Jim Colgan started in theatre as an actor in 1994 and has performed many different roles on many different stages in the San Francisco Bay Area and now in his native Kentucky. Since transitioning from being mostly an actor to being mostly a playwright, Jim has written several works for the stage. His sexy farce, The Story of Oh (Revised and Abridged), was premiered in 2010 at the Fringe of Marin in San Rafael, California, where it garnered the Critic’s Award for Best Play. In addition, Oh Story was one of forty finalists to be included in the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, and was performed at the Lion’s Theatre in New York in July of 2011. His mystery for the stage, The Zahsman Murders, received its premiere in 2011 by Arclight Theatre in San Jose and is published by Lazy Bee...
Jim Colgan started in theatre as an actor in 1994 and has performed many different roles on many different stages in the San Francisco Bay Area and now in his native Kentucky. Since transitioning from being mostly an actor to being mostly a playwright, Jim has written several works for the stage. His sexy farce, The Story of Oh (Revised and Abridged), was premiered in 2010 at the Fringe of Marin in San Rafael, California, where it garnered the Critic’s Award for Best Play. In addition, Oh Story was one of forty finalists to be included in the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, and was performed at the Lion’s Theatre in New York in July of 2011. His mystery for the stage, The Zahsman Murders, received its premiere in 2011 by Arclight Theatre in San Jose and is published by Lazy Bee Scripts in London. His play Making It Home has received public readings in California and Florida in 2012 and 2014, respectively, was a finalist in the American Association of Community Theatres New Play Fest in 2013, and a finalist in the What If? Productions 2016 New Play Contest. His ten minute play, Interrogation, was premiered by Lucky Penny Productions in 2015. The full length version of Interrogation was a finalist in the OC-Centric Festival of New Plays in 2016. Jim’s historical drama, The Fuhrer’s Mistress, a two act drama based on the life of Eva Braun, was awarded first prize in the Jewel Box Theatre’s (Oklahoma City) 2016 New Play Festival, was showcased by In the Water Theatre in New York City in their New Play Reading Series in 2016 (http://inthewatertheatre.com/reading-series/), and will be premiered in March of 2017. Also an author of fiction, his short story, “Shelter,” was recently published by the Sewanee Review in its Spring 2016 edition. Jim is also a director and has helmed a number of works including Moon Over Buffalo, Henry V, and The Swan Song of Stephen J. Gould.