Quad City Arts is proud to announce the participation of Moline native, John Getz in their prestigious Cary Grant Residency program. The residency was established in 1986 when Cary Grant died while in Davenport for the inaugural Festival of Trees. The purpose of this residency is to encourage the growth of the theatrical arts in the Quad Cities through the presentation of artists whose careers in acting, or the professional development of actors, parallel the level of commitment to the theatrical arts as exemplified by Mr. Grant.
Previous participants in the Cary Grant Artists-in-Residence include :
Joan Benny
Colleen Dewhurst
Lawrence Luckenbill
Robert Cohen
Robert Falls
Seattle Mime Theatre
Guy Davis
Anna Deavere Smith
Edward Albee
B.D. Wong
John Getz is a stage-trained actor who studied at the University of Iowa and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after growing up in Moline, IL and graduating from Moline High School. Recently, he portrayed "Sy", the attorney to Mark Zuckerburg's character in the academy award winning Social Network movie. He starred on Broadway in M. Butterfly and They're Playing Our Song, and had leading roles in the Coen brothers' Blood Simple which lead to feature film roles in The Fly, The Fly II, Born on the Fourth of July, Curly Sue, A Day Without A Mexican among others; he is also remembered for his series regular roles on "MacGruder" and "Loud".
In addition to his educational work in the schools, John will have a narrative role during the Holiday Pops concert, November 19, 2011, 7:30 at the iwireless; tickets go on sale October 15, 2011. Tickets are available by calling the Symphony Office, 563-322-0931.
