Biography

Jack Neary's plays have been produced all over the United States, in Canada, in Australia and in Europe. His most recent play, The Stands, premiered at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth, NH in the spring of 2023. His Moonglow, was presented at the Players' Ring in April, 2022, and will receive its AEA debut in October, 2023, at the Majestic Theatre in West Springfield, MA.. Previously, his Trick or Treat, written for and featuring NYPD BLUE Emmy Winner Gordon Clapp, debuted at Northern Stage in Vermont and was produced off-Broadway in 2019 at 59E59 Theaters. Auld Lang Syne, produced by the Peterborough Players and also starring Mr. Clapp, was the winner of five New Hampshire Theatre Awards, including Best Professional Production. It has since been produced by New Century Theatre at Smith College and Gloucester Stage. Other recent plays are The Porch, produced by the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, CityStage in Springfield, the Stoneham Theatre in Stoneham, Mass., and the Majestic Theater in West Springfield, Mass., and Kong's Night Out, presented at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, New Century Theatre at Smith College and the Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, Mich., featuring TV's Cindy Williams. His romantic comedy First Night debuted professionally at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, subsequently enjoyed a long run at the Theatre Lobby in Boston and was produced off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre. To Forgive, Divine, which also debuted professionally at the MRT, was purchased for film by Walt Disney Pictures after a run at The Colony Theatre Company in Burbank, Calif. Jerry Finnegan's Sister has played in various United States theatres and has successfully launched five theatre companies. In 2006-07, Jerry Finnegan's Sister was produced in Paris under the title La Souer de Jerry King, featuring Arthur Jugnot and Cecilia Cara, who subsequently toured France with the play. Neary's adaptation of Frankenstein debuted at the Summer Theatre at Mount Holyoke College and was produced at Radford University in Virginia, and his adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher was staged at Mount Holyoke and Radford University and is published by Samuel French, Inc. Another recently published play, Five Nickels (now Senior Circuit, Dramatic Publishing Company), was produced professionally at St. Vincent College, and his adaptation of The Turn of the Screw was introduced by the Stratton Players, produced professionally at New Century Theatre and is published by Playscripts, Inc., in New York City. He has written a number of produced plays for young audiences, including the series The Misdirected Theatre Presents, which features adaptations of Robin Hood, The Ugly Duckling, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Rumpelstiltskin. His published work for young audiences are Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp and The Little Match Girl, both Samuel French publications, and The Big Snore, his adaptation of Sleeping Beauty, released in 2023 by Next Stage Press. His short story, The Boss ,was named Best Short Story of 2006 by the Catholic Press Association.

As a theatre administrator, he was the Producer/Artistic Director of the Summer Theatre at Mount Holyoke College for two separate stints, from 1983-1986, and then from 1998-1999. He is cofounder of New Century Theatre at Smith College