The great Dolly Parton has set sail over the horizon. She means a lot to me. 15 years ago I made a documentary about her and she granted us the rights to use 15 of her songs, royalty free. I’ll never forget that kind gesture. What an absolutely amazing person. Here’s the (somewhat dated) trailer for the feature documentary, Hollywood to Dollywood.
Dinner With Friends, by Donald Margulies
Final weekend of performances for Dinner With Friends in Blue Ridge 🍷 This has been one of the most challenging side quests I've tackled, namely due to the insane amount of memorization. Finding the emotional truth of the character came fairly easily; I'm not that different from Tom. But I'm so grateful to have taken this on as a big summer project and the reactions from our audiences have been amazing. This play will certainly qualify as misogi for 2026. I’ve said repeatedly: if Tennessee Williams or Edward Albee were writing today, it would look a lot like this play. What an awesome thing to be able to say these words and live through these emotions night after night for the past few months.
Dinner With Friends: August 6-23rd, 2026
Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize winning play Dinner With Friends is funny, insightful, and deeply relatable, Dinner with Friends explores marriage, friendship, and the challenges of navigating middle age. It's the kind of show that sparks conversation long after the final curtain. If Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee were writing today, it might look a little something like this. With John Lavin, Jeremy Harrison, Christina Reynolds and Lauren Garner.
VoyageATL interview
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How did I end up here?
James Lewis does a great job delving into that oft-asked question on his Southern Character podcast. Click on the image below to listen to the episode.
National Walmart Business commercial
What a cool thing to have the world’s largest company feature my business in a national campaign: The Thing About John's Business...
Milestone: 100k followers on TikTok
Just in case it goes away soon, I wanted to celebrate this milestone over on TikTok :)
Atlanta Magazine SOUTHBOUND
Travel + Leisure interview
The Inn's magazine
Each issue of the inn’s newsletter is treated like a mini magazine issue. Have a look here.
Blue Ridge Inn B&B
A boutique inn nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains…
Artist Profile on Amazon
I’ll post the longer version of the Artist Profile I made with Ray Tenorio once it’s live on US channels, but it was cool to see this short tease on Amazon Spain. (click image for link)
Caitlin Pazmino for Arteza
Glendeven Inn & Lodge
A few videos from a larger package of marketing media created for a stunning inn in Mendocino, CA
Allison Matherly and Jeffrey Noble for Arteza
Miami based husband and wife artist team, Nice ‘N Easy (Allison & Jeffrey) are doing very cool things.
Badass Balloon Co.
Had a really colorful and fun shoot on South Beach for Badass Balloon Co. Here’s one of the shots that is currently on their website.
Recent portraits of men (and a boy)
Music video collab with John Cameron Mitchell and Alynda Segarra
I’ve been a big fan of John Cameron Mitchell since I first saw him play Hedwig at the Jane Street Hostel— one of the very first shows I saw when I moved to NY many years ago. A mutual friend in New Orleans introduced us and he asked if I’d help with shooting a music video project. Of course I said yes. So in the dark days of Covid last year I shot some footage of the remarkable New Orleans based singer Alynda Segarra. I gave John the footage and he worked with animator Nathan Stassin to create this absolutely stunning piece of art.
Kit and John in Key West
Made a travel video one weekend down in the Keys for GayCities/Queerty
Ernesto Kunde for Arteza
Miami artist Ernesto Kunde celebrating Father’s Day for Arteza Click here for Ernesto’s page