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John C Hume

Birth Place: Queens, NY

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BIO

JOHN C. HUME (he/him/his) is a Brooklyn-based theater artist. He is a director, actor, cabaret performer, puppeteer, designer, and writer with a background in non-profit arts management. His directing work has been presented at Dixon Place, La MaMa E.T.C., The Secret Theatre, and Treehouse Theater. He has created and performed over a dozen cabaret shows, which have been presented at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Triad, The Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell Mama, and The Duplex. His acting work has been seen at HERE Arts Center, Bowery Poetry Club, Dixon Place, The Secret Theatre, and most recently, in APAC’s virtual presentation of Cyndi William’s American Arcana. BFA: Sarah Lawrence College.

Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
General Manager

Cabaret shows: John Hume and Friends Go to the Movies! (The Green Room 42, March 2024), A John Hume and Friends Love Letter to Broadway (The Green Room 42, February 2023), The Michelle Kwan Tribute Show (The Green Room 42, June 2022), A John Hume and Friends Miracle on 72nd Street (The Triad, December 2021), The First Annual John Hume and Friends Holiday Telethon: Benefitting the Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC, December 2020); A John Hume and Friends Christmas Carol, An Evening with John Hume and Mila Henry, #I’mWithRipsey, #RipseyResists (Feinstein’s/54 Below); 7STAGES (The Metropolitan Room); The Boys You Know (Don’t Tell Mama); John Hume Live: With Danny Katz On Piano, John Hume and Friends, John Hume and Friends THE SEQUEL!, John Hume’s The Joy Of Gay Sex, John Hume and Mila Henry…Together Again,  John Hume and Friends Sing CATS! A Fundraiser for GMHC’s AIDS WALK 2013, John Hume and Friends Christmas Around the World, The John Hume and Friends 1940s Christmas Radio Hour (all at The Duplex); The John Hume and Friends Christmas Spectacular (with Femme Fatale Theater) at The Secret Theater, Queens NY and The East 13th Street Theater, NYC. Femme Fatale Theater: Vera, or The Nihilists, The Bacchae, Oscar Wilde’s Salome. APAC’s virtual presentation of Cyndi William’s American Arcana. Other theater: Eschaton Cabaret (Bowery Poetry Club and Dixon Place), Group, a new play by Daniel McCoy. Directing: Strange Folk, a new play by Dane Jerabek (Dixon Place); The Marble Helen (La MaMa E.T.C.); The Therapist and the Young Man (The Secret Theater and the Treehouse Theater). BFA: Sarah Lawrence College. Conservatory: The British American Dramatics Academy.


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The Green Room 42 to Present JOHN HUME AND FRIENDS GO TO THE MOVIES

Join John Hume and Friends for an evening of movie-themed music at The Green Room 42.
The Green Room 42 Presents 'A John Hume And Friends Love Letter To Broadway'

THE GREEN ROOM 42, Broadway's Off-Night Hotspot, presents A John Hume and Friends Love Letter To Broadway on Thursday, February 9th at 9:30 PM. 
Billy Anderson and Danny Katz Will Perform in The Michelle Kwan Tribute Show at The Green Room 42

Billy Anderson and Danny Katz return to The Green Room 42 on Wednesday June 29th at 9:30pm for a unique show paying tribute to iconic figure skater Michelle Kwan. 
The American Opera Project to Present THE AOP MIXTAPE #1 at Joe's Pub

On Thursday, April 14th at 7pm ET, The American Opera Project will push play on The AOP Mixtape #1: No More!, the first concert in its new annual series The AOP Mixtape – a live, handwritten love letter of music featuring world premiere songs from contemporary operas and music theater.
A JOHN HUME & FRIENDS MIRACLE ON 72ND STREET Will Be Performed at The Triad Theatre

When Johnnie & Friends can't find a last-minute replacement to play Santa Claus in their annual holiday show, it seems like their brand-new production is sunk. So, when the kindly doorman at The Triad agrees to step in and play St. Nick, Johnnie hires him on the spot. There's only one problem: this new friend seems to think he actually is Father Christmas and Johnnie stopped believing in Santa decades ago.
Astoria Performing Arts Center with Theatre East Presents AMERICAN ARCANA

Crumbling infrastructure, poison water, distant gunfire, political ads. What does the future hold, and who will be there to shape it? From award-winning Austin-based playwright Cyndi Williams comes a timely epic of survival and the fight for a better tomorrow. October 22nd and 23rd ONLY at 8:00PM . Tickets at www.apacny.org or fiveohm.tv.
A JOHN HUME & FRIENDS CHRISTMAS MIRACLE Plays The Duplex This Holiday Season!

