John Jay Espino

John’s music directing/ conducting credits include LES MISERABLES, SOUND OF MUSIC, SOUTH PACIFC, SUNSET BLVD, MAN OF LA MANCHA, ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SPAMALOT, WEDDING SINGER, LEGALLY BLONDE, CURTAINS, BIG RIVER, CHICAGO, BLOOD BROTHERS, PHANTOM, CATS, INTO THE WOODS, MUSIC MAN, BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, 1776, ZORBA, OLIVER!, and five tours of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Regional theatres include: GREAT LAKES THEATRE FESTIVAL (OH), IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, BARN THEATRE (MI), OCEAN STATE THEATRE COMPANY (RI),GALVESTON OUTDOOR MUSICAL THEATRE (TX) ROUND BARN THEATRE (IN), NEBRASKA THEATRE CARAVAN, SIERRA REP THEATRE (CA), THEATREWORKS(CA), and Diamond Circle Melodrama (CO). As an actor he’s appeared as Archibald: SECRET GARDEN, Narrator: ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Pseudolus: FORUM, Madam: PACIFIC OVERTURES and several productions of PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Major Gen) MAN OF LA MANCHA (Sancho) PUMP BOYS AND DINNETTS (L.M.) and GREATER TUNA. John studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has been a proud member of Actors Equity for two decades.