Jiri Fisher

JIIRI FISHER was born in Czechoslovakia and studied at Janacek's Academy of Performing Arts, where he received his master's degree. He spent 12 years in Czech theatres and played numerous roles for television, radio and films. After arriving in the United States in l980, he starred in the NBC soap opera, "Another World," in the long running principal role as Anton Capek and also played on CBS' "As the World Turns." On stage, he played Vaclav Benda in the off-Broadway production of John Foster's play "Ceremony in Bohemia." He created NO CURTAIN THEATRE in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1990 as a forum for international theatrical expression. Sold out performances of Havel's play, "Audience," directed by Jiri Fisher and performed by Dick Stilwell and Jiri at GW's Marvin Center Theatre, The Resident Associates Program of the Smithsonian Institution in the Baird Auditorium led to the theatre's founding. The same year Fisher toured his native Czechoslovakia with the production, followed by performances in New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in New York City. As the featured guest artist at GW in the Department of Theatre and Dance in 1990, he directed "Stars in the Morning Sky" by Russian playwright Alexander Galin. In May 2010, Jiri Fisher retired from Voice of America in Washington D.C., where he worked 25 years as a Multimedia Executive Producer/Director and International Broadcaster, receiving many awards for excellence in programming.