James Serpento

JAMES SERPENTO is a Resident Playwright Alumnus of the renowned Chicago Dramatists, as well as the Bloomington Playwrights Project, and is the author or co-author of more than fifty plays and screenplays, most of which having been professionally produced. His NYC credits include "Night Class" and "Of Weddings and Divorces" while, in Chicago, his plays "A Danse for My Sisterlie," "On the El Nighttimes" and "Private Passage" (co-authored with Louise Bylicki) were well-received. James wrote the screenplays for the five films he directed at AriesWorks Entertainment, and he most recently collaborated again with Ms. Bylicki on a play, "Every Cottage Home." Current projects include the book and lyrics for two new musicals: "The Bacchae," co-authored with Jeff Charis-Carlson, with music by Nathan Wesselowski; and "Pity," with music by Madison Densmore.