Biography

Nick Jonczak (he/him) is a playwright and producer creating experimental live performances that are curious, unruly, and built for wonder. His writing includes TRINITY (Winner, Philadelphia Theatre Company Text and Dramaturgy Cohort), AMERICANNIBAL (Winner, Christ Church Neighborhood House New Play Festival), RUST (Finalist, Creative Capital), and DEATH HUSTLE (Semifinalist, Sundance Episodic Lab). He is a member of The Foundry playwriting fellowship at PlayPenn and a former member of CutEdge Collective. He co-founded the Cannonball Festival, which centers peer-to-peer curation and redistributes resources to independent artists. www.cannonballfestival.org As a producer, Nick has led more than 20 original, full-length, live productions, including massive outdoor performance events (Invisible River), sprawling immersive adventures (New Paradise Laboratories), bawdy funk bands (Red 40 and the Last Groovement), and intimate, experimental circus (Almanac Dance Circus Theatre). He’s a graduate of the Pig Iron School and the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship at Arena Stage.

Nick is also a Tarot reader of 25 years and has helped countless Seekers find clarity through bespoke, intimate readings focused on practical, down-to-earth solutions to life’s tough problems. Check out Tarot above for more information!

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