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M. John has toured Canada and the United States extensively, is a regular player with The Classical Theatre Project and has performed on many of Toronto’s great stages. Television work includes: Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); The Strain (FX); 11/22/63 (Hulu); Reign, The Listener (CTV); The Transporter (HBO); Beauty and the Beast (CW/CBS); and Team Epic. M. John also voices the Dad on the CBC hit animated series, Ollie, The Boy Who Became What He Ate. M. John is also a Faculty Member at the Randolph College for the Performing Arts where he teaches Acting.John got his professional TYA start while still in training at York University; he spent the summers touring as Prof. Pruvitt with Mad Science. After university M. John got his first acting jobs at Solar Stage playing a huge range of characters. 15 years later, when he heard Solar Stage might be going to close, he stepped in. He and his wife Dahlia Katz have been running Solar Stage for the past four years. Recent highlights include: his multi-character turn in Treasure Island (returning May 2018); the delightful, cartoonish grump, Krampus; and The Great Wizard FIzzbutt in the table top puppet show, Princess Knight. As well as being Solar Stage’s Artistic Producer and occasional actor, M. John co-directs the annual joyous adaptations of Robert Munsch stories.