Brian Scanlan is a Brooklyn-based playwright from Chicago. His works include Young Men & Recovery (Finalist + Honorable Mention, Bay Area Playwrights Festival; Semi-Finalist, Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival), The Bull of Queens (Best Play, Players Theatre Short Play Festival; Performed Finalist, Bonita Springs International Short Play Festival), The Insemination Game (Best Play, Manhattan Repertory Theatre), and Oedipus but Better (Best Play, Pittsburgh New Works Festival).
Brian also co-founded The Modern Shakespeare Project, a New York-based company made up of educators and creatives that produces free and affordable classical theatre throughout the city. In three seasons, Brian adapted, directed, and performed in Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Henry VI; he also adapted Twelfth Night for MSP.
Contact: brian.e.scanlan@gmail.com