JOSHUA FARDON (he/him/his)’s plays include 1=0 (Theatre of NOTE, Los Angeles), The Condition (Annoyance Theatre, Chicago; Naked Angels production at The Atwater Village Theatre, Los Angeles), The Burning of Kenneth Carrion (Benchmark Theatre Fever Dream Festival, Chicago workshop), Do Not Disturb (NOTE), Shake (NOTE), This Contract Limits Our Liability – Read It! (NOTE) and Miss Henrietta Stralson (Yale Cabaret). His one-acts and short musicals have been produced in Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, Denver, and Fort Lauderdale. His short films Tenant and Shattered Bits were official selections of danceswithfilms. He sold a pilot to Miramax Television.
A three-time O’Neill semifinalist, a graduate of Northwestern University and the acting department of the Yale School of Drama; a member of the WGA America-East, the Dramatists Guild, SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
He is the Creative Director of Naked Angels Tuesdays@9 Chicago and a Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright.
Plays
Elizabeth rings mathematician Kevin’s doorbell and announces she’s a Facebook friend. Kevin has no memory of her – but that doesn’t stop the manic, determined and highly disturbed Elizabeth from changing the course of his life.
As Dr. Kick examines her, it becomes apparent that Ruthie can't remember the purpose of the clinical study she's undergoing. It doesn't help that Dr. Kick's questions grow increasingly invasive and personal, even breaking boundaries of logic and time.
Successes
Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright