JOHN MOROGIELLO is a Playwright in Residence at the Maryland State Arts Council and a member of The Dramatists Guild. His comedy “Engaging Shaw” will be produced at Old Globe Theatre in August and The English Theatre of Vienna next spring. The play was previously produced off-Broadway at Abingdon Theatre Company (The L Magazine’s Top Ten Things We Saw In 2010), and at New Jersey Rep and Oldcastle Theatre Company. Other plays include “Stonewall’s Bust” (Mountain Playhouse), “Irish Authors Held Hostage” (Greenwich Street Theatre in NYC, Warehouse Theater in Washington, and Edinburgh’s Bedlam Theatre), “Men and Parts” (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shadowbox Cabaret), “Gianni Schicchi” (Rep Stage), “The Matchmaker’s Guide to Controlling the Elements” (National Theatre, 2Co’s Cabaret, Alleyway Theatre), and “Bushwa: A Modern Ubu” (Georgetown Theatre Company, Confetti Stage). “Happy Hour,” a film adaptation of “Men and Parts,” was named Best Short Comedy at the 2003 New York Independent Film and Video Festival and was distributed in Europe by Britshorts. Awards include:  The Kennedy Center Fellowship of the Americas, Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Award, and Baltimore Magazine’s “1996 Best Up and Coming Playwright.” Mr. Morogiello’s articles have been published in American Theatre, Dramatics, and in programs and study guides for Long Wharf Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Everyman Theatre, and Belmont Playhouse. Other publications include the short plays “Larry’s Resolution,” “The Periodontal Blues” and “The Little Farmer” (One Act Play Depot). In December, excerpts from “A Thing For Redheads” will appear in Best Women’s Scenes And Monologues Of 2011 (Smith & Kraus, ed. Lawrence Harbison).