Gary Locke

Gary is a semi-professional hyphenate, having served as actor-producer-director-writer-designer for a wide range of theatrical shows across the decades with his own company, Phylloxera Productions, as well as for various theaters in New England including The Players Ring and The Seacoast Rep in Portsmouth, and Hatbox Theatre in Concord. Gary has directed productions as diverse as the Gershwin musical Crazy for You, Shakespeare's Macbeth, and Jean Genet's psychological thriller The Maids. He particularly enjoys digging into the characters with his actors and finding the unexpected during the rehearsal process. As a stage actor, his favorite roles include the Marquis de Sade in Marat/Sade, Henry in 2017's production of The Fantasticks at Hackmatack, and Richard Russell in All the Way. He has produced and edited videos for Transparent Language since 2008, many shot in remote locations by videographers all over the world. Gary has also been a voice talent for the company since 1995, recording most of Transparent Language's English language dictionary.