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JACK NEARY's plays have been produced all over the United States, in Canada, and in Europe. He is the author of JERRY FINNEGAN'S SISTER, FIRST NIGHT, THE PORCH, and many stage adaptations of classics for family and adult audiences.  He is also an actor and director, and recently staged his own comedy KONG'S NIGHT OUT at the Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan, where the show featured LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY's Cindy Williams and Eddie Mekka.  He has appeared on television in LAW AND ORDER and on Showtime's BROTHERHOOD series, and in September of 2010 he will be featured in a crucial scene in the Ben Affleck film, THE TOWN. As a theatre administrator, Jack has served as Producing Director of the Summer Theatre at Mount Holyoke College, and is co-founder and former Artistic Director of New Century Theatre, now celebrating twenty years at Smith College. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts and at Bradford College, and has served as Artist In Residence at Radford University.  He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association and the Dramatists Guild. His web site is jacknearyonline.com

 

NOAH SMITH is a playwright, actor, director and comedian whose plays have been produced in more than thirty states, Canada, and Australia.  He holds a BA in Drama from Vassar College and an MFA in Playwriting from Brandeis University.  Noah is the former Artistic Director of the Theatre for Young Audiences at the Summer Theatre at Mount Holyoke College.  He has taught writing at Quinnipiac University, Simmons College, The City University of New York, and Occidental College.  In addition to his playwriting, Noah has written material for comedians and political impersonators and for “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live.  Noah lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Amanda Atkinson, where they both eagerly await the birth of twins.  Noah chronicles his adventures as a father-to-be at twindadblog.blogspot.com

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