A.J. Schaar:  Acclaimed comedic playwright and award-winning author, A.J. Schaar began writing for performance in the experimental theatre circuit; her early work is included in books of 21st century avant garde art (EU).

Her first “traditional” play,  Rummy Starker Love Fest  was produced by her college, ASU, and then professionally in downtown Phoenix (“best avant garde” Tribune award). Her next play, Kill Socrates received a series of starry public readings before being produced at the Don Bluth Front Row Theatre (all artists nominated for awards).  Her new interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters has likewise enjoyed starry readings with the New Fortune Theatre in San Diego, and Studio 34 in LA. Her Twelfth Night of the Living Dead was produced by Loud Fridge Theatre for sold-out audiences. And her American Monkeys, the world's first published abridgement of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" transcripts, was presented by New Fortune Theatre in partnership with The Library Foundation. Schaar’s other published works include the plays Triumph of Moriarty, Oggetto Metallico, WE THE PYRATES, and her novella, Storybook Coroner (recognized with the coveted “indie book we love” award by LoveReading, the UK's most trusted book-jacket book reviewers).

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Currently, she is honored to be making her Las Vegas debut by commission from the Nevada Conservatory Theatre (NCT/UNLV) with a short play called Mr. Mud E. Shoe; and her newest play The Farce (of an Authoritarian Coverup) in Progress has just opened the new Living Room Productions reading series in New York City, and is about to open the new salon series at Studio 34 in LA.