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About Us
Our theatre company is dedicated to producing quality, relevant theatre showcasing high-caliber professionals as well as creating an embracing community to foster talent.
Our Philosophy
Art is almost never black and white, and is usually filled with infinite shades of gray. Definitions is a theatre company dedicated to giving artists a vehicle to showcase their talent while surrounding themselves in a community of like minded, supportive people dedicated to working hard to achieve goals that go beyond 'status quo' in the entertainment industry, but rather challenge audiences and artists to think, feel, and experience life in new ways.
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Statement of Purpose
The corporation is formed for the purpose of bringing together theater professionals and creating opportunities to participate in the New York City theatrical community. The corporation will achieve this goal by teaming classic, reinvented and new theatrical works with motivated and high-caliber members of the theatrical community to create engaging performances and increase opportunity for professional growth.
Our Company
Founding Members, Jared Shirkey, Casey Nicole Wright and John Jarrad Klapko, have been acting together for the past 7 years. After graduating from Michigan State University and moving to New York, they realized they had all of the resources they needed to produce quality theatre right at their finger tips. They soon decided to dedicate their time to creating a theatre company that would produce the high caliber shows they had always wanted to do showcasing the many talented artists they've met along the way...and are certain to continue to meet.
Casey Nicole Wright
Casey is a graduate of Michigan State University. She moved to New York
in 2008, currently living in Williamsburg, and has spent everyday of the
past 3 years falling in love with the city. She has performed in
everything from Slap Stick Comedy to Historical Dramas to Horror Films
to Tech Commercials in various venues in NYC and Michigan. Recently,
Casey discovered her real calling in the arts; working with artists and
friends she loves and respects in projects they create together from the
ground up. She is very grateful her supportive fiance and family,
and for her partners, JJK and Jared, for committing their time
and talent to this company, and always making it worth it on good days
and bad. www.CaseyNicoleWright.com
John Jarrad Klapko
John Jarrad Klapko (JJK) hails from Michigan where he attended
Michigan State University. He played tuba in the marching band there
and has his bachelor’s degree in Theatre. Past roles include the title
character in 'The Nerd,' an emotionally disturbed, murdering
dishwasher in the short film 'CALEB,' and Billy Bibbit in 'One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest.' He moved to the city in 2009 and would like
to thank all of the insane/wonderful/terrifying/splendid people he has
met along the way. He is proud to be part of such a great trio.
Michigan State University. He played tuba in the marching band there
and has his bachelor’s degree in Theatre. Past roles include the title
character in 'The Nerd,' an emotionally disturbed, murdering
dishwasher in the short film 'CALEB,' and Billy Bibbit in 'One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest.' He moved to the city in 2009 and would like
to thank all of the insane/wonderful/terrifying/splendid people he has
met along the way. He is proud to be part of such a great trio.
Jared Shirkey
Most recent New York Theatre credits include CB in Dog Sees God, Dean in Exploding Hearts. Regional theatre includes Cherry Soda Water (Boarshead Theatre), Blue/Orange (Peppermint Creek Theatre)
and The Nerd (Summer Circle Theatre
Rep). He would like to thank the staff of 86.3 The Groove, and
friends and family. shirkeyj@gmail.com
