John Collins

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Collins
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1969(1969-10-17)
Age	55
Date Of Death	October 23, 1918, New York, NY
Birthplace	Chapel Hill
Country	United States
Birth City	Chapel Hill
Horoscope	Capricorn

John Collins Biography

John Collins is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 17, 1969 in Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States. John Collins (born October 17, 1969 Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American experimental theatre director and designer. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Elevator Repair Service (ERS) and has directed or co- directed all of its productions since 1991. Most notable among his work with ERS is Gatz, a verbatim performance of the entire text of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.

In 1991, Collins and James Hannaham discussed starting a theater company. They joked that, in order to make the old computer program’s prediction come true, they’d have to name the company “Elevator Repair Service.” In October 1993, the company incorporated under the name Elevator Repair Service Theater, Inc. and have used it ever since.

Upon arriving in New York after graduating from Yale, Collins began to work as a sound designer for Target Margin Theater. Between 1991 and 2006, he contributed sound work to seven Target Margin productions. Collins also worked as sound technician/operator on Richard Foreman’s productions The Mind King, and Samuel’s Major Problems. As a sound designer, Collins is best known for his work with The Wooster Group, contributing sound design and operator work on Frank Dell’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony, The Emperor Jones, Fish Story, The Hairy Ape, House/Lights, To You, The Birdie and Poor Theater.

Between 1991 and 2006, Collins worked as a sound and lighting designer, primarily designing sound for The Wooster Group from 1993 to 2006.

Collins has lived in New York City since 1991. In 2002, he earned a private pilot’s certificate and is rated to fly single-engine airplanes. In 2018, he married the journalist Lizzie O’Leary. They live in Brooklyn.

John Collins Net Worth

John Collins is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Collins 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1981, while on a trip to Ottawa, Canada to visit relatives, Collins, 11 at the time, answered a computer-based vocational aptitude questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed to assist unemployed workers at Canadian employment centers in choosing appropriate jobs. Among the several jobs the program suggested for Collins was “elevator repair technician.”

Collins was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and grew up in Vidalia, Georgia. Collins attended Duke University in 1987-88 before transferring to Yale in 1989. He graduated cum laude with a combined degree in English and Theater Studies from Yale University in 1991. At Yale, he met future long-term collaborators and ERS co-founders including novelist James Hannaham, playwright/performer Rinne Groff, writer/producer Steve Bodow, choreographer Katherine Profeta, and performers Susie Sokol and Leo Marks.

Between 1991 and 1995, Collins designed lighting for several small productions off-off-Broadway in New York. He has also designed lighting for ERS productions No Great Society and Room Tone.

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Who is John Collins Dating?

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Bailes, Sara Jane. “Dislocations of Practice: Elevator Repair Service.” Performance Theater and The Poetics of Failure, Routledge, 2010.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Collins celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.

Collins’s work with ERS has been seen in 14 U.S. cities as well as in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Portugal, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, Chile and The United Arab Emirates. In 2012, Gatz played a limited run on London’s West End at The Noël Coward Theatre. Other notable venues include The Holland Festival, The Vienna Festival, The Berlin Festival, The Adelaide Festival, and The Sydney Opera House.

What happened to John Collins?

Hawks’ John Collins: Out indefinitely with two injuries Collins (finger, foot) will be sidelined indefinitely due to a sprained right ring finger and torn plantar fascia in his right foot, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.

What ethnicity is John Collins?

Collins was born in Layton, Utah, to John Collins Jr. and Lyria Rissing- Collins from the U.S. Virgin Islands. His father served in the Navy and his mother was in the Air Force. As a result, the family moved a lot during Collins’ youth, spending time in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Turkey.

How good is John Collins?

During the 2019-2020 season, his third in the league, Collins averaged 21.6 points per game in just over 33 minutes , on a healthy diet of inside shots and three-pointers, sporting a TS of 65.9%, a downright mesmerizing number for a high-volume scorer.

What drug did John Collins use?

Atlanta Hawks power forward John Collins received a 25-game suspension Tuesday for a violation of the NBA’s anti-drug program. The league announced the punishment after he tested positive for growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2).