J.R. Hontz
No Mean City: Baltimore 1966
Jerold Hoffberger
J.R. had a 30-year business career (including 11 years locally at Alex. Brown) before returning to the stage in 2024. Some favorite past roles include the Narrator/Mysterious Man in Into the Woods (2ndStar Prods), Robert in Proof (Compass Rose Theatre), Capt. Markinson in A Few Good Men (Landless Theatre Co.), Danforth in The Crucible (Silhouette Stages), Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mill Mountain Theatre), Ensemble and The Deputy in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (National Tour), Angelo’s Clerk in Measure for Measure (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Fred/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate (Mac-Haydn Theatre), and Big Jule in Guys and Dolls (Howard County Summer Theatre).