Jack Wetherall on Shakespeare, Elephant Man, Sault Creative Vortex

Jack Wetherall is a distinguished artist in theatre, television and film. He was born and raised in the creative vortex that is Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Wetherall now lives in Manhattan, New York.

He began his professional career as a young actor at the Stratford Festival Theatre of Canada. Wetherall was directly recruited before he was able to complete his studies at York University arts program.

There, Wetherall acted in various Shakespeare productions, and as the lead in Elephant Man. He rose to become a leading member of the company.

Additionally, the actor, director, teacher, and coach, Jack Wetherall also steers THE SHAKESPEARE LAB in New York.

Select Credits:

BROADWAY: The Elephant Man (title role). OFF-BROADWAY: The Glass Cage (Malcolm), Mint Theatre; originated the role of Mario in Tamara; HenryVI (Warwick), Theatre for a New Audience; Swansong (Will Shakespeare), Lucille Lortel’s White Barn Theatre; Bad Women (Phaedra), Talking Band. STRATFORD FESTIVAL THEATRE OF CANADA (under Robin Phillips’ artistic direction): Henry V (title role), As You Like It (Orlando) and The Seagull (Konstanin), the latter two opposite Dame Maggie Smith. REGIONAL: William (title role) directed by Charles Towers, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde), The Retreat from Moscow (Edward), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Heartbreak House (Shotover), Goodman Theatre; Cyrano de Bergerac (title role), Guthrie Theatre; Pericles (title role), Hartford Stage Company; Twelfth Night (Orsino), The Rivals (Jack Absolute), The Old Globe; Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Long Wharf Theatre; Macbeth (title role), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Berowne), Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Richard II (title role), Utah Shakespearean Festival; The Greeks (Orestes), Williamstown Theatre Festival; The Cherry Orchard (Lopakhin), American Conservatory Theatre; Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Valmont), Pittsburgh Public Theatre; Democracy, (Ralph Waldo Emerson) G.C.T.C, Ottawa. FILM: starring role in Third Man Out.

TELEVISION: Queer as Folk (four seasons as Vic), Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara, Ryan’s Hope. AWARDS: Mr. Wetherall won Drama-Logue Awards for his performances in The Bacchae (Dionysus), Odyssey Theatre, and Man and Superman (Jack Tanner), A Noise Within in Los Angeles. OTHER: He directed Measure for Measure at Centre Theatre, Chicago and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Our Town, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta; and as assistant director Jekyll & Hyde, Broadway. Recently reprised his role of The Notary in La Fille du Regiment at the Metropolitan Opera.

Most Recent:

Mickey in Richard Dresser’s The Last Days of Mickey and Jean at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Additionally, he debuted the one-man show Tunney/Shakespeare in Six Rounds, playing Gene Tunney. He played Willie in Happy Days at the Westport Country Playhouse. Furthermore, Prospero in The Tempest for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. He recently reprised his role as Rod in Hot Lunch Apostles at La MaMa in New York. Finally, he last appeared as Escalus in Measure for Measure in Washington at the Shakespeare Theatre of D.C.

Date:30 September 2026 .