Member Profiles
Joan Allen
Biography
Joan Allen has been an ensemble member since 1977, where she has performed in more than 25 productions. A few include Reckless, Cloud 9, Three Sisters, A Lesson from Aloes, Balm in Gilead and her personal favorite, …And a Nightingale Sang. Her Broadway credits include: Burn This (Tony Award for Best Actress), The Heidi Chronicles (Tony nomination for Best Actress), Impressionism and Waverly Gallery. Off-Broadway credits include The Marriage of Bette and Boo. She has appeared in more than 20 feature films including Compromising Positions, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Manhunter, Nixon (Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress), The Ice Storm, The Crucible (Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress), The Contender (Academy Award nomination, Best Actress), Pleasantville, Face Off, Yes, The Upside of Anger, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, a cameo appearance in The Bourne Legacy, and A Good Marriage a film version of Stephen King's novella. Television credits include O'Keefe (Lifetime), The Mists of Avalon (TNT), Without Warning: The James Brady Story (HBO), and All My Sons (PBS). Joan is currently filming a limited series for Apple TV based on Stephen King's novel Lisey's Story.
Past Productions
- A Lesson From Aloes
- And A Nightingale Sang
- Arms and the Man
- Balm In Gilead
- Balm in Gilead (Remount at the Apollo Theater Center)
- Bonjour, La Bonjour
- Burn This
- Cloud Nine
- Earthly Possessions
- Exit The King (at Hull House)
- Loose Ends
- Love Letters
- Of Mice And Men
- Our Late Night
- Philadelphia, Here I Come
- Quiet Jeannie Green
- Reckless
- Say Goodnight, Gracie
- The Fifth of July (at St. Nicholas Theatre)
- The House
- The Miss Firecracker Contest
- The Wheel
- Three Sisters
- Waiting For Lefty
- Waiting For The Parade