ANDREW JOHNS (Book) Andrew has had well over a hundred productions of his plays, from Off Broadway (The Return of Herbert Bracewell with Milo O'Shea & Frances Sternhagen, Fridays with Henderson Forsyth, Pigeons on the Walk with Tom Carlin) to dozens of Regional theatres across the country and in Canada, and Internationally. The Return of Herbert Bracewell and Fridays are both published by Dramatists Play Service, and he's a past recipient of an NEA Playwrighting Grant.
He has also acted on Broadway, and in films (recent: The Finish Line: the rise and fall of Off-Track Betting, Louder than Bombs w/Isabelle Huppert, the lead in the short film, Give Up the Ghost (nominated for best short film at Cannes in 2017), and his web series of over 30 comedic videos with Ray Edelstein may be viewed at their YouTube channel, yacobsladder. His theatre-themed (and other) artwork may be seen at: www.andrewjohnsart.com.
Member: Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG/AFTRA. Writing resume here.
He has also acted on Broadway, and in films (recent: The Finish Line: the rise and fall of Off-Track Betting, Louder than Bombs w/Isabelle Huppert, the lead in the short film, Give Up the Ghost (nominated for best short film at Cannes in 2017), and his web series of over 30 comedic videos with Ray Edelstein may be viewed at their YouTube channel, yacobsladder. His theatre-themed (and other) artwork may be seen at: www.andrewjohnsart.com.
Member: Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG/AFTRA. Writing resume here.
DARRYL CURRY (Music), a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Woodstock Fringe Playwright's Unit, works as a composer, lyricist, playwright and musical director. He wrote music for the 20th Anniversary production in New York of THE ELEPHANT MAN, and has had two musical works commissioned - “The 46th Street Mass,” by St. Clement's Episcopal Church in NY, and the sung ballet “My Shadow,” by the Staten Island Ballet. He was a playwright/composer-in-residence at The Third Step Theatre Company in NY, which produced his musicals THE ELEPHANT PIECE and QUITTERS. Darryl's musical DORIAN GRAY had a concert reading the Theatre at St. Clement's, and Cleveland Public Theatre presented selections from it in October 2016, as ContempOpera Cleveland's Premiere Concert. His musical GEORGE Q (book and lyrics by MK Wolfe) was staged at St. Clement's, and was excerpted at NJ Rep’s Theatre Brut Festival; and MESMERIZED (lyrics by MK Wolfe, book by Al D’Andrea) was staged at The Playwrights’ Group in Los Angeles, and the PortFest Fringe Festival in Portland, ME. Also in Portland, April 2014, THE ELEPHANT PIECE was produced by the Snowlion Repertory Company, garnering great reviews. Mr. Curry is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music; he received his M. M. from Temple University and he's a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NY.
ARIANA JOHNS (Lyrics) Ariana's plays have been produced in NYC, L.A., and Regionally. Ariana was one of three female playwrights featured at the Dramatists Guild Foundation in support of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, in response to the call of the Washington DC-based National New Play Network. Her play Moonbite...a montage of radiant lunacy was featured in the 2011 Woodstock Fringe Festival (where she was the Playwright in Residence) after a sold-out run at Actor's Art Theatre in L.A. She performed her solo play, Vampingo...a comedy with bite at the NY International Fringe Festival, as well as at The Lodestar (NYC) and Actor's Art, and she recently completed writing a short Shakesperian musical, Illyrian Delirium, with her BUZZ creative team. Darryl and Ariana are also working on a full-length musical, A Stroll with Troll. She writes/acts with The MotherLine Project at Dixon Place, and has appeared in numerous plays and comedy revues across the country, where she's garnered A.D.A. and DramaLogue awards. Musical appearances include: The Happy Hooker at Musical Theatre Factory, Happy Valentine at the National Opera Center and Vampire Asylum Malibu Point. Her musical comedy/improv group OK, So We Lied! was a NYC staple, and her comedy duo, Too Idiots with John Ten Eyck (MTV) had three sold-out final reunion tours... Ariana performs cabaret regularly at Don't Tell Mama, with her series A Dreamer's Guide to the Galaxy, and her mother/daughter duo with Evangeline Johns, VANJARI. Member: Dramatists Guild, M.A.C., Musical Theatre Factory, Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit, Off Broadway Alliance, AEA, SAG/AFTRA, Actor's Art Collective, WomenArts, Dead Playwrights Society. Info: www.vampingoproductions.com Writing resume; acting resume.