Anton Jones

Background

About Anton Jones

As an interdisciplinary theatre artist, Anton Jones has devoted his career to fusing his experience as a playwright, director, theatre educator, composer/sound designer, and dramaturg into his own unique approach to the creation of live performance. In 2004, while sound designing the Off-Broadway production of Klub Ka: A Blues Legend at LaMama ETC. he was teaching theatre appreciation and playwriting at the University of Iowa as well as working closely with Hip-Hop Theatre Pioneer and Guest Artist, Will Power by writing the program notes and acting in Will’s production of The Seven. Four months later, he was adapting lyrics and composing/performing original music for a production of Good Person of Szechuan while finishing rewrites of his own play Waking Nicodemus which was going into production the following Spring. Another 4 months passed and he was holding his MFA from the University of Iowa Playwright’s Workshop and relocating to Minneapolis. In 2006 he was recipient of the Playwright’s center/Jerome Foundation Many Voices Residency where he developed The FUNeral a fusion of Hip-Hop Theatre and Commedia Dell’Arte. The FUNeral premiered as the Inaugaral production of Culture Mesh Collective, a theatre company created with actress, Christina Frank. From Being Playwright in residence for educational programs at Mixed Blood Theatre and Penumbra Theatre to directing his own play Tokens~n~Change: A Hip-Hop Drama at the Illusion Theatre to composing the soundtrack for a Fashion Show in Germany to breaking school track records at Grinnell College, Anton Jones continues to learn, grow, and test the boundaries of collaboration. Specialties: Playwright, Lyricist/Composer, Director, Theatre Educator, Sound Designer, Dramaturg