The original plays that I have written for young people, during my tenure as a drama teacher and as the director of a youth theater ensemble, are downloadable as reading/performance resources on Teachers Pay Teachers. Plays, which cover an age range from 1st grade through high school, include: THE SHADOW OF PETER PAN, MYTHOLOGY MASH-UP, AESOP REMIXED, THE LITTLE PRINCE IN EGYPT, THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR, BENCHMARK, A BLACK SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, MISTLETOE AND THE MYTH OF BALDER, THE NUTCRACKER IN A FLASH, and, THE MYTH OF DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE REVISITED.
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.