Curriculum Vitae
Education
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
M.F.A in Playwriting 2018
Thesis: HARBOR, Thesis Advisor: Edward Sobel
William Esper Studio
Graduate of Acting Program 1996
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
B.A. in Liberal Arts 1991
Oxford University
Studied Theology and Literature 1990
Areas of Interest
As a writer, I think that teaching the art of playwriting can be a vehicle for students to learn the power of their own unique voice, experience, and perspective, As an actor and lover of literature, I think that encountering great works of art in study and performance deepens students’ understanding of that work, and of their lives.
Teaching Experience
Temple University
2017-Present: Playwriting 3801
Drexel University
2021: Playwriting Workshop
2020-Present: Entertainment Storytelling Fundamentals
2019-Present: Screenwriting II
2019: Playwriting I
The Barrow Group, NYC
2021: Finding Your True Subject (co-taught with Anne Marie Cammarato)
2019-Present: TV Writing II
2018-Present: TV Writing I
2017-2019: Writing for Actors
Save the Cat!
2020-Present: Storytelling Workshop
PlayPenn
2020: Finding Your True Subject (co-taught with Anne Marie Cammarato)
2019: Playwriting II
Intern Writers Showcase
2018: Playwriting Intensive
Playwriting for Playgoers
2017: Playwriting 101: Nuts & Bolts (online and in class)
2017 & 2013: Writing for Actors
Last Frontier Theatre Conference
2012 & 2015: Writing Without Judgment
The Foundry
2018-2020: Lead Artist
Publications
8 Minutes, Twenty Seconds
TRW Plays 2021
“All in Little Pieces” in Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, Twenty-Ninth Series,
Samuel French 2005
“A Low-Lying Fog” in Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, Twenty-Eighth Series,
Samuel French 2004
Monologue from “All in Little Pieces” in The Best Women’s Stage Monologues,
Smith and Krauss 2006
Productions - Full Length
Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2018
The Unrepeatable Moment: Short Plays by John Yearley
The Barrow Group, New York City 2015
Lark Theatre 2003
Antigone (Adaptation for YA)
Playhouse Off the Hill Family Series, Cincinnati, OH 2015
Confessions from the Plank: Monologues by John Yearley
Solocom Festival, New York City 2014
The Last Wish
Playhouse Off the Hill Family Series, Cincinnati, OH 2013
Leap
Cincinnati Playhouse-in-the-Park, Cincinnati, OH 2005
Theatre Conspiracy, Fort Myers, FL 2005
Abingdon Theatre, New York City 2004
Ephemera
Summer Play Festival, New York City 2005
State University of New York, Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY 2003
Gratuitous Nudity (co-written with Roland Tec)
Pipeline Theatre Company, New York City 2001
Bruno Hauptmann Kissed My Forehead
Abingdon Theatre, New York City 2000
Productions - Short Plays
Hating Beckett
The Barrow Group, New York City 2014
Ten by Ten in the Triangle, North Carolina 2003
Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II 2001
Your Fellow Man
Barrow Street Theatre, New York City 2010
My Father’s Heart
Citi Theatre Summer Shorts, Miami, FL 2008
Such a Beautiful Shoulder
Blue Coyote Theatre Company, New York City 2008
Tiberias
Blue Coyote Theatre Company, New York City 2006
I See: An Adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Night Vision
Abingdon Theatre, New York City 2005
Moving Mom
Expanded Arts, New York City 2000
Strangers Are Easy
Synchronicity Space, New York City 1999
A Low-Lying Fog and All in Little Pieces are published by Samuel French and have been produced many times.
Readings/ Workshops - Full Length
Another Girl
Williams Street Rep, Crystal Lake, IL 2017
Midtown International Theatre Festival, New York City 2013
Naked Angels, New York City 2012
PlayPenn Conference, Philadelphia, PA 2011
Leap
Denver Center Theatre School 2016
Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds
Blue Coyote Theatre Company, New York City 2014
2005 [Pick the Year]
Awards
Macy’s New Play Prize for Young Audiences – The Last Wish 2014
Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize - Leap 2004
John Gassner Award - Ephemera 2002
Commissions
Cincinnati Playhouse-in-the-Park, Education 2014
Blue Coyote Theatre Company 2013
Adaptations
(Adapted literal translation of kabuki plays)
Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami
Lincoln Center, New York City 2007
Kaidan Chibusa No Enoki
Lincoln Center, New York City 2014
Writing for Television
Treasure Trekkers, Season 1, 2018 - Present
“Tail of a Treasure”
“The Catacombs of Mousecow”
Arthur, Season 21, “Cereal”, PBS Kids 2016
Developed animated series for Japanese television, Mamu & Dinga 2007
Writing for Film
“Script Doctor” for New Line Cinema 1999
Fellowships
MacDowell Colony 2002, 2010
Abgindon Theatre Playwright-in-Residence 2004
Byrdcliffle Arts Colony 1998, 2001
Reviews
for The Unrepeatable Moment: Short Plays by John Yearley:
“thought-provoking…thrilling…painfully hilarious” – New York Times
“a new voice in the American theatre clears its throat and makes itself heard” – Playbill
“Yearley is a master” – Huffington Post
Acting
Why She Wears a Suit, Therapist
Minneapolis Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN 2000
Lynette at 3 A.M, Bobby
Preston Heights Theatre Company, New York City 1999
As You Like It, Adam
Alphabet City Shakespeare, New York City 1998
Poe’s Nightmare, Inmate
Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY 1997
Tartuffe, Orgon
National Tour, Biggs Rosati Productions 1994
Memberships
Writer’s Guild of America, East
Dramatists Guild
Representation
Pat McLaughlin, Beacon Artists Agency