Pictured Above: Playwrights Top to Bottom: John McDonnell (photo credit: Mandee K. Hammerstein), Barry M. Putt Jr. (photo credit: Mandee K. Hammerstein), Dan Fiorella (photo credit: contributed), Jan Jalenak (Contributed)
BIOS/ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS:
DAN FIORELLA lives in New York. Downtown New York. Very downtown New York. Okay, he lives in Staten Island. He has an eclectic array of credits, having written for Garrison Keillor’s “Prairie Home Companion,” MAD Magazine, All-Star Radio, “The Start of Something Big” with Steve Allen and the “Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2” video game. Dan was also Dear Dottie for the Weekly World News and Traveling Editor for Cracked Magazine. And is the author of “Novel Concept” and several other books available on Amazon. He’s been a contributing writer to TMI: Hollywood, Style Without Substance and “The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers”. He co-wrote the horror spoof “Steamed” now doing the film festival circuit. He enjoys writing about himself in the third person.
BARRY M. PUTT JR.’S plays have been performed throughout the U.S. and in Canada including productions with the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, The Northeast Theatre, and Turtle Shell Productions. His comedy, A DIFFERENT BLEND OF FRIENDSHIP won the NJ Wordsmiths Award. He is a member of the Witherspoon Circle and the Dramatists Guild.
JOHN MCDONNELL’S plays have been featured at theaters in New Mexico, Alabama, Washington, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. John founded The Playwrights’s Bridge, a theater workshop in Pennsylvania. He has also published 24 fiction e-books. His website is: www.johnfmcdonnell.com
JAN JALENAK grew up in Memphis, TN, is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio and New Circle Theater Company and a graduate of New York University. Her acting training with the inimitable Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in the 80’s instilled a fearlessness to dig deeper with both her acting and writing. As a playwright, her plays have been featured in venues throughout New York City, including Greenwich Street Theater, Naked Angels, The Gene Frankel Theatre, The Robert Moss Theater, The Ohio Theater, New Georges, UBU Rep, Studio Theater, Playwrights’ Horizons, and The Actors Studio.
PANDORA SCOOTER (playwright, Who's the Top?) is an award-winning playwright whose work has been seen nationally. She toured her solo shows I AM ENOUGH and OUTwordlyFabulous in 2011 and 2015, respectively, to audiences in 45 cities throughout the nation. She is the founder and facilitator for two playwrights' groups: ATG PlayLab and Women's Playwrights Circle @ Speranza. She has taught script analysis for more than 20 years at NYU, Terry Knickerbocker Studio and Dramatists Guild Institute. She lives in Hampton, NJ.
TOGETHER (AGAIN) will be directed by Mary Carpenter and is exclusively at the Zlock Performing Arts Center, a nonprofit theater. New Feathers Productions also fosters a special community through pre-show mixers with a VIP ticket purchase, including complimentary wine, craft beer and light-fare, a social offering that serves as a memorable way to gather and connect with fellow arts-enthusiasts and professionals. New Feathers Productions are professionally performed readings, featuring the latest work reflecting various perspectives, while encouraging playwrights with a range of diverse backgrounds and experiences. NFP strives to highlight talent from the vibrancy and voice of the Philadelphia, New York and surrounding areas.
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