John wrote the book & lyrics for the musical Things As They Are, based on the life of documentary photographer Dorothea Lange. It was a Next Link selection for the New York Musical Theatre Festival and received the “Best of Fest” Award for most popular show. It was also twice nominated for the prestigious Fred Ebb Award. Only Anne, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, written with composer Will Buck, received development at the Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, was produced at the Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, and had selections from the show performed by the Chelsea Symphony and orchestrated by the legendary Bill Brohn. Lautrec At The St. James with composer Julianne Wick Davis was selected to be presented and produced at the 2019 NAMT conference and chosen for the inaugural Applause Concert Series at the Olney Theatre Center in 2022, performed with a 12-piece orchestra. Other shows in development are I, Me, A Beautiful Man-Alone. The Nureyev Project, with composer Will Buck and a new adaptation of The Gift Of The Magi, with composer Julianne Wick Davis.

For more information about a specific show along with musical samples from the score, please click on the logo for that particular show below.