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I Write Delight.

I make unforgettable events & write delightful stories. My sold-out & celebrated community & art events leave their mark on audiences & media. My videos have over 100k views on YouTube. My screenplays and stage plays have won national and state awards, received rave reviews, and filled audiences with feelings and belly laughs. Here are a few.
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Film, Television, Webseries

Demo reel of my directing, editing, and animation.
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Blood From a Stone (2021)
FINALIST: 2021 Austin Film Festival Comedy Pilot
​​2nd Place: 89th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition: Script.
kWilt (2023)
My 'Aht' Film, ked.
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HOME OFFICE (2020-21)
Web Series co-created with my wife Ramona Rose King, won raves from the Boston Globe, and WBUR’s The Artery.​


Theatre

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Museum Piece (2023)
​Commissioned by & developed by SpeakEasy Stage for the Boston Project.
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The Mementi Mori of Edward Gorey (2021).
Developed at WildAcres Retreat.
Original Music by Mary Bichner.
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7 Minutes | 2019
Finalist
: Shakespeare's New Contemporaries, American Shakespeare Center.
Finalist: 2020 National Playwrights' Conference at the O'Neill Theatre Center.
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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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Der Vampyr (2014)
Original Libretto Commissioned by OperaHub.
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From Denmark With Love (2014)
IRNE Nominee: Best New Play

​Humor

WICKED opening Delayed
WICKED opening delayed after AI Costumes full cast as "Sexy Witches"
The Haven, November 2024
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No Surprise! Radiohead 'Total Bummer' at Maya Rudolph's Halloween Bash.
Medium. October 2024.
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Theatre Group Accidentally Raises $1,347,256 with OnlyFans Production of "The Vagina Monologues"
The Broadway Beat, October 2020.
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Agatha Christie Heroine Responds to Trump's Attempted Coup by Taking an Ample Breakfast.
Weekly Humorist, November 2020.​

Non Fiction

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It's Not Easy Being Green
HowlRound Theatre Commons, September 2021.
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A Playwright's Guide to Self-Producing: Part I & II
HowlRound Theatre Commons, March 2020.

​​Music

Highway of Spirit and Bone. (2023)
w/d video.
​musical arrangement.
13 Thumbs (2021)
wrote and recorded music and lyrics.
​animation, art direction and editing.
Life in Lockdown (2020)
​w/d/edit video
wrote and recorded/produced music.
Younger Than McCain - The Song! (2008)
Lyrics, Music, vocals, and creative direction of video.
Commissioned by Chris Cillizza (CNN, The Fix).
(Who Needs) Pants?! (2020)
​​w/d/edit video
wrote and recorded/produced music.
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Lunar Labyrinth
Co-Creator, Composer, Writer, Actor
​Listen to the Soundscape.

​Podcast

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GET SHOCKED! (2024- )
co-creator, writer, & host.
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Uncle Cakes' Story Time (2024)
writer, performer, editor, musical arranger, producer.

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