KEN JONES
Ken Jones earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting/Directing from the University of Florida, a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from the University of Virginia and continued on to graduate in Playwriting from Harvard University.
Jones has had 30 produced plays with 14 published, 9 musicals, 4 CDs of original soundtrack scores and listings in several anthologies and monologue books. Jones began his playwriting career with multiple Off -Broadway productions. His works have been recognized by TIME Magazine’s Critic Choice, Best Plays of the 1980’s, and the Post-Corbett award for Best Literary Artist. He has had over 600 productions of his plays worldwide.
Jones was a member of the prestigious Warner Bros. Television Writer’s Workshop and went on to serve as...
KEN JONES
Ken Jones earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting/Directing from the University of Florida, a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from the University of Virginia and continued on to graduate in Playwriting from Harvard University.
Jones has had 30 produced plays with 14 published, 9 musicals, 4 CDs of original soundtrack scores and listings in several anthologies and monologue books. Jones began his playwriting career with multiple Off -Broadway productions. His works have been recognized by TIME Magazine’s Critic Choice, Best Plays of the 1980’s, and the Post-Corbett award for Best Literary Artist. He has had over 600 productions of his plays worldwide.
Jones was a member of the prestigious Warner Bros. Television Writer’s Workshop and went on to serve as the Head of Development for Light Point Entertainment at Disney/MGM Studios for the development and creation of content for animation, television, and film.
This year Ken received a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his play BILLY AND GEORGE. Other awards include 5 Telly Awards, 4 Communicator Awards, the Delauney Playwriting Award, the Prima Facie Playwriting Award, the Kentucky Playwright’s Award, the Trailblazer Educator’s Award, seven Acclaim Awards, 22 International awards for screenwriting and filmmaking, and two Emmy nominations.
Ken Jones is an active member of the Dramatist Guild of America, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and a member of National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
DARYL LEE HARRIS
Daryl Harris has appeared on PBS in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE – RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND CIVIL WAR; GRAVEYARD TALES- Smith-Norberg Productions; TAKING OFF- Friday Street Productions (Canada); PETER PAN- CTV Television Network; and MEMPHIS (film) for TNT. Daryl served as the director on the projects MARTIN’S DREAM and MOURNING THE CREATION OF RACIAL CATEGORIES for KET (Kentucky Educational Television) and PBS.
Harris earned B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama. Harris is an actor, director and costume-designer for film and theatrical productions both nationally and internationally. He has worked throughout North America, Europe, West
Africa, Asia, and Australia.
He is a 2010 recipient of President Obama’s President’s Call to Service Award --the highest level of awards recognizing and honoring volunteerism. He is a Fulbright Scholar, where he wrote, costumed, and directed the Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy’s world premiere production of the
SANDA KINDURU.