John P. McEneny

About John P. McEneny

John P. McEneny (Artistic Director) He is author of Mayla the Monkey Girl (published by Playscripts Inc.), Very Bad Girl Scouts (YouthPLAYS), Grippe of October (YouthPLAYS), Cold April (Best Play Anthology 2008 Strawberry Fest), Seven monologues from The Lincoln Dress published in Applause’s 2020 Best Men’s Monologues, Smith and Krause’s 2020 Best Men’s Monologues / 2020 Best Women’s Monologues. Aposiopesis (Smith & Krause’s 2013 Best Ten Minute Plays, 2013 Best Men’s Monologues, 2014 Best Women’s Monologues; Best Audition Monologues for Young Men 2016, edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff and Patrick Rainville Dorn.) Pollywog was in NYU Steinhardt’s New Plays for Young Audiences in 2014. John’s 2013 adaption of Island of Doctor Moreau performed at 59E59 and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (won Bobby’s Sixth Star Award for best play.) Also: The Puppet Children, Two Houses of Oliver Ruckenmeyr, Midnight Circus, Hydra (with Rachel Rear), Frankenstein, Maddie Splinter and the Aluminum Chair Rocket Ship, Hamelin, Wendy Darling, Boy in the Iron Mask, Splitfoot (w/ Vasile Flutur) performed in Edinburgh, The Lincoln Dress performed at Siena College, My Robot, the books for Gulch, Billy Ragamatag and the Shadow Circus, Yarn Barn, We Got Beth!(all music and lyrics by Rob Parker). MA Theater in Education, Steinhardt School at New York University. Soon: MA Creative Writing Edinburgh Napier University.

Experience

1. Playwright

   Playwright

   Jan 1992 — Present · Brooklyn, US

   John P. McEneny (Artistic Director) He created Piper Theatre Productions in the summer of He is the author of Mayla the Monkey Girl (published by Playscripts Inc.), Very Bad Girl Scouts, Two Houses, Grippe of October (YouthPLAYS), Cold April (Best Play Anthology 2008 Strawberry Fest), Seven Monologues from The Lincoln Dress, published in Applause’s 2020 Best Men’s Monologues, Smith and Krause’s 2020 Best Men’s Monologues / 2020 Best Women’s Monologues. Aposiopesis (Smith & Krause’s 2013 Best Ten Minute Plays, 2013 Best Men’s Monologues, 2014 Best Women’s Monologues; Best Audition Monologues for Young Men 2016, edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff and Patrick Rainville Dorn.) Pollywog was in NYU Steinhardt’s New Plays for Young Audiences in 2014. John’s adaption of Island of Doctor Moreau performed at 59E59 and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (won Bobby’s Sixth Star Award for best play.) Adaptation of Mother Sauvage performed at University of Malta (2023) Also: The Puppet Children, Two Houses of Oliver Ruckenmeyr, Midnight Circus, Hydra (with Rachel Rear), Frankenstein, Maddie Splinter and the Aluminum Chair Rocket Ship, Hamelin, Wendy Darling, Boy in the Iron Mask, Splitfoot (w/ Vasile Flutur) performed in Edinburgh, The Lincoln Dress performed at Siena College, the books for Billy Ragamatag and the Shadow Circus, Yarn Barn, We Got Beth! Gorbal Woods (all music and lyrics by Rob Parker). MA Theater in Education, Steinhardt School at New York University. Soon: MA in Creative Writing Edinburgh Napier University. He has directed over 100 plays. Soon: Alice in Chaos and The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis at C Venues Edinburgh Fringe (Aug 2024)

Education

• Siena College

  BA, English

  1988 — 1992

• Edinburgh Napier University

  Master's degree, Creative Writing

• New York University

  Master's degree, Theatre in Education

• Christian Brothers Academy

  High School Diploma