his own class in acting. In addition, he also directed for colored girls who
have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf and worked closely with the University's
Communications Department to develop multicultural historical vignettes for broadcast. John
now works in the Southeast and Midwest regions of the United States.

2. Volunteer Service: Community & Artistic
True Colors Theatre, ATL, GA Horizons Theatre, ATL, GA
Southwest Arts Center, ATL, GA West End Performing Art Center, ATL,GA
Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago, IL DuSable Museum, Chicago, IL
Walk Chicago, Chicago, IL
Courses Taught
STA 252-C. Theatre Appreciation
STA 254. Acting I
STA 353. Play Production Methods
African-American Theatre
STA 316. Dramaturgy and Criticism
STA 352. Development of Drama II
STA 354. Acting II
Researchinterests
Ntozake Shange and Current Women’s Issues
August Wilson as Cultural Anthropology
Directing
Play Writing
Theatre of the Oppressed
Augusto Boal for Children
Augusto Boal and Conflict Resolution
Multicultural Theatre
Teaching Experience
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Speech Communication and Theatre
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Fall 2013 – present
Teach 8 courses per academic year. Designed course syllabi. Provided student advisement on
course work. Participated in university and department committees. Worked with community
organizations to develop resources for student body. Worked with alumni to continue their active
presence and participation in the department.
LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Theatre Department, Miami University
123 Acting for the Non-Majors, Spring 2011-2012
Developed and implemented core curriculum for sixteen week course; Created and updated
syllabi; Improvised and adapted various components of core curriculum; Administered and
graded assignments; Developed personalized instruction for each student; Created and
distributed rubrics for class evaluations; Created and distributed mid-term & finals project

3. ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
Theatre Department, Miami University
American Theatre, Fall 2011-2012
Administered and graded assignments; Organized and lead student forum discussions which
developed student’s own original theatre production
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
Theatre Department, Miami University
191 Theatre Appreciation, 2010-2011
Administered and graded assignments; Organized and lead student forum discussions which
developed student’s own original theatre production
GUEST ARTIST INSTRUCTOR
Theatre Department, Miami University
131 Acting I (Advanced Seminar), 2010
Used improvisation to develop movement vocabulary (Physical communication); Developed the
body as text (Examine physical communication); Explored and developed physical
communication specific to each individual student
GUEST ARTIST AND LECTURER
Theatre Department, Miami University
World Premiere of Carlyle Brown’s play, Down In Mississippi, 2009
Lead History Department tour; Lead roundtable discussion on historical environment of
production
Presentations
BTN Conference, Black Theatre Network, for colored girls… Living in the Word, 2011
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed
Inc., Pedagogy of The Oppressed, Shange & Boal: Creating Multiculturalism in Practice, 2013
Grants
Miami University, Yeck Arts Grant Recipient, Moment Makers, 2011-2012
Conferences Attended—
BTN Conference, Black Theatre Network, 2011
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed
Inc., 2013
Learning Systems Workshop, Clark Atlanta University, 20014
Professional memberships
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

4. Awards
Black Theatre Network (BTN) Scholars Award, 2011
Additional skills / Additional Educational Training
Restorative Justice
Foundations of Multicultural Education
Socio-linguistics: Projecting Individual and Social Identity through Language
Black Feminism and the Diaspora
Dissertation / Thesis
Chicago College for the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, MFA (2006)
“Judgment at Nuremberg: Human Rights Hypocrisies“
Researches the involvement of African American soldiers in the 1945
Nuremburg, German prosecution of Nazi members for human rights violations.
The work postulates on the production's single African American character. What
might be the history, thoughts, and feelings of such a character while acting as
proxies for the U.S.; a country teeming with human rights violations against
African Americans.
Miami University, MA (2013)
“for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf”: A Truly Multicultural
Perspective in Theory and Performance
Researches the original staging and multicultural casting intensions Ntozake
Shange had for her play for colored girls... In examining the script, I isolate and
review the culturally specific text and non-culturally text to ask the question,
which communities can find voice in Shange’s words?
Other Professional Experiences
Stage Directing
for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow was enuf
By Ntozake Shange, Studio 88, Miami University Black Box Theatre, 2012
The Past is the Past
By Richard Wesley, Studio 88, Miami University Black Box Theatre, 2011

