John Jay Espino

SRT audiences may remember John over the years as Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Sam the Snowman in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Sancho in Man of La Mancha, Col. Parker in ELVIS as well as music directing many productions. John has had the pleasure to work at several regional houses including Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Barn Theatre, Amarillo Opera, Ocean State Theatre, American Musical Theatre of San Jose, TheatreWorks, Hope Summer Rep. appearing in such roles as: Plankton in Spongebob Squarepants, Igor in Young Frankenstein, Madam in Pacific Overtures, Maj. General in Pirates of Penzance, Uncle Fester in Addams Family, and Doolittle in My Fair Lady. John’s Conducting / Music Directing credits include Billy Elliot, Les Misérables, Sunset Boulevard, Tommy, Into the Woods and Zorba.