February 17, 2012 @ 12:10 pm
The Lakewood Playhouse has announced that John Munn can take the "temporary" off his title. He is now the theater's managing artistic director after a year of serving at the post. He took over operations of the nonprofit theater when Marcus Walker announced he was battling cancer. Walker has since died, but the roadway in front of the theater now bears his name.
Munn was born and raised in Tacoma and graduated from Charles Wright Academy. He attended the University of LaVerne in California and Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland.
He started his theatrical career in the Young Actor's Program at Tacoma Little Theatre when he was eight years old. This year marks both his 30-year anniversary of his acting debut at the Lakewood Playhouse, during a production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." It is also his 15th anniversary as a director for the Playhouse.
Munn has some 100 local stage productions to his credit and has served on the boards of both the Playhouse and Tacoma Little Theatre.
He is also the founder, and CEO, of Comic Book Ink, a 9-year-old award-winning comic shop located in Lakewood.
