John is a playwright, screenwriter, director and actor who received critical acclaim for his two solos -- PERFECTLY NORM-iLL PEOPLE which he wrote, and THE DIARY OF A MADMAN which he adapted from the Gogol Classic and also performed in New York City. The videos of both solos were sold throughout the world by Drama Classics Video. Nine of his plays have been produced, four in New York City: HE AND SHE (special performance, Hudson Guild, New York, 1988), HOMESICK and THE BOX (double bill, William Redfield, New York 1992, staged reading, Total Theatre Lab, New York, 1991) and DIARY OF A MADMAN (Theatre Row Theatre, New York). Other productions include: FARMLAND (1989), SNAPSHOT (1989), CHARADE (1990), TOMORROW (1994) and PERFECTLY NORM-iLL PEOPLE. His latest plays, PRISONERS IN PARADISE and THE LAMP have received numerous professional readings in New York City. John has written several full-length feature screenplays: TOP STORY, about the media in the 90’s, TIME KEEPER, about John Harrison and Nevil Maskelyne's forty year war over the prize for Longitude in the seventeen hundreds, HOME, a coming-of-age story about a boy growing up in the Depression, MEN'S LIVES about the East End Baymen of LI's fight against huge business and political corruption, and WE THE PEOPLE, a high-concept comedy about the Presidency, politics and its dirty laundry. Having performed leading roles in over 50 productions, John received critical praise in The New York Times, Newsday and other major papers as an actor for his performances in such leading roles as Jerry in THE ZOO STORY, Johnny in FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE, The Man in DIARY OF A MADMAN, and others. He has directed numerous productions including several of his own works. John received his B.F.A./M.F.A. in acting and Theatre from N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Program, his M.A. in Educational Theatre from Adelphi University and is the Artist-in-Residence and an Adjunct Professor of Drama at Dowling College where he founded a New Play Reading Festival featuring distinguished and up-coming playwrights like Gary Kott (writer/producer of THE COSBY SHOW), Joe Pintauro, Keith T. Fadelici and numerous others. He has also interviewed legendary figures such as: Budd Schulberg, Cliff Robertson, David Newman, and Murray Schisgal. In 1999 John Produced and acted a leading role in LIES IN LOVE,  full-length independent feature film about following your dreams. In addition, John's play FARMLAND, was part of the film, and John worked with Writer/Director Richard Ficara on the script for well over a year, honing and developing it. Several members of the cast and crew are award winning artists. He is a member of Actors Equity and The Dramatist Guild. John performed his third solo in Gary Kott's HIM AND HIS LAST NIGHT OF SANITY at the Grove Street Playhouse in New York City. Since his departure from the Acting and Writing field, John has developed Hamptons Web Design, a website design and hosting company, and is also developing several Internet Businesses with and for some of his clients and investors. Currently he is writing music, and working at his business. Future plans include the possible development of short (or perhaps longer) films using digital technologies, scoring them, and distributing them via the Internet and other vernues.