JOHN SCOTT
Ph.D. / M.A. Bowling Green State University (Ohio)
B.A. South Carolina State College


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Professor & Chair, Department of Speech Communication & Theatre
Jackson State University (MS)
Professor & Chair, Humanities Division & Director, Performing Arts
Florida Memorial College (Miami)
Consulting Artistic Director & Lecturer
Dillard University (New Orleans)
Professor & Chair, Department of Fine Arts
Benedict College (SC)
Professor, Playwright-in-Residence & Director, Ethnic Cultural Arts
Bowling Green State University (Ohio)


OFF-BROADWAY NYC / PBS PRODUCTIONS

RIDE A BLACK HORSE, The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC)
Featured: Adolphe Caesar, Ester Rolle, Bill Cobbs
Director, Douglas Turner Ward
KARMA’S KALL, Vinette Carroll’s Urban Arts Theatre
Featured: Morgan Freeman, Howard Rollins, Barbara Montgomery
KARMA (Musical), Afro-American Total Theatre
Featured: Loretta Divine, Sandra Phillips
Director, Helaine Head
THE GOOD SHIP CREDIT (Musical), Richard Allen Center
Featured: Loretta Divine, James Pickens, Jr., Jackee Harry
Writer/Director, John Scott
CURRENTS: FROM THE RIVERS OF OUR FATHERS
Featured: Wendi Joy Franklin
Writer/Director, John Scott


AWARDS

Invited Writer, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Nominee, AUDECO AWARD, Best Musical, KARMA
Recipient, Govenor’s Award for The Arts (Ohio)


BOOKS

SOLILOQUY: Memoir Stream & Stories
BLACK STAGE: 4 Plays
AFTERNOONS AT THE A.O. CAFE
MY LITTLE BLACK BOOK: A Memoir
KALEIDOSCOPE: Black Theatre Visions (Four Plays)
SHORTY: Six One-Act Plays
LIZARD THERAPY: Poems, Songs, Monologues & Short-Stories


LECTURE/SYMPOSIA TOPICS

“Black Images in TV/Film” “Folklore in Dramatic Form”
“Writing/Directing Black Love Onstage”
“Writer’s Workshop(s): I. From Desperation to Inspiration; II. Getting Paid”
“Anthem Suite: A Historical-Musical Review Celebrating the Centennial
of James Weldon Johnson’s ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ (Video)
“Citizen Belafonte: A Tribute to the Activism & Career of Harry Belafonte” (Video)


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