06/04/2026
Introducing John E. Lane Jr. as Dr. Gibbs!
John is an Associate Professor and the Director of Theater Arts program for Duquesne University. He has directed over 120 productions for various companies around the Pittsburgh area including Pittsburgh Public Theater, Carlow University, Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Wilkinsburg Arts Theater, Medieval and Renaissance Players, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater Company, Thank You, Felix Productions, and Future Tenants. He is a board member of the Gemini Children’s Theater and the Pittsburgh New Works Festival. Previously, he was the Technical Director for the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and toured extensively through the United States and Europe including a tour of The Marriage of Figaro with Renee Fleming, and he was the Operations Manager of The Pittsburgh Public Theater for 18 years when he worked with August Wilson, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber, Marlo Thomas, F. Murry Abraham, Horton Foote, Mel Shapiro, Rob Marshall, Mark Rylance, Kim Hunter, Haley Mills, and many others. Since joining Duquesne he has directed 12 world premiere productions including a new adaptation of The Beggar’s Opera with new music by Suzanne Polock and book by Lane and The Mother of Us All: An Evening with Gertrude Stein, Serenede, The Consorts, and Shuffle Ball Change … and Die! He has taught Intro to Theater, Intro to Drama, Acting I, Acting II, Acting III, Acting IV, Directing I, Directing II, History of Theater I, History of Theater II, Dramatic Criticism, Twentieth Century American Drama, LOL: Comic Masterpieces of the Theater, August Wilson, Technical Theater, Q***r Drama, Film Musicals, Gender and Drama, Existential Drama, Medieval Drama, Shaw: Drama and Performance (Spring Breakaway), Shakespeare and Performance, Q***r Coming of Age Literature, and Medieval Comedy.
