Welcome to jkmusser.com: an online portfolio of creative work, academic & professional.
Scroll down the page to read J.K.'s artist bio and get information about his upcoming productions.
Click on the tabs (up-left) to navigate your way through J.K.'s stage/screen portfolio (2001-2011).
Scroll down the page to read J.K.'s artist bio and get information about his upcoming productions.
Click on the tabs (up-left) to navigate your way through J.K.'s stage/screen portfolio (2001-2011).
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| Co-Founder of 4th Mirror Productions
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Backstage Seminar - Behind the Scenes of the Bridge Project
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J.K. MUSSER received his B.A. (theatre) from Alma College (Michigan), where he studied the Meisner technique as an approach to acting and stage directing (2001-2005). After graduating with honors, he moved to Detroit to study film production and direction at the Motion Picture Institute (2005-06). With his thesis film complete, J.K. returned to Alma College to accept a teaching assistantship (2006-07). While working at Alma, he assistant directed The Hot L Baltimore, directed The Runner Stumbles, directed The Threepenny Opera, and played "Dr. Chebutykin" in Three Sisters. From 2007-2009, J.K. worked as a freelance actor and director in Chicago, where he co-produced/directed Still Life With Donkey, wrote, recorded and performed rock music, and received a "Best Supporting Actor" award for his performance as "Adam" in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuiness. From 2009-2011, J.K. lived in San Francisco, studying acting and directing at the Meisner Studio while directing professionally in the city. J.K. now resides in New York, a student in the M.F.A. directing program at Brooklyn College. He is an associate member of SDC and looks forward to directing a thesis in 2012.
RECENTLY DIRECTED:
The Dishwashers by Morris Panych (2009), All My Sons by Arthur Miller (2010), The Lion In Winter by James Goldman (2010), Mamet's Computer by Howard Meehan (2010), NOOB 2 by J.K. Musser (short film 2011), Tape by Stephen Belber (2011), and Life Is For Living by Glenroy Clarke (staged reading - 2011).
DIRECTING IN 2012:
J.K. is currently assistant directing A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, with SDC director Dave Dalton for the Whitman Stage at Brooklyn College; it opens Feb. 24th and closes March 4th.
He is also currently directing a scene from Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which will be adapted into a short film and shot live in the production studio at BMCC for a program to air on BC Presents in April.
In March, J.K. begins directing The Stonewater Rapture by Doug Wright. It opens Thursday, May 10.
J.K. is currently in pre-production to direct and shoot a short film: Sick Day, which he also co-wrote.
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
J.K. owns and operates 1 DSLR and 2 Super 8mm cameras. The DSLR camera is the Canon t3i Rebel with four lenses: Canon EF-S 18-55mm zoom lens, Canon EF 24mm lens, Canon EF 50mm lens, and Canon EF 75-300mm zoom lens. The Super 8mm cameras are also Canons: Zoom 518 and Zoom 8-3.
The Dishwashers by Morris Panych (2009), All My Sons by Arthur Miller (2010), The Lion In Winter by James Goldman (2010), Mamet's Computer by Howard Meehan (2010), NOOB 2 by J.K. Musser (short film 2011), Tape by Stephen Belber (2011), and Life Is For Living by Glenroy Clarke (staged reading - 2011).
DIRECTING IN 2012:
J.K. is currently assistant directing A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, with SDC director Dave Dalton for the Whitman Stage at Brooklyn College; it opens Feb. 24th and closes March 4th.
He is also currently directing a scene from Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which will be adapted into a short film and shot live in the production studio at BMCC for a program to air on BC Presents in April.
In March, J.K. begins directing The Stonewater Rapture by Doug Wright. It opens Thursday, May 10.
J.K. is currently in pre-production to direct and shoot a short film: Sick Day, which he also co-wrote.
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
J.K. owns and operates 1 DSLR and 2 Super 8mm cameras. The DSLR camera is the Canon t3i Rebel with four lenses: Canon EF-S 18-55mm zoom lens, Canon EF 24mm lens, Canon EF 50mm lens, and Canon EF 75-300mm zoom lens. The Super 8mm cameras are also Canons: Zoom 518 and Zoom 8-3.
IN 2011:
January-March 2011: 2nd A.D. & "Jon" in Roxie, a feature film written & directed by Nick Frangione. Nick's company: Sacred Harp Films (San Francisco)
 J.K. / Nick Frangione (Director) Michael Locke (camera) |  J.K. Musser ("JON") David Usner ("DAVE")  Joel Pincosy (Lighting Design) |
April 2011: Co-Producer / Director / Designer of Stephen Belber's stage play: Tape, (San Francisco)
 Review Tape at www.4thmirror.com
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August 2011: Writer / Director of NOOB 2, a short independent video project. J.K also played "Hal" and is currently doing video editing. It will be the second release from 4th Mirror Productions (San Francisco)
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October 2011: Directed a scene from Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson @ Brooklyn College
December 2011: Directed a scene from Home Free by Lanford Wilson @ Brooklyn College.
December 2011: Directed a scene from Home Free by Lanford Wilson @ Brooklyn College.
December 2011:
J.K. stage managed Reasons To Be Pretty by Neil Labute, Directed by Adrian Wattenmaker. "RTBP" was Adrian (the director's) thesis project at Brooklyn College; it opened on December the 8th. Featuring: Django Palty as "Greg" Ana Bell as "Steph" Emmanuel Elpenord as "Kent" Eunjung Lee as "Carly" Asst. Stage Mgrs: Emily Goforth & Walter Petryk | 
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DESIGN WORK
Tape by Stephen Belber (Dark Room Theatre - San Francisco - 2011)
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The Dishwashers by Morris Panych (The Meisner Studio - San Francisco - 2009)
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Dancing At Lughnasa by Brian Friel
1/4" Model - Brooklyn College (2011) 
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The Madman and the Nun
by Stanislaw Witkiewicz 1/4" Model - Brooklyn College (2011) 
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A Visual Response To My Trip To Storm King
1/8" Model - Brooklyn College (2011) 
| The Foreigner By Larry Shue
1/4" Model - Brooklyn College (2011) 
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A Visual Response To My Trip To MOMA
1/8" Model - Brooklyn College (2011) 
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