President/Owner of J. Cast Productions, is a Theatrical Producer and Personal Manager for performing artists, touring acts throughout the United States and Europe. Going from actor to technician to director, John produced and directed his first musical comedy in 1979 and recently directed Driving Miss Daisy with Antonio Fargas along with Vanities now starring Sonia Satra, Ashley Jones and Rachelle Lefevre along with numerious other productions.

Originally from Michigan, he holds a Theatre/Facility Management Degree from Western Michigan University where he worked for Miller Auditorium, one of the top ten facilities in the country at the time. John later held the position of Business Manager/Fine Arts Agency at Stanford University, and went on to become a Company Manager for Columbia Artists Management, Inc. in New York City.

J. Cast Productions was established in 1988 and has since produced such hits as the World Premiere of the Americanized version of London's longest running comedy Run For Your Wife! with Linda Blair, Murray Langston and Pat Paulsen, Wally’s Cafe with Ruth Buzzi and Pat Paulsen, Shirley Valentine with Loretta Swit, Love Letters with Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels, and Loretta Swit and Anthony Franciosa, It's A Motown Christmas!, Vanities with two-time Emmy Award Winner Heather Tom, Sonia Satra and Allison McDonell, Behind The Mask, An Evening With Paul Laurence Dunbar starring Ted Lange, An Evening With Larry Hagman, Janet Carroll - Chanteuse Extraordinaire, Soupy Sales - Video Vault, DanceTime, and many concert dates for various artists.

John has worked with such well-known artists and groups as Sir Neville Mariner and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Kurt Muzur and The Gewandhaus Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim and Orchestre De Paris, Eliahu Inbal and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessye Norman, Carol Kane, Patti Davis, Henry LeTang, Timothy Bottoms, Jack Jones, The Amazing Kreskin, Jerry Van Dyke, Liliane Montevecchi, The Smothers Brothers, The Association, Lauren Tewes, Phyllis Diller, Fred Travalena, Jeff Trachta, Gloria Loring, Susan Anton and others.

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Cast:
John Castonia , Director/Producer

For Bookings or Appearances, Please Contact:
J. Cast Productions • 2550 Greenvalley Road • Los Angeles, CA 90046-1438
(323) 822-1999

email: JCast@CastProductions.com