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Popular As	John Benitz
Occupation	Actor
Age	59 years old
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Born	July 19, 1965 (Fulton, Missouri, USA)
Birthday	July 19
Town/City	Fulton, Missouri, USA
Nationality	USA

🌙 Zodiac

John Benitz’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

John Benitz was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.

John Benitz wrote and directed the award-winning film Children of the Struggle, which was shown in film festivals across the country, on PBS, and is seen in high schools and colleges nationwide. It was also recognized by the NAACP Film Commission for its "true and poignant portrayal of the fight for black voting rights".

In addition, he has directed the West Coast premieres of Borderlands by Mona Koplleman, an original play about Bosnia, which was a Best Pick in the LA Weekly and the Off-Broadway play Fortune's Fools at the McCadden Theater in Hollywood, also an LA Weekly Best Pick and for which he won a Dramalogue Award.

He directed One Grimm Evening at the Odyssey Theatre as well as What I Heard About Iraq by Simon Levy, which performed on college campuses, in theaters and performing arts centers in New York, California, Washington State, Montreal and at the LaMama Theatre in Manhattan.

He has acted Off-B'way at the former Ubu Rep, at the Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago, The Odyssey and Fountain Theatres' in Los Angeles and Shakespeare Orange County. He's a proud member of Actor's Equity and SAG/AFTRA.

In 2007, John approached Andrew Carroll about the possibility of a play based on Carroll's New York Times best-selling books War Letters and Behind the Lines. In 2013 he was awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts and a Cal Humanities grant to bring If All the Sky Were Paper to a wider audience.

Since then the play has performed at Seattle Rep, The WAMC Performing Arts Studio in Albany, NY and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Chapman University.