John J King Creates Delight.

I creative direct videos and events, write and design, pulling from twenty+ years' experience telling engaging stories, and creating unique, memorable events for organizations like the Museum of Fine Arts, The Boston Public Library, The Huntington Theatre Company, the Boston Center for the Arts, and for vast interwebs.

I have made marvelous experiences in huge institutions, basement art spaces, schools, and community centers. I bring a mash-up of bold creativity, curiosity, empathy, and I lead with a humor and enthusiasm that builds connections and morale.

If this kind of work rocks your socks, let's get to work!
[email protected] | 617.599.2929 | resume.
Approach
  • leading through collaboration
  • growing connection & community through empathy & listening.
  • humor & enthusiasm that builds morale
  • problem solving with curiosity & creativity
  • humor & enthusiasm to build connections & morale
  • responsibility, grit, and persistence
  • clear & open communication

​Skills
  • ​Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Mac Creative and Productivity Apps
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Google Workspace
  • Final Draft
  • editing – video, audio, text
  • interviews and research
  • hosting events, panels, and video
I Bring
  • creative direction.
  • lead through collaboration.
  • project management.
  • producing, videography, directing & editing video
  • writing: scripts, copy, humor, non-fiction, podcast & lyrics.
  • music: composing, production, arranging, and curation.

Passions
  • culture, esp. music & film
  • history
  • playing with my amazing kids
  • mystery novels and puzzles
  • medieval marginalia

Awards, Publications, & Other Things I Hope Impress You.

​Awards

Museum Piece (2023)
​Commissioned by & developed by SpeakEasy Stage for the Boston Project.
Blood From a Stone (2021)
FINALIST: 2021 Austin Film Festival Comedy Pilot
​​2nd Place: 89th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition: Script.
ROUNDABOUT (2021)
Semi-Finalist: 2021 Shoot Your Short Competition.
7 Minutes | 2019
Finalist: Shakespeare's New Contemporaries at the American Shakespeare Center.
Finalist: 2020 National Playwrights' Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center.
Honorable Mention: 88th Annual Writer's Digest Competition - Script.
Martha's (b)Rainstorm: A Boston Fairy Tale | 2018
Commissioned by: Fresh Ink Theatre & Boston Public Library
Winner: 2019 Fellowship in Dramatic Writing by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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​Publications

Bio, Work, and Kind Things People Have Said

Part Texan and part Tyrannosaur, I live in Providence, RI, where I Creates & Spreads Delight.  

I have a B.A. in Theatre & English from SUNY Boondocks, and an accent from my mama.

I support my artistic life with a kaleidoscope of jobs in almost as many towns. I've delivered pizzas in Arlington, TX and Santa Fe, NM​; washed dishes and jacked-of-most-theatrical-trades in Rochester, NY; worked as an aide to a young man with cerebral palsy, and a nanny to a single mother in Cambridge, MA, a cross-country art delivery driver, and a historical tour guide.. In the midst of that, I squished 7 years of venue management at the best and biggest arts institutions in Boston.
​I serve as primary care-giver to my two kids while working in tech for Harvard...because leaving Boston, only to get a job at Harvard is a delightful thing to do.

JJK and his work have been called:
"[web series Home Office] is not-to-be-missed, captur[ing] the joys and complexity of sheltering-in-place." - The Boston Globe

"King’s libretto is the crowning achievement[...]  Not only is his rhyming dexterously hilarious[...], but it always serves the story and the score."
​- The Boston Globe

“Unabashed, R-rated fun.” - The Boston Herald

"[King's] libretto brims over with clever and often anachronistic or off-color rhymes [...] and puns." - New York Arts

Audiences say:
"sexy evil genius"
"adult innocence at its best"
"a sexy, hipster ice-cream man who drinks on the job"

john j king  |  j[email protected]  | providence, ri
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