His one-man shows, Passion s Slaves and Nothing Like the Sun , have been performed around the country, and he is the recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Award in Theatre. In April 1997 he was honored with the Utah Governor's Artist Award, the state s highest honor for the creative arts. In fact the play that Page has written, Swan Song , is a two-actor play about the friendship between Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. He wrote the Jonson part for himself. It s a redemption story with humor and feeling.
Page also enjoys teaching.
In addition to the private lessons he is currently giving in New York, he has taught at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and in various MFA programs. Teaching has a beneficial effect on his acting, he says. I find my technique gets clearer and clearer when I teach because I'm forced to do what I say. Everybody needs to run into somebody who can see what s there. Professor Howells was a real mentor at Whitman, and so were Jack Freimann, Bob Withycombe, George Ball, Nancy Simon. . . .