By Janet Dodrill
Career Highlights – Everett L. Dodrill Jr.
Everett Dodrill
1940s
Columbia College, BS Degree, Science and Literature, NY, NY
Morey, Humm & Johnstone, NY, NY, 3 years, wrote articles for 4-color magazine “House Organ”
Art School, one term, NY, NY
Pratt Institute for advertising design, NY, NY
Professional Magician, Ajax the Magician (1940s & 1950s), Larchmont, NY
Ballet Dancer, performance at Metropolitan Opera house of a Russian opera, NY, NY
1950s
Bedford Players theater group, Founder, Bedford, Ohio
Lakewood Little Theatre, actor & director, Lakewood, Ohio
Karamu House theater, actor, Cleveland, Ohio
Clague Playhouse, actor, Cleveland, Ohio
Penn, Hamicker, Meldrum & Fewsmith ad agency, writer, Cleveland, Ohio
Lang Fisher & Stashhower ad agency, writer, Cleveland, Ohio (1950s)
1960s
Chagrin Valley Little Theater, actor, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Dobama Theatre, founding theater company, actor & director, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1960s through 2000s)
Story Craft, script writer for “On Location” radio shows and daily show “Speaking of Money”, Cleveland, Ohio
Editorial Features, and Editorial Services, writer with author Bill Ellis on book The Cuyahoga, Cleveland, Ohio
Mark V advertising agency (1960s & 1970s), Cleveland, Ohio
1970s
Dodrill-Vasilakes & Co. (1970s & 1980s), training and sales documents, technical writing, sales & educational scripts and presentations, articles for “Basic Utility Sales Techniques” industrial magazine, Cleveland, Ohio
“The Wandering Muse of Artemus Flagg” TV special, writer, starring Burgess Meredith, featuring the Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, WJW Channel 8, Cleveland, Ohio
“Say Older My Son, Not Old”, wrote and produced, WVIZ Channel 25 an Emmy winning TV series, Cleveland, Ohio
Heartsong USA project, wrote and produced, WVIZ Channel 25, Cleveland, Ohio
1980s
“Home Again”, wrote and produced, WVIZ Channel 25, Cleveland, Ohio (on rehabbing a Cleveland house)
Educational Research Council of America (1980s), wrote 50 educational stories including Truck Mechanic, Ecologist, and Market Researcher for its “Real People at Work” series, and 3 textbooks, Cleveland, Ohio
Freelance writer (1980s and 1990s), research, technical writing, training and development for user manuals and sales presentations for National Electrical Carbon Corp., General Electric, NASA Lewis Research Center, Union Carbide Corporation, and BFGoodrich, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Playhouse, actor, Cleveland, Ohio
AFTRA male model (1980s & 1990s)
1990s
Rotary Club, president, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cain Park Theater, actor, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, volunteer, molds/casts of fossils, Cleveland, Ohio
Case Western Reserve Medical School acting as a patient in its doctor training program, Cleveland, Ohio
Special effects makeup artist
2000s
“Christmas Classics by Cleveland”, producer and cast member, a two hour collection of original and classic Christmas narratives, recorded at WJCU 88.7 FM, Cleveland, Ohio
“A Christmas Carol”, starred as Scrooge, recorded at WJCU 88.7 FM, Cleveland, Ohio
Artist and sculptor
Everett Dodrill, Ajax the Magician Business Card
Everett Dodrill ballet dancer, 1940s
Marji Dodrill & Everett Dodrill, acting at Karamu House theater, early 1960s
Everett Dodrill in Caligula, Dobama Theatre, 1962
Everett Dodrill, model, talent, 1980s
Everett Dodrill special effects makeup artist, 1990s
Ceramic mask sculpture by Everett Dodrill
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