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Divorce, Younger and Bull. Maddie 2000 and directed or appeared in more
created the role of Holly in the award than 25 First Stage productions (from
winning off-Broadway premiere of classics to world premieres) as well as
Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall for Naked having produced more than 50
Angels. Since then, Maddie has productions for the First Stage high
appeared on Broadway in William Inge's school programs. John’s work as an
PICNIC at the Roundabout directed by actor or director has also been seen at
Sam Gold and at Lincoln Center in the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Chicago
Richard Greengerg’s Babylon Line as Shakespeare Theater, Milwaukee
well as numerous Off Broadway plays Shakespeare Company, Defiant
including Flight, Nora and Delia Ephron's Theatre, Bunny Gumbo, Bialystock and
LOVE LOSS And WHAT I WORE, and the Bloom, Skylight Opera Theatre and
Obie award winning production of more.
Branden Jacobs- Jenkins Appropriate at
Signature Theatre. Maddie wrote, Erin Mallon (Bible Adventure Park) is
directed and stars in the short film How a playwright, author, and narrator of
Was Your Day which was selected by over 550 audiobooks with a special
Tribeca Film Fest for their “Watch this affinity for the romance genre. She is a
short” series. Maddie was a playwright six-time Earphones Award Winner and
in residence at NY Stage and Film where a five-time Audie Award Nominee. Her
she developed her first full length play, audio play These Walls Can Talk is a
Accidentally Brave. Broadway World and 2021 Independent Audiobook Award
Playbill both cited the play as among the Winner for Humor. The Natural History
best of the season and Maddie was Series is Erin’s debut trio of romantic
nominated for the Outer Critics Circle comedy novels: Flirtasaurus,(July
award and won the Off Broadway 2020) Lovebug, (February 2021) and
Alliance award for best solo Sharkbait (coming Summer 2022).
performance. Audible Theatre recorded Erin’s plays have been presented with
an audio-book version of Accidentally Urban Stages, New Georges, Hudson
Brave and the play was published by Valley Shakespeare Festival, The
DPS. Collective, Cherry Picking, Great Plains
Theater Conference, Samuel French
John Maclay (Hopper) is a playwright #OOB Short Play Festival, Project Y
who specializes in adaptation for Theater, Dreamcatcher Rep, Mile
Theatres for Young Audiences. In Square Theatre and more. Erin’s play
addition to his latest, The Legend Of Branched (dir. Robert Ross Parker)
Rock Paper Scissors, his plays and premiered with InViolet Theater at
musicals include Goosebumps The HERE Arts Center in NYC and is in print
Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium with Original Works Publishing. Her
(with Danny Abosch), Geronimo Stilton: play, The Net Will Appear had its Off-
Mouse In Space, Just A Little Critter Broadway Premiere at 59E59 Theaters
Musical (with Brett Ryback), Nancy in NYC starring the great Richard Masur
Drew And Her Biggest Case Ever (with and is now available on Audible.com as
Jeff Frank), Anatole (with Lee Becker an audio drama co-starring Matilda
and James Valcq), a new version of Lawler (Disney Plus’ Flora & Ulysses,
Robin Hood: The Revolting Teens Of Broadway’s The Ferryman). Erin’s
Sherwood (with Joe Foust) and Nate Other full-length plays include: Good
The Great (with Brett Ryback). Riddance, Soft Animals, Hand Me
Upcoming projects include Andromeda Down, Stunning Displays of Prowess,
And The Trials Of Hercules (with Joe Skin Hungry, The Other White Meat,
Foust). Prior to leaving to pursue writing Come Find Me and These Walls Can
full time, John proudly served in various Talk 2: The Narwhal Strikes Back!
leadership roles at First Stage in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of America’s David Templeton’s (Polar Bears)
largest and most respected theatres for plays include Galatea, Drumming With
young audiences. John’s worked with Anubis, Mary Shelley’s Body, Polar
First Stage in one form or other since Bears, Pinky, and Wretch Like Me. Mr.
Templeton’s work has been produced