John Bavoso
He/Him
Washington, DC
John Bavoso (he/him/his) is a Washington, DC-based playwright, marketer, and aspiring wrangler of unicorns.
Biography

John Bavoso (he/him/his) is a Washington, DC-based playwright, marketer, and aspiring wrangler of unicorns. He mostly writes plays about women and queer people who are awkwardly attempting (and generally failing) to engage with serious subject matter, using only their dry wit and impeccably timed combative taunts. John is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, a Pinky Swear Productions company member, a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow, and recipient of District of Columbia FY18 and FY19 Arts and Humanities Fellowships. His plays have been produced and/or developed in theatres across the country, as well as Canada, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and the UK.

Plays

Silvia and Cat Henson have just moved from a tiny apartment in Washington, DC, into their sprawling dream home in the small, affluent town of Greenville, Delaware. However, it was recently the home of a teenaged mass shooter and his single mother. Is this the right time and place for Silvia and Cat to bring a new baby into the world, or will the house create an irreparable rift between them and their new community?

Cast:

Successes

MLM is for Murder (Or, Your Side Hustle is Killing Us) has been selected as a winner of the AACT NewPlayFest 2022 and will receive a full production at the Midland Center for the Arts in Midland, MI, in February/March 2022 and will be subsequently published and licensed by Dramatic Publishing. 

John Bavoso's BLIGHT has been selected as Playwrights' Round Table's 2018 Premiere Series Production and will run from April 13-22 in Orlando, FL.

John Bavoso's new short play, Threat Level: Cream, will have its world premiere in June/July, 2017, as part of the Source Festival in Washington, DC.

John Bavoso's new short play, Kylie and Janet and Robyn and Cher, will have its world premiere in June/July, 2016, as part of the Source Festival in Washington, DC.

John Bavoso's new short play, Adam & Steve, will have its world premiere on January 23 and 24, 2016, as part of the Short+Sweet Sydney festival.