J co-founded Flying Machine with Marta King in 1999 and is a professional teacher, director and actor. He is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and received his Meisner training from Andy Rohrer and Larry Silverberg.

His last role with Flying Machine was as Jody in Lonely Planet. Other roles include Tom in Dinner with Friends, the Librarian in Underneath the Lintel, Yadu'llah in A Dress for Mona, (for Drama Circle), Pip/Theo in Three Days of Rain, and Gene in Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight.

Since moving to the Triangle in 1977, he has acted in and directed productions with On The Roof, Fallen Rose, Raleigh Ensemble Players, Temple Theater and Loveseat Theatre, and has performed for kids with Little Big, Raleigh Little Theatre and the Museum of Natural Sciences' Nature Fun Theatre.

He spent two years touring with Transactors Improv Company. He lives in Raleigh with his wife, Denise, and son, Ben.

Marta D. King
Co-founder, Board Secretary

Marta is the co-founder of Flying Machine as well as a director, actor, choreographer and teacher.

She directed FMTC's inaugural show, The Rainmaker, and more recently directed Red Herring for the company's 2005-06 season.

Her most recent acting roles with FMTC were Karen in Dinner with Friends, Mary in The Memory of Water and Grace in Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight. Favorite roles include Lorrette in Between Daylight and Boonville; Lisa in Boys' Life; and Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon. She assistant-directed the American premier of Sam Shepard's Buried Child in Hungary, which received the Silver Star Award.

She teaches drama at Powell GT Magnet School for the Visual andPerforming Arts in Raleigh.

John Honeycutt
Board Treasurer

Solectron, Inc.

Jerome Johnson
Board of Directors

Teacher, Wake Technical Community College

Robin Monteith
Board of Directors

Asst. Professor of Theatre, Greensboro College

Dr. Peter Rizzolo
Board of Directors

UNC School of Family Medicine, Ret.

John P. McNeil
Board of Advisors

Hass McNeil & Associates, P.A.

Pat Hoffman
Board of Advisors

Duke University