John Maclay is a playwright, adaptor, and lyricist whose plays have been produced throughout the United States and Canada. Among his plays and musicals are GOOSEBUMPS: Phantom of the Auditorium (with Danny Abosch), ARTHUR & FRIENDS MAKE A MUSICAL!, NATE THE GREAT and LITTLE PIGLET GETS A SISTER (with Brett Ryback), THE LEGEND OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS (with Eric Nordin), THE QUEST FOR SOLOMON’S TREASURE, GERONIMO STILTON: MOUSE IN SPACE, HOPPER, NANCY DREW AND HER BIGGEST CASE EVER (with Jeff Frank), ANATOLE (with Lee Becker and James Valcq), and three plays with collaborator Joe Foust: THE REVOLTING TEENS OF SHERWOOD, ROMEO AND JULIET WALK INTO A BAR, and APOLLO AND THE TRIALS OF HERCULES. John additionally serves as a Resident Playwright for First Stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a proud member of both Actors Equity and the Dramatist Guild. John currently lives outside Chicago with his family and their soft coated Wheaten terrier.
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BRETT RYBACK is an actor, composer/lyricist, and writer. He is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation’s Cole Porter Award. His musical podcast “In Strange Woods” hit #1 on Apple’s fiction chart and was an iHeartRadio Award nominee for “Best Fiction Podcast.” Works for the stage include: Arthur and Friends Make a Musical! (First Stage); Passing Through (Goodspeed); Nate the Great (Licensed by TRW); Free Speech Zone (Austin Film Festival Semifinalist); Joe Schmoe Saves the World (NAMT, ASCAP/Dreamworks Workshop); and Liberty Inn (LA Ovation Award nomination, Best Music/Lyrics). His award-winning plays Weïrd and A Roz By Any Other Name are both published in “The Best American Short Plays 2007-2008.” As an actor he originated the role of Marcus Off-Broadway in Murder for Two and has performed on film, television, and at theatres across America. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and their miniature schnauzer, Hilde. Please visit www.brett
