Guest Artist
Jack Reuler founded the Mixed Blood Theatre Company at the age of 22 and has served as its Artistic Director since then. Mixed Blood is dedicated to the spirit of Dr. King’s dream, promoting successful pluralism using theatre as a vehicle for artistry, entertainment, education, and effecting social change. To that end, he has produced and directed 151 world premieres and scores of comedies, musicals, extravaganzas, and chamber theatre pieces in regional theatres, commercial theatres, university theatres, summer stock theatres, and theatres for young audiences from Juneau to Jacksonville and La Jolla to Off Broadway. Jack has a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College and received a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Pomona College.
Jack has received numerous awards for his work, including the Ordway’s Sally Award for Vision, the Ivey Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Macalester College’s Distinguished Citizen award. He has been named a Facing Race Ambassador by the St. Paul Foundation, and a Local Legend by the United Negro College Fund. In 2010, Theatre Communications group presented Jack with its Peter Zeisler Award, for his dedication to the freedom of expression, for exemplifying pioneering practices in theatre, and for being unafraid to take risks in the advancement of the art form.