US and UK Citizenship
June Ballinger has been a theatre maker for 50 years. Born of of British-American heritage, she was raised in Connecticut, spent the 70s in San Fransisco and currently lives in NYC. She has worked on Broadway, off-Broadway, regional theatre, television and film. June wrote and performs her solo play Remembrance Day, inspired by the life of her mother, a Bletchley Park code-breaker during WWII England and is currently working on a new piece. She is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC since 1993, is a company member of NYC’s The Actors Center and belongs to The National Alliance of Acting Teachers (NAAT). June served as Producing Artistic Director of New Jersey’s Passage Theatre Company from 1995-2017. She taught Acting for Adults at Bucks County Playhouse PA and currently serves at an adjunct professor of Theatre at Fordham University College at Sixty Program in the School for Graduate and Continuing Studies
“In the late 90s, I shifted my focus from performing when I was offered the artistic director position of a small professional theatre in an economically challenged city. I thought this would only be for a few years, but I discovered a passion for developing and producing new plays that would transform and empower and unify diverse communities. I believe that, at its best, theatre inspires understanding of the rich complexity of the human experience. It gives voice to the silent and dignity to the dispirited. Through the creation, production, and performance of theatre, we chart a passage to grace – in ourselves, in others, and throughout our community. These values act as my compass, guiding me as an actor, a person, a teacher, and a producer.”