ARIANA JOHNS (310) 902-8073: mobile e-mail: arianajohns77@gmail.com
Awards/Honors:
2020: Selected for Apples & Oranges THEatre Accelerator for the new musical Glamour & Grit (w/Darryl Curry)
2018: The Dramatists Guild Foundation selected Ariana as one of 3 Female Playwrights featured in the National New Play Network and Women's Voices Theatre Festival
2014: Golden Fleece Ltd. 22nd Annual Award for Music Theatre in progress for BUZZ, Son of a Bee (w/Darryl Curry)
2011: Playwright in Residence: Woodstock Fringe Festival of Theatre & Song
THEATRE
BUZZ, SON OF A BEE...an actor's life for me (Lyrics)......Sargent Theatre at American Theatre of Actors; also The Dramatists Guild's Friday Night Footlights; The Metropolitan Room, A.C.A. Galleries www.buzzsonofabee.com
MOONBITE...a montage of radiant lunacy......Woodstock Fringe Festival, Woodstock, NY; Actors Art Theatre, L.A.; Westbeth Arts Center, NYC; STS Theatre, Phonecia, NY (selected); The Lodestar, NYC (selected)
VAMPINGO...a comedy with bite……. NY International Fringe Festival; Actor’s Art Theatre, L.A.; Lodestar Theatre, NYC; DVD available; also available as a full-length screenplay, written w/Jolene Adams
I Got The Stagestruck Blues On A Mobius Trip……L.O.R.T. production at BoarsHead Theatre, Lansing, MI; also at Hamburger Harry’s Cabaret, NYC. Co-author w/Andrew Johns.
ILLYRIUM DELIRIUM (Lyrics) ...Staged Readings at The Episcopal Actor's Guild, NYC; Voices from the Fringe, NYC
SENSIBLE SHOES.......Golden Fleece Playwright's Festival, NYC
FIRST BLOOD.........Westbeth Arts Center, NYC
THE MOBIUS TRIP.....Woodstock Fringe Festival. Co-author w/Andrew Johns (Staged Reading)
RAPTUROUS DELIRIUM……….The Road Theatre, L.A; Actor’s Art Theatre, L.A.
FLIGHT TO ARKADELPHIA……..NoHo Studios, L.A. ; Co-author w/Mark Silver & John Meuller.
BENEATH THE SURFACE……..Writing out Loud at Actor’s Art Theatre, L.A.
WHO'S TALKING..............The Art Barge, Montauk, NY
CUPID'S DELIGHTS (an evening of comedy sketches, written w/John Ten Eyck)………..Theatre East, L.A.
*many more readings and productions of short works in NYC and L.A. at various venues
INTERNET
CITY SHERPA (web series).......Co-Author w/Brendan Keane, Episode 1: 'Sexing The City'
TELEVISION
Sightings…………..Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, CA; Assistant writer to Susan Michaels, also researcher/writing assistant to Ms. Michaels on the Sightings book, published by Simon & Schuster.
Chick-TV…………Contributing writer; Jennifer Valley, director.
FILM
Who’s Talking…….Greg Mullavey, Director/Producer; Short dark comedy (12 mins.). Writer, Co-Star. DVD available.
COMEDY REVUES
Too Idiots…………Don’t Tell Mama’s, West Bank Theatre, N.Y. Comedy Club, etc., all NYC; also benefits and private functions. Sketch comedy team w/ John TenEyck.
Alarming Behaviour………Masquers Cabaret, L.A.; Ovations Comedy Club, L.A.; Head Writer & Performer.
The Odd Squad…………Ovations Comedy Club, L.A.; NoHo Theatre Festival L.A.; Theatre East, L.A.; Head Writer and Performer.
OK, So We Lied!…….Resident comedy group @ Hamburger Harry’s on Broadway, NYC, also Hisae’s, Palsson’s, various regional (NY/NJ) comedy clubs, colleges, private and corporate events. Founding member, writer and performer.
Unexpected Company……..Resident comedy/improv group @ Manhattan PunchLine, NYC.
Writer and performer. Steve Kaplan, producer; David Fury, director.
Chicago City Limits………Jan Hus Theatre, N.Y.C.; Co-author Class Acts I & II.
