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GRANTS & AWARDS 

1996 - Jackie 60 Best Performance Artist ​Nominee 

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1997 - Ministério da Cultura/IPAE - Portuguese
Institute for the Performing Arts via Choreographer

Paulo Henrique & Forum Dança, Expo 98
Festival Mergulho no Futuro

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1999 - Siemens Cultural Programme via Paulo Henrique

& Forum Dança, Greifswald, Germany

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2000 - Luso-American Travel Grant via C.E.M.​

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2004 -  Câmara Municipal Lisboa via Jangada

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2007 - C.E.N.T.A. Residency, Castelo Branco, Portugal

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2019 - Poets & Writers

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2021 - Artist Relief from the United States Artist

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2021- D.C. Commission on the Arts Fellowship 

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​Recent Highlights

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2023–Present

• Therapythia
  Creator and Performer. Interdisciplinary solo ritual-performance developed through rehearsals at the Dramatists Guild Foundation and directed by Jane Catherine Shaw.

• Queer Lab
  Founder and Host. Monthly LGBTQIA+ playwright and performance incubator at the Dramatists Guild Foundation, NYC.

2022

• Therapythia (Short Film)
  Writer and Performer. Collaboration with Colin Ginks. Shown at Internacional de Arte de Cerveira, Portugal.

• Bugs and Slugs
  Supporting Actor. Sci-fi short film directed by Greyson Horst. Slamdance Film Festival.

2020 - Present

• Flower Child
  Writer and Performer. Queer storytelling and musical performance for Tiny Rainbows & Unicorn Families. Produced by Capfire D.C. and Reading Queer Miami (Zoom/Online format).

2019

• Gold Star
  Writer and Performer. Queer storytelling performance based on the life of Shamblin's nephew, performed at Capturing Fire Queer Festival, Washington, DC.

• The Oak and the Reed
  Performer. Genderfluid Story Hour at Acorn Park, Maryland.

• Michael Hardwick
  Performer. Rainbow Sparks Coming Out Celebration, Acorn Park, Maryland.

 

Full Archival Record

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STAGE

1992 - Marathon Dancing. Conceived and directed by Anne Bogart and written by Laura Harrington, Jack Shamblin originated and built the role of Jack, at the University Of Iowa Theatre, Iowa City, IA

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1993, 1994, 1995 - Under The Knife. Conceived and directed by Theodora Skipitares, Jack Shamblin wrote and performed Political Funeral inspired by Tim Bailey's ACT Up funeral procession that ended with his body being dumped on the White House lawn. The cast included Daphne Rubin- Vega, who won a Tony for Rent. Shamblin also danced, acted, and puppeteered (filling in for Basil Twist,) at La MaMa Annex, NYC

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1995 - Prometheus Wound Up. Based on Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, it was conceived, written, and performed by Jack Shamblin. Sara Provost played Io and contributed mask work. Performed while hanging from La MaMa's fire escape, at La MaMa Annex entrance, NYC  

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1995,1996,1997, 1998, 1999 - Sodomite! A History Of Sodomy Laws. Solo mixed-media play & political performance against previous existing U.S. sodomy laws, that was conceived, written, and performed by Jack Shamblin, at Dixon Place, The Red Room Theater, Jackie 60, Mother, The Tunnel, PS 122,  NYC  

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1996 - The Skriker. Written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, role Man With The Cloth And Bucket (a magician,) and ensemble, the cast included award-winning and lauded actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jayne Atkison, at Joseph Papp Public Theater, NYC

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1997 - Thurma. Written by Jack Shamblin, directed by Ellie Covan, and featuring Jack Shamblin, Nicole Zaray, Shelly Mars, Barbara Carrellas, and trans-activist, actress, writer, cultural influencer, and Queer icon, Kate Bornstein, at Dixon Place, NYC

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1998, 1999, 2000 - Minimally Invasive. Conceived and performed by Paulo Henrique. Texts and script contributions by Jack Shamblin. Performer & collaborators Jack Shamblin, Dominik Borucki, and Marion Ballester, debuted at Teatro De Maria Matos, Lisbon, Portugal

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2000 - Faust. Written by Goethe and directed by Avra Sidiropoulou, Jack Shamblin played Faust, at Columbia University Theater, NYC

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2001 - 3 Places. It was conceived, written, and performed by Jack Shamblin and directed by Marion Schoevarte, at HERE Arts Center, NYC