5. JOHN FRAZIER
SAG-AFTRA / MFA: Acting / MA: Theatre Literature
nyrere99@gmail.com/919-824-2725
PRODUCTION ROLE VENUE
DOWN IN MISSISSSIPPI Jimmy Miami Center of Performing Arts
THE OVERWHELMING UN Major/ Rwandan Next theatre
DEATH BY DARKNESS (Rem’t) Stephen Bishop Pioneer Playhouse
OTHELLO Othello Montana Shakes in the Parks
DEATH BY DARKNESS Stephen Bishop River Park Center
COLUMBO Big D. River Park Center
THE SEARCH FOR ODYSSEUS Cyclops/Achilles Vittum Theatre
DENMARK Understudy (Omar) Victory Gardens, Biograph
OF MICE AND MEN Crooks Victory Gardens Theater
LOST IN THE STARS Absolom Carolina Theater
BYE-BYE BLACK BIRDS George Farrison-Newton Theater
LUYALA Spirit Dancer Duke University Theater
BLACK MASK Slave Rite & Reason Theater
CELEBRATIONS: NuBotti Dance East Coast Tour
AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY
Voice Over (vo), Motion Capture (mc) 2007-2010
IN THE TIME OF THE DRUM Narrator (vo) Atlanta Library
DEFF JAM ICON, THE GAME Secondary Character (vo) EA Games
DEFF JAM ICON, THE GAME Crowd Voices (vo) EA Games
DEFF JAM ICON, THE GAME Fight Sounds(vo) EA Games
DEFF JAM VENDETTA, PROMO Big Boy (vo) EA Games
MORTAL KOMBAT (2011 release) Goro, Jax, Kintaro, Shao-Kahn (mc) WB Games
MORTAL KOMBAT Lu Kang (mc) MidWay Games
BLITZ Sands (mc) MidWay Games
FILM/TV
Project Role
ANT-MAN Head of Security
VAMPIRE DIARIES Bouncer
THE ORIGINALS Warlock
ILLINOIS LOTTERY SAG Extra
DUST CLOUDS Farferello (Evil Ghost)
JAZZ JUNE Tony
Special Skills
Movement: Yoga, West African Dance, Stick Defense / Games-Sports: Chess, Basketball,
Swimming, Weight lifting, Running, Boxing / Accents-Dialects: Cockney, Jamaican, Irish,
South African, Southern American, East-West Coast

6. (Youth Development & Youth Arts Development Experience Below)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (2013-Current)
Youth Employment Program Coordinator, YEP
 Assist YEP Manager in the recruitment, screening, and hiring of youth
 Work with YEP Manager to recruit local employers to offer subsidized jobs for youth
 Train and supervise a team of Mentors
 Monitor and approve timesheets for Mentor and youth payroll
 Facilitate youth orientations, trainings, and job placement
 Maintain Training, Mentor, and Mentee records
 Serve as the primary point of contact for employers
 Serve as the liaison between Mentors, youth, and employers
 Coordinate community outreach events
 Monitor conduct of all Mentors and youth
 Attend mentoring training sessions and Mentor planning meetings as requested
DuSable Museum/ After School Matters (ASM)- Chicago, IL (2012-2013)
Docent and Performance Instructor
 Develop ten week curriculum and syllabus for Docent internship training program
 Work with department colleagues and department director to finalize curriculum
 Organize and recruitment drives
 Organize and maintain administrative documents
 Coordinate and direct student intern’s volunteer work with DuSable Museum
 Create and distribute daily lesson plans to director and staff
 Generate and distribute weekly reports of student attendance, student/class progress, class
activities and goals
 Organize and attend educational field trips
 Organize and direct students in their culminating presentation and banquette event
Montana Shakespeare in the Park- Bozeman, MT (2008)
Artist and Instructor
 Curriculum development & implementation
 Perform in the role of Othello
 Set assembly and disassembly
Chicago Park District/ Kraft Great Kids- Chicago, IL (2004-2005)
Camp Counselor
 Collaborate with Chicago Public Library partners to develop and implement core
curriculum
 Improvise and adapt various components of core curriculum
 Survey youth patrons' participation in the park program
 Develop curriculum schedule
 Inventory supplies used, not used, and supplies needed
 Engage youth patrons in social recreation

7. Durham City Special Populations- Durham, NC (2002)
Camp Instructor
 Create theatrical games and curriculum for physically disabled and cognitively delayed
youth
 Develop and supervise young adults in performance activities
 Logue social and behavioral progress of students
 Facilitate counselor and parent discussions of youth’s progress
Spirit House Outreach Program- Durham, NC (2001-2002)
Drama Instructor
 Curriculum development & implementation
 Tutoring in school district subject matter
 Youth Mentorship
 Organize planning sessions for educators
 Coordinate grand opening events
 Organize and conduct parent open houses
Radio/Audio
Moment Makers
Moment Makers is a series of multicultural radio vignettes produced in collaboration with Miami
University Communications Department and the Miami University Department of Theatre. The
independent project focuses on individuals from diverse nations and cultural backgrounds who
have made an impression on history. University advisors include, Chief Engineer, Steve Beitzel
and Theatre Chair, Dr. Elizabeth Mullenix. Student engineer, Mercedes Erica Williams, 2011-
2012
Street Stories
Street Stories is a production made of a series of poems from the perspective of a homeless and
houseless man suffering from and celebrating his Multiple Personality Syndrome. It became the
basis for the play Bye-Bye Black Birds written by Randolph Umberger which became a part of
North Caroline Central University’s theatre season and was picked to represent the university at
the 2001 Irene Ryan National Play Competitions
Hip-Spoken-Hop-Word
Hip-Spoken-Hop-Word is a poetic performance art CD self- authored and produced. Sound by:
Paigne Family Productions, Visual Design by: Jacob Little, 2007, Written, Director and
Performer by John Nyrere Frazier
Kwanzaa and the SevenSisters
Kwanzaa and the Seven Sisters is an audio and stage play about the principles of Kwanzaa
personified. It mythically tells the tale of how the sister’s came to earn the meanings in their
names.