Jack Donahue

Jack Donahue is a poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright. Numerous poems and works of fiction written by Jack Donahue have been published in literary arts journals such as: Takahe (New Zealand); Bindweed (Ireland); Stand (U.K.); Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria); The Main Street Rag; Armarolla (Cypress); Opossum; North Dakota Quarterly; The Almagre Review and hundreds more throughout North America, South America, Europe and South Asia, appearing in the same journals alongside Nobel Laureates Pablo Neruda and Margaret Atwood, as well as other literary luminaries: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Graves, Paul Bowles, Galway Kinnell, Billy Collins, and Tennessee Williams. A children’s picture book, "Come Play With Me By The Sea" was published in 2019. His first book of poems "InsideOut" was published in 2020. Several of his plays have been staged at: Arena Repertory Theatre, Farmingdale, NY; New Jersey Repertory Theatre, Long Branch, NJ; Bailiwick Theatre, Chicago, IL; Caldwell Theatre, Boca Raton, FL; table reading of new play, MIRROR MAN, at the Dramatists Guild, via the Athena Theatre and staged excerpt at Dionysius Festival, Khaos Theatre, Indianapolis; Equity Lab production of musical, BIRTHDAY BOY, at NYC Davenport Theatre and a seven-show run in the 2018 summer NYC Planet Connections Festivity. Member in good standing of the Dramatists Guild of America and Opera America. Mr. Donahue’s first novel LOST ON CHERRY STREET was released in June 2024 by Willow River Press, Roseville, MN and his second book of poetry, AS THE RIVER FLOWS INTO THE SEA will appear in 2025 by Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY. Mr. Donahue graduated with honors from Cardinal Hayes High School in 1962 and received his BA in English Magna Cum. Laude from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, in 1977 and earned his Master of Divinity Degree Cum Laude in 2008 from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey. He is married and currently resides in Centerport, New York.