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2002 - Submergence. Based on Shakespeare's The Tempest,  it was conceived, performed, and directed by Jack Shamblin. Collaborating performers and artist include J. Carlos Díaz, Tania Sterl, Kirk Bradley Peterkin, and Erica Gabrielle, at Dixon Place, NYC

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2003 - Bread & Circus 3099. Written and performed by Jack Shamblin & Nicole Zaray, music by Nicole Zaray, art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, costumes by Tania Sterl and Marika Maiorova, choreography by Paulo Henrique, featured, as well, actress and dancer Hadas Gil-Bar, at La MaMa Annex, NYC

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2004 - Fonte De Pow Wow. Conceived and performed by Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, produced by Jangada for Festival WAY, the theme erotica, at LUX, Lisbon, Portugal

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2005 - Oski's Journey. Conceived and performed by Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz in collaboration with C.E.M. and dancers Juliana Reis, Eduarda Ferraz, Luis Guerra, Carla Capeto, producer Dina Guiar, producer Revista CAIS, 10 years of CAIS, at Museu da Água, Lisbon, Portugal

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2006, 2007 - Revofuckinlution. Creation of a dictator wannabe in a future U.S. dystopia. Conceived, written, and performed by Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, debuted at Dixon Place, NYC

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2007 - Private Thoughts. Conceived, written, and directed by  Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz. Creators and performers Eduarda Ferraz, Carlos J. Díaz, and Jack Shamblin, voice-overs Maria João Neves, Akira Yamada, and Jack Shamblin, music The Dream Signal Of A Lonely Broken Half Dead Planet" for Jack Shamblin by Othon, sound design Shamblin, produced by Umbigo magazine at Jardim Botânico Tropical, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal

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2008,2009 - Frame & Reframe, Doc. 10. Conceived and performed by Paulo Henrique. Texts, script contributions, and performance by Jack Shamblin at Box Nova, Central Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

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2010 - Blatant. Inspired by Gore Vidal's novel Myra Breckinridge & Myron, it was conceived, written, and performed by Jack Shamblin and directed by Bryan Caine, costumes by Antonio Marquez, featured actors include Netflix's Sense 8  transgender star Jamie Clayton, as well as Jessica Seley, Shubhra Prakash, Ron Barba, Adriana Randall,  and Christopher Bayon. Promo video stars the late Alexis Arquette in her final role. Performed at Dixon Place, NYC 

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2012 - Shecky Does Kunter. Conceived and written by Jack "Mia" Shamblin with improvisations from comedians Shecky Beagleman and the late Amy Daulton, at Dixon Place, NYC

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2013 - Anarchist Mia. A fantasy of a reality TV show that ends with Mia Kunter becoming a socially conscious anarchist. Conceived, written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin with music by Pierrot Carrilero, and art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, debuted at Loose Holes Queer Arts Festival produced by Colin Ginks, at Ilga, Lisbon, Portugal and Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal. Traveled to Montreal and performed at L'Escalier and also seen at Dixon Place, NYC

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2015 - Go-Go Opera. Written, conceived, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz. It was a mixed-media performance with a reinvention of Shamblin's monologues and scenes from their book Queering The Stage. Contributing artists include Pierre Carrilero, Fred Koenig (performer and filmmaker,) Tania Sterl, and Rich "Asher" Yap, NYC

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2016 - Queering The Stage. Written, conceived, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin. It was a mixed-media pop-up performance with a reinvention of Shamblin's monologues and scenes from their (gender-fluid pronoun) book Queering The Stage. It debuted at BGSQD at The Center, NYC, then The Lounge at Dixon Place, NYC, next at AMP (Art Market Provincetown) at Provincetown, MA, and at ILGA, Lisbon, Portugal

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2018 - Mia Kunter Goes Wilde With Salomé. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's Salomé and comedian Kathy Griffin's scandal holding POTUS bloody head, it was conceived, written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, at The Lounge at Dixon Place, NYC

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2018, 2019 - The Fops (Slumming It.) Conceived, written, directed, and performed by Jack "Mia"  Shamblin with costumes and script assistance by Anna Augustsson as well as physical theatre direction by Jojo de La  Louche featuring LGBTQIA actors such as James "Fiona" Palacio, Nicholas Gorham, Daniel Diaz, Raoul Daniel Luna, Matt "Ugly" McGlade, Rebekkah Rosenberg, Graceann Dorse, Bill Morton, Michael Giorgio, Steven Moity, Black Widow Kevin Mims, Denis Turkin, Teddy Qin, David Mandel, and (all Queer as well predominantly Trans) musicians Goldie Luxe, BABE NYC, Lenny Zenith, Enid Ellen, Pierrot Carrilero, David Auxier, and Chanan Ben Simon, at Dixon Place, NYC and BGSQD, NYC