Member: The Dramatists Guild; Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit; Actor’s Art Theatre Collective; Musical Theatre Factory, WomenArts, Episcopal Actor’s Guild, Climate Change Theatre Action
Awards/Honors:
2020: Selected for Apples & Oranges THEatre Accelerator for the new musical Glamour & Grit (w/Darryl Curry)
2018: The Dramatists Guild Foundation selected Ariana as one of 3 Female Playwrights featured in the National New Play Network and Women's Voices Theatre Festival
2014: Golden Fleece Ltd. 22nd Annual Award for Music Theatre in progress for BUZZ, Son of a Bee (w/Darryl Curry)
2011: Playwright in Residence: Woodstock Fringe Festival of Theatre & Song
THEATRE
BUZZ, SON OF A BEE...an actor's life for me (Lyrics)......Sargent Theatre at American Theatre of Actors; also The Dramatists Guild's Friday Night Footlights; The Metropolitan Room, A.C.A. Galleries www.buzzsonofabee.com
MOONBITE...a montage of radiant lunacy......Woodstock Fringe Festival, Woodstock, NY; Actors Art Theatre, L.A.; Westbeth Arts Center, NYC; STS Theatre, Phonecia, NY (selected); The Lodestar, NYC (selected)
VAMPINGO...a comedy with bite……. NY International Fringe Festival; Actor’s Art Theatre, L.A.; Lodestar Theatre, NYC; DVD available; also available as a full-length screenplay, written w/Jolene Adams
I Got The Stagestruck Blues On A Mobius Trip……L.O.R.T. production at BoarsHead Theatre, Lansing, MI; also at Hamburger Harry’s Cabaret, NYC. Co-author w/Andrew Johns.
ILLYRIUM DELIRIUM (Lyrics) ...Staged Readings at The Episcopal Actor's Guild, NYC; Voices from the Fringe, NYC
SENSIBLE SHOES.......Golden Fleece Playwright's Festival, NYC
FIRST BLOOD.........Westbeth Arts Center, NYC
THE MOBIUS TRIP.....Woodstock Fringe Festival. Co-author w/Andrew Johns (Staged Reading)
RAPTUROUS DELIRIUM……….The Road Theatre, L.A; Actor’s Art Theatre, L.A.
FLIGHT TO ARKADELPHIA……..NoHo Studios, L.A. ; Co-author w/Mark Silver & John Meuller.
BENEATH THE SURFACE……..Writing out Loud at Actor’s Art Theatre, L.A.
WHO'S TALKING..............The Art Barge, Montauk, NY
CUPID'S DELIGHTS (an evening of comedy sketches, written w/John Ten Eyck)………..Theatre East, L.A.
*many more readings and productions of short works in NYC and L.A. at various venues
INTERNET
CITY SHERPA (web series).......Co-Author w/Brendan Keane, Episode 1: 'Sexing The City'
TELEVISION
Sightings…………..Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, CA; Assistant writer to Susan Michaels, also researcher/writing assistant to Ms. Michaels on the Sightings book, published by Simon & Schuster.
Chick-TV…………Contributing writer; Jennifer Valley, director.
FILM
Who’s Talking…….Greg Mullavey, Director/Producer; Short dark comedy (12 mins.). Writer, Co-Star. DVD available.
COMEDY REVUES
Too Idiots…………Don’t Tell Mama’s, West Bank Theatre, N.Y. Comedy Club, etc., all NYC; also benefits and private functions. Sketch comedy team w/ John TenEyck.
Alarming Behaviour………Masquers Cabaret, L.A.; Ovations Comedy Club, L.A.; Head Writer & Performer.
The Odd Squad…………Ovations Comedy Club, L.A.; NoHo Theatre Festival L.A.; Theatre East, L.A.; Head Writer and Performer.
OK, So We Lied!…….Resident comedy group @ Hamburger Harry’s on Broadway, NYC, also Hisae’s, Palsson’s, various regional (NY/NJ) comedy clubs, colleges, private and corporate events. Founding member, writer and performer.
Unexpected Company……..Resident comedy/improv group @ Manhattan PunchLine, NYC.
Writer and performer. Steve Kaplan, producer; David Fury, director.
Chicago City Limits………Jan Hus Theatre, N.Y.C.; Co-author Class Acts I & II.
Member: The Dramatists Guild; Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit; Actor’s Art Theatre Collective; Musical Theatre Factory, WomenArts, Episcopal Actor’s Guild, Climate Change Theatre Action