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My short play PARENT INTERVIEW will be produced again by Columbus, OH's Raconteur Theatre starting May 27... On Thursday, May 20, my song "I Am Actor" (music by Rob Kendt) will be featured in the BMI Workshop Smoker at the Actors' Temple Theatre in NYC... Three monologues from my full-length political satire AMERICAN WHUP-ASS have been selected for the upcoming Smith & Kraus anthology BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES AND SCENES 2010. This will be the eighth S&K volume I've been published in... New material on McSweeney's: Universal Invoice for a Manhattan Child's Birthday Party. Also, speaking of children, my wife Courtney and I welcomed the birth of Lily Madeleine Warner on March 16. She joins big brother Ben, age 4 1/2.
biography
Justin Warner is a playwright/lyricist, improviser, and humorist, among other things. His plays have been produced in NYC, London, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Toronto, San Francisco, San Diego, Austin, Florida, Kansas, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, and elsewhere. He is a Harrington Award winner (BMI Musical Theater Workshop), a Kennedy Center-ACTF winner, a Global Age Project winner, a Source Theatre 10-Minute Play Competition winner, a Sam French Fest Critic's Choice winner, a Princess Grace finalist, a Javits Fellowship finalist, an O'Neill semi-finalist, and a six-time Heideman Award finalist.
Justin was a founding member of Washington Improv Theater (WIT) and performed, taught, and directed with the group from 1996-2003. During his tenure with WIT he appeared at the Chicago Improv Festival, the Seattle Improv Festival, the Del Close Marathon at UCB in New York, and on countless DC-area stages.
His humor has appeared in McSweeney's, the Funny Times, the Big Jewel, and the HarperCollins anthology MAY CONTAIN NUTS, and he is currently an associate editor of The Big Jewel. He frequently contributes lyrics to The Water Coolers, a corporate entertainment company. Other credits include a Peabody Award for his work on a children's science/mystery/adventure radio show (really). Justin lives in New York City with his wife, Courtney Birch (a director and choral conductor), and two children, Ben and Lily. He is an AlterTheater Associate Artist, a BMI affiliated songwriter, and a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and the Dramatists Guild.
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