John Yearley is the author of The Unrepeatable Moment, which the New York Times called “thought provoking…exhilarating…painfully hilarious.” He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Writers Guild, and holds a M.F.A. in playwriting from Temple University. Other works include Leap(Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Ephemera (John Gassner Award), Another Girl (PlayPenn), and Bruno Hauptmann Kissed My Forehead(Abingdon Theatre). His latest play, Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds, was workshopped by LABryinth Theatre Company and performed at Temple University.
Work for young audiences include The Last Wish (Macy’s New Play Prize for Young Audiences) and an adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone. Short plays All in Little Pieces and A Low-Lying Fogare available through Samuel French. He currently writes for the children’s TV program “Treasure Trekkers” and has worked previously on PBS Kids’ “Arthur” and as a “script doctor” for New Line Cinema.
At MacDowell in 2002, Yearly worked on the play Leap.
