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The Architectural Theatre (TAT)
® and tatkhj ®:
The Architectural Theater is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 by
Kenneth Howe Jones in Urbana, Illinois. At the time Jones was just
completing his masters thesis in architectural theory at the University of
Illinois on the subject "Architectural Theatre for Actor and Audience."
Under the identifying acronym tatkhj
Jones leads the TAT efforts in
architectural design, art and architectural theory, theatrical set and
lighting design, internet website design, legitimate stage acting,
improvisational theater performance, and other related activities.
Jones received his MA in
Architecture in 1978 and is a licensed architect in Washington, California,
and Illinois. Over a thirty year period he has done set and lighting
designs for ROMEO AND JULIET, MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN
CHICAGO, EMPEROR JONES, AIDA, MACBETH, A DOLL'S HOUSE, NICE PEOPLE DANCING
TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC, TO GILLIAN ON HER 32ND BIRTHDAY, WALLY'S CAFE, WIT, SHOOTING STARS,
I OUGHTA ME IN PICTURES, MARY MARY, LAUNDRY AND BOURBON-LONESTAR, MURDER AT
THE HOWARD JOHNSON, EINSTEIN AND THE POLAR BEAR, and PAINTING CHURCHES.
Jones is a founding member of the
improvisational comedy performance groups WHAT HAPPENS NEXT and THE PORTABLE
REALITY SHOW. He currently performs with the PRS at the Jewel Box
Theater in Poulsbo, WA.
Jones has been acting since 2002 and
has appeared in multiple roles in two Robert Fulghum plays ALL I NEED TO
KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN and UHOH1 HERE COMES CHRISTMAS. At the
Jewel Box Theater he has appeared as Andrew in EINSTEIN AND THE POLAR BEAR
and as Gardner Church in PAINTING CHURCHES.
Jones has been interested in
performance, and particularly in comedy, ever since he first attempted to
make his mother laugh with his impression of famous Chicago radio personality
"Two-Ton" Baker in 1948 at the age of 4.
Jones is a fly fisherman and
beekeeper and lives with his wife, the poet Marianna Mears, two dogs, four
cats, and twenty-odd goldfish in Hansville, Washington. He has one
daughter Anna who is a sculptor and pastry chef in Chicago, Illinois.
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