THE DUPLEX, New York City's longest running Cabaret, presents A John Hume & Friend's Christmas Miracle! on Thursday, December 12th at 9:30pm. 
Cabaret Stars Billy Anderson And John C. Hume Join Line-up For Club Cumming's New Monday Night Cabaret Series

CLUB CUMMING, Alan Cumming's East Village cabaret venue, presents a?oeCertified PUNK Accountanta?? Billy Anderson and a?oeDarling of Downtown Cabareta?? John C. Hume in The Wonder Bar Boys: EXposed! on Monday, November 4th at 7:30pm as part of the Club's new Monday Night Cabaret Series. After years of performing their own solo acts and selling out shows at famed venues Feinstein's/54 Below, Don't Tell Mama, and The Duplex, among others, these two cabaret veterans (and real-life EX-boyfriends) unite for the first time in a one-night-only Kiki for the Gawds to reclaim the grunge and glamour of the East Village, and celebrate the (in)famous location's own journey from the grit of the Wonder Bar and Eastern Bloc to the avant-garde realness of Club Cumming.
John C. Hume & Mila Henry Return To Feinstein's/54 Below

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, proudly presents the highly-anticipated next installment of everyone's favorite holiday delight. After a three-year absence, John C. Hume, Mila Henry, and all of your favorite friends are back at it again. And this time, they are serving up their take on a perennial holiday classic.  
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Sings Ahrens & Flaherty, Vonda Shepard & More Next Week at 54 Below

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.
Tovah Feldshuh, Rita Rudner, and More Next Month at 54 Below

Next month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.
Billy Anderson Performs in #RIPSEYRESISTS At Feinstein's/54 Below

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Billy Anderson in #RIPSEYRESISTS on July 21, 2018. Having conquered his Election Night PTSD in his hit show #IMWITHRIPSEY, nightlife fixture Billy Anderson returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with the original Jewish Japanese pop musician Danny Katz for #RIPSEYRESISTS. The dynamic duo pick up right where they left off to continue Ripsey's own personal handmaid's tale with fresh arrangements of pop classics along with songs you've likely never heard before! Featuring guest stars Andrew Boeckmann, Justin Cook, Miranda Wilson, and a special appearance by John C. Hume, this cabaret (that thinks it's a rock concert that thinks it's a Broadway musical) is sure to inspire your own resistance, along with many, many laughs.
Carmen Cusack, Linda Eder, Mandy Gonzalez and More to Hit Feinstein's/54 Below This March

This March, Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. Scroll down for details!
John C. Hume and Mila Henry Come to 54 Below Tonight

?54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents John C. Hume and Mila Henry in An Evening With John Hume & Mila Henry tonight, April 10, 2015 at 11:30pm.
John C. Hume and Mila Henry Come to 54 Below Next Month

?54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents John C. Hume and Mila Henry in An Evening With John Hume & Mila Henry on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 11:30pm.
Photo Flash: Sound Bites After Party at Hurley's Saloon

Theatre Now New York presented the 2nd Annual Sound Bites 10 Minute Musical Theatre Festival on December 8th 2014 at the 47th Street Theatre. An after-party, sponsored by Music Theatre International, was held after at Hurley's Saloon where awards were given and merriment was had.
VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS Begins Performances Tonight at HERE

Oscar Wilde's outlandish first play Vera; Or, The Nihilists, a young assassin's struggle with love, rebellion, and political idealism, receives it's first ever New York revival since its 1883 debut, courtesy queer company Femme Fatale Theater, at downtown's Obie Award-winning HERE beginning tonight, Feb. 12.
VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS Begins Performances 2/12 at HERE

Oscar Wilde's outlandish first play Vera; Or, The Nihilists, a young assassin's struggle with love, rebellion, and political idealism, receives it's first ever New York revival since its 1883 debut, courtesy queer company Femme Fatale Theater, at downtown's Obie Award-winning HERE beginning Feb. 12.
Femme Fatale Theater to Present Oscar Wilde's VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS at HERE, Begin. 2/12

Oscar Wilde's outlandish first play Vera; Or, The Nihilists, a young assassin's struggle with love, rebellion, and political idealism, receives it's first ever New York revival since its 1883 debut, courtesy queer company Femme Fatale Theater, at downtown's Obie Award-winning HERE beginning Feb. 12.
JOHN HUME & FRIENDS CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Set for Secret Theatre, 12/14

Haul out the holly and celebrate a queer-tastic Christmas when the "darling of downtown cabaret" John C. Hume opens his heart, his home and his legs to spread merriment, good cheer (and his legs) in his new show, The John Hume & Friends Christmas Spectacular!

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