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2020 - Flower Child. Written, conceived, with original music, and performed by Miss Mia — Jack "Mia" Shamblin — for Tiny Rainbows & Unicorn Families. It was produced by Capfire D.C. and Reading Queer Miami, on internet, Zoom live theatre, Washington D.C. and Miami, Florida

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CABARET

2011 -  Mia Kunter's Otherworldly Comedy Show. This was a monthly series that debuted during Dixon Place's HOT Festival in August and continued till December, producer Jack "Mia" Shamblin, comedians, performance artists, musicians, and visual artists created an over the moon and one of kind event. Shecky Beagleman, Emma Willmann, Marc Maietta, Shelly Hamilton, Maurice "Mo Black" Blackman, Colin Anton Samuel, Elizabeth McGann, Misty Beits, Aaron Pearlman-Price, Garon Benner, Amy Daulton, Nora Burns, Mark Hassenfratz, Dimitri Landrain, Sokhna Heather Mabin, Tania Sterl, Eva Mueller, Jojo de La Louche, Mallory Norton, Alejandro Borrero, Daniel Bennett, Picadilly Third, and David Berger helped to create a Time Out New York's critic pick, NYC

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2012 - Pink, produced by Colin Ginks, standup Jack "Mia" Shamblin, song Slip Slide by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and the band Amateur, ILGA, Lisbon, Portugal

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2014 - The Adonis Project, produced by Ian MacKinnon and Travis Wood, song L'Anarchie C'est Mia written & performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, Human Resources, LA

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2015 - Planet Queer, Daddy, produced by Ian MacKinnon and Travis Wood, Arnald De Verhola 1323 written by Jack Shamblin, performed by Jack Shamblin and Richard "Asher" Yap, Akbar, LA

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2015 - Planet Queer, Heroes & Icons, produced by Ian MacKinnon and Travis Wood, Emma Goldman  written by and performed by Jack Shamblin, music by Vibe Lounge LA, singer Xinte Doe, Akbar, LA

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2015 - Uncomfortable Shoes, produced and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and Pierrot Carrilero, The Lounge, Dixon Place, NYC

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2016 - Shiny, host and produced by  Jack "Mia" Shamblin, performance laboratory, Hell Phone, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

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2016 - Straight Acting, producer & host Rify Royalty, Mia Kunter performs original song Label Whore Dance Whore, This-N-That, Brooklyn, NY

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2017 - A Night of Folk, Hip-Hop and Spoken Word, producer Chris Carr of Brooklyn Wildlife, Jack "Mia" Shamblin performs Emma Goldman, Terra Firma Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

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2017 - My President's Day, produced by Holly Hughes, Mel & Donnie T, performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and Shecky Beagleman, Central Booking (Art Gallery), NYC

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2019 - Gold Star, based on the life of Jack Shamblin's nephew who was one of the most highly decorated soldiers in the U.S. military and killed by ISIS in 2015. Conceived, written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin at Capturing Fire Queer Spokenword Poetry Slam as part of Walt Whitman 200 festival, at Busboys & Poets, Takoma, Washington, DC

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2019 - The Oak & The Reed. Conceived, written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin. It was a Queer retelling of the classic Aesop fable for Genderfluid Fairy Hour with Miss Mia, for Montgomery Parks' Rainbow Sparks, at Acorn Park, Silver Spring, Maryland 

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2019 -  Michael Hardwick. Conceived, written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin. Michael Hardwick almost overturned the U.S. sodomy laws that persecuted LGBTQIA in his landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Bowers v. Hardwick 1986, for Montgomery Parks' Rainbow Sparks, at Acorn Park, Silver Spring, Maryland 

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2020 - Anarchist Mia. Conceived, written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin for Cloud & Fire at The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC

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DANCE

 

1993, Marc Kotz Graduate Thesis, choreographer Marc Kotz, dancer Jack Shamblin, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

 

1995, Sotoba Komachi playwright Komachi & Petenera, director: Shigeko Suga, Tom Capozzela, composer Ellen Stewart, Gengi Ito, ensemble Jack Shamblin, company Teatro Flamenco, La MaMa Annex, NYC

 

2000, 1999, 1998, Minimally Invasive,  concept, direction, and lead choreographer Paulo Henrique, dancers and co-creators Marion Ballester, Dominik Borucki, Paulo Henrique, Jack Shamblin, contributing writer Jack Shamblin, assistant choreographer Christine D’Andrès, video artist Laurent Simões, lighting designer Cristina Piedade, sound designer Rui Leitão, scenographer Catarina Campino, costume designer André Guedes, contributing photographer Robert Flynt, dramaturgy CP 212, producer Forum Dança, producer Expo '98 Dive Into The Future Dance Festival Worlds Fair 98, Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon; Dança Na Cidade, Teatro da Trindade, Lisbon; Siemans International Dance Festival, Theater Vorpommern, Griesfald , Germany, and Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Leiria, Portugal

 

2001, Around One, choreographer Paulo Henrique, Jack Shamblin,  Maria João Neves, and Paulo Henrique dancers, live soundtrack by DJ Rui Murka, digital projection by Manuel Granja, Numéro Festival producers, Parque Eduardo VII, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2004, Nibrol Dance Workshop, under choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara, Jack Shamblin & Carla collaboration, and performance, costume by J. Carlos Díaz, Japan Society at Nightclub, NYC

 

2009, 2007, DOC. 10, concept and choreographer Paulo Henrique, dance and video, performer and contributing writer Jack Shamblin, dancer Susana Cerqueira, dancer Jiska Morgenthal, Box Nova CCB, Lisbon (2007) Teatro Circo, Braga, Portugal (2009)

 

SITE-SPECIFIC 

 

1995 - Prometheus Wound Up, based on Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, it was conceived, written, and performed by Jack Shamblin. Sara Provost played Io and contributed mask work. Performed while hanging from La MaMa's fire escape, at La MaMa Annex entrance, NYC  

 

2005, Haikurama, concept Jack Shamblin & J. Carlos Díaz,  Advance D-Luxe Performance Collective, performers Eduarda Ferraz, Juliana "Ana" Reis, Luis Guerra, Carla Capeto,  producer Centro Em Movimento, Bairro Alto storefront windows, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2005 - Oski's Journey. Conceived and performed by Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz in collaboration with C.E.M. and dancers Juliana Reis, Eduarda Ferraz, Luis Guerra, Carla Capeto, producer Dina Guiar, producer Revista CAIS, 10 years of CAIS, at Museu da Água, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2005, SHOW3, group show featuring: Perry McPartland, Andres Ramirez Gaviria, Advance D- Lux (Jack Shamblin & J. Carlos Díaz, Cais Do Sodré, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2007 - Private Thoughts. Conceived, written, and directed by  Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz. Creators and performers Eduarda Ferraz, Carlos J. Díaz, and Jack Shamblin, voice-overs Maria João Neves, Akira Yamada, and Jack Shamblin, music The Dream Signal Of A Lonely Broken Half Dead Planet" for Jack Shamblin by Othon, sound design Shamblin, produced by Umbigo magazine at Jardim Botânico Tropical, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2012, Eat Me, performer Jack Shamblin, photographer Eva Mueller's exhibition ARE ALL MEN PIGS? Go Brooklyn Art, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC

 

2016, Mia "Clinton", co-writer & performer Jack "Mia" Shamblin, co-writer Anna Augustsson, painter Serge Strosberg's opening for his exhibition GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, curator Marika Maiorova, Studio 26 Gallery, East Village, NYC

 

2017, Ostara, co-writer & performer Jack "Mia" Shamblin, co-writer Anna Augustsson, closing for photographer Eva Mueller's exhibition Genderfuck, Leslie Lohman Museum, Soho, NYC

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FILM & NEW MEDIA

1989 - Challenge The Wind, a coming of age film by Ken Howard and Bill Blackburn, directed by Bill Blackburn, role Robert, Arkansas

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2002 - Naqoyqatsi. American film directed by Godfrey Reggio and edited by Jon Kane, with music composed by Philip Glass. It is the third and final film in the Qatsi trilogy,  role Atomic Adam. Fascinating day rotating on a platform and filmed with x-ray type cameras, NYC

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2013 - Vampires, written and directed by David Sabshon, role White Rabbit, NYU, NYC

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2017 - O Castelo Preto. Conceived, written, performed, directed, and edited by Jack Shamblin with art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, and sound design by Rui Chaves that featured songs by Robin Dicker, Rita Abranches, and João Morais and collaborations with the collective Advance D-Lux featuring Sílvia Pinto Coelho, Maria João Neves, Nuno Bento, Juliana Reis, Eduarda Ferraz, J.Caros Díaz, Jack Shamblin, Hugo Loureiro, Sheila Charlesworth, Aurelio Ramos, Elsa Garcia, Ondina Pires, Lionel de Jesus, and Isaura Pires. The digital film event, O Castelo Preto, 50 minutes in length, uses few words, conveying the story through actions and visual symbols. The script is loosely based upon the gothic novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1815, called The Black Dwarf and on myths and regional superstitions derived from Portugal

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2016 - Mia Kunter's Valentine's Special. Conceived, co-written, and performed by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and directed as well as shot by Marika Maiorova, script contributions by Anna Augustsson, acting by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and Pierrot Carrilero, editing by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and Marika Maiorova, YouTube, NYC

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2017 - Blatant. Conceived, written, performed, directed, and edited by Jack "Mia" Shamblin staring the late Alexis Arquette, shot by Kurt Ritta, Evan Nelson, Rich "Asher" Yap. It also features Ron Barba and Jack "Mia" Shamblin. Pitch Video. Bushwick, Brooklyn & LA

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2017,2018 - Label Whore, Dance Whore. Conceived, written, and original music by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, Mia Kunter, directed and edited by Patrick McGuinn, YouTube, Bushwick, Brooklyn 

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2019, The Bugs And The Slugs, sci-fi short, writer & director, Greyson Horst, role alien troll Fogwarth, Jack Shamblin, producer NYU

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TELEVISION

1997 - OZ, creator Tom Fontana, starring J. K. Simmons, role Aryan Brother, HBO, NYC

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2000 - Fanmail creator Brett Vapnek, starring Carrie Brownstein, role Nude Art Model, Sundance Channel, NYC

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2008 - Liberdade 21, creator Pedro Lopez, role Suspect, RTP 1, Portugal

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2009 - Um Lugar Para Viver, creator Arturo Ribero. role Peter, RTP 1, Portugal

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2018 - Diabolical, executive producers Tony Takaberry and Jennifer Silverman, role Detective Tommy Potter, Lion Television, I.D. network, NYC

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COMMERCIALS & PRINT

1996 - Matsuda, Yukio Kobayashi, photographer Nan Goldin, Fall & Winter

Collection, video, book, and cover for Bloomingdale's menswear Matusa invite,  NYC

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2007 - Intouch Insurance, Russian television, role Man In Pink Tutu, Lisbon, Portugal

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2007 - Nestlé, European commercial, role Freezing Man In Sauna, Lisbon, Portugal

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2007 - Vodafone, European commercial, role Paleontologist, Lisbon, Portugal

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PUBLICATIONS

2015 - Queering The Stage: A Roadmap to LGBT History & Heroes Through Plays & Monologues by Jack Shamblin

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EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS

1991 - Oklahoma Shakespeare In The Park, OKC, OK

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1992 - Fort Worth Shakespeare In The Park, FT. Worth, TX

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1996,1997,2002,2010,2012,2013,2018 - HOT Festival, LGBTQ+ Performance Festival. Solo Shows & Plays by Jack Shamblin, Dixon Place, NYC

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1998 - EXPO 98 Dive Into The Future International

Performance Festival. Minimally Invasive under Paulo Henrique,

Lisbon, Portugal

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1999 - Sieman's Tanztendenzen Dance Festival, 

Minimally Invasive under Paulo Henrique, Theater Vorpommern, Greifswald, Germany ​

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1999 - Dança Na Cidade. Minimally Invasive under Paulo Henrique, Teatro Da Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal

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2001 - Queer @ HERE. 3 Places, Dance-Theatre by Jack Shamblin, directed by Marion Schoevarte, HERE Arts Center, NYC

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2001 - Without Author. 3 Places, Dance-Theatre by Jack Shamblin, directed by Marion Schoevarte, C.E.M. at Teatro Da Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal 

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2001 -  Número Festival. Round One, under Paulo Henrique, Parque Eduardo VII, Lisbon, Portugal

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2004 - Festival WAY. Fonte De Pow Wow by Jack Shamblin, art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, produced by Jangada at LUX, Lisbon, Portugal

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2005 -  SHOW3. A group show featuring: Perry McPartland, Andres Ramirez Gaviria, Advance D- Lux (Jack Shamblin & J. Carlos Díaz, Cais Do Sodré, Lisbon, Portugal

2007 - Secrets. Private Thoughts by Jack Shamblin, art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, produced by Umbigo, at Jardim Botânico Tropical, Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

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2013 - Loose Holes. Anarchist Mia by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, produced by Colin Ginks, at ILGA, Lisbon, Portugal and Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal

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2014 - Adonis Project. Anarchist Mia by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, art direction by J. Carlos Díaz, produced by Travis Wood and Ian MacKinnon from Planet Queer, at Human Resources, LA

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2016, Shiny, host Jack "Mia" Shamblin, performance laboratory, Hell Phone, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

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2016 - Queering The Stage Book Tour, Queering The Stage by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, at BGSQD bookstore and gallery, The Center, NYC

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2016 - Queering The Stage Book Tour, Queering The Stage by Jack "Mia" Shamblin at gallery Art Market Provincetown, MA

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2016 - Girls, Girls, Girls. Mia "Clinton" by Jack "Mia" Shamblin and Anna Augustsson, Serge Strosberg's painting exhibition,  curator Marika Maiorova, at Studio 26 Gallery, East Village, NYC

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2017 - Bad & Nasty's Not My President's Day. Donnie J & Melanie T, by Jack "Mia" Shamblin & Shecky Beagleman, produced by Holly Hughes, at art gallery Central Booking, NYC 

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2017 - GenderFuck. Ostara by Jack "Mia Shamblin & Anna Augustsson, Eva Mueller's photo exhibition, at Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC

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2019 - Capturing Fire Queer Spoken Word Arts. Gold Star by Jack Shamblin, produced by Regie Cabico, at Bus Boys & Poets, Takoma, Washington DC

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2019 - Rainbow Sparks: A Coming Out Celebration. Gender Fluid Story Hour by Miss Mia — Jack "Mia" Shamblin —  and  Michael Hardwick by Jack "Mia" Shamblin, producer Montgomery Parks with funding from Poets & Writers via Capfire D.C., at Acorn Park, Silver Spring, Maryland

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2020 - Cloud & Fire Spoken Word Arts Cabaret. I Know You Really Don't Love Me by Jack "Mia" Shamblin in collaboration with Le Cabaret de Poussiere from Paris, produced by Regie Cabico with funding of a  Sister City Grant from D.C. Arts Commission 2020, at Arts Club, Washington, DC

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2020 - Tiny Rainbows & Unicorn Families. Flower Child by Miss Mia — Jack "Mia" Shamblin — produced by Capfire D.C. and Reading Queer Miami, on internet, Zoom, Washington DC, and Miami, Florida

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TEACHING ARTIST

1994 thru1996 - Pre-School Teacher, Little Missionary's Day Nursery, NYC

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1998 - Queer Performance Workshop, Bronx Community Center, NYC

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1999 - Performance Construction, six-week course, Centro Em Movimento, Lisbon, Portugal

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2001 - Causing A Scene, a six-week performance construction course that ends with a group-show, Centro Em Movimento, Lisbon, Portugal

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2005 - Haiku-Rama, six-week performance construction course, ends with multiple presentations in varied Bairro Alto shop windows, Centro Em Movimento, Lisbon, Portugal

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2006 thru 2009 - ESL teacher, young learners, business English, all levels of English as a second language learning, Languagecraft and American School of Languages, Lisbon, Portugal

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2010 - 2014 - Reiki Level One, as a Reiki Master I often initiated and taught students Reiki Level One, Floating Heart Massage, NYC

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2018 - The Living Monologue, a master class in monologue work that included as students some of Portugal's lead television actors,  guest teachers were accomplished film, television, theatre, and voiceover actress, Andrea Powell, best known for her role as single werewolf mom and fashion plate Karen Crezski in the ABC series, The Gates, and dramatist and award-winning Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Paul Ferguson, who taught writing and adaptation for the stage, as well as acting and directing.

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SKILLS

Wix Web Design, Sound Design With Abletonlive, Video Editing With Final Cut Pro, Proofreading, Translations Portuguese to English, English As A Second Language Teacher, Reiki Massage Therapist, Runic Reader, Fluent Portuguese, Intermediate Spanish, Beginner French, Basic Guitar, Trombone, Basic Ballet, Modern Dance, and Pantomime

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EDUCATION

1990 - 1991  Oklahoma City University

1990 - 1991  University Of Lancaster, England

1992 - 1994  University Of Iowa B.A. With Honors Theatre Arts

2003 - 2004  REIKI ARTS, IRC, Reiki Master

2005 - 2005  International House, CELTA ELS, Lisbon

2013 - 2013  Manhattan Comedy School

2012 - 2013  Actors Connection, NYC

2014 - 2015  Beat Lab Academy, Ableton Live Sound Design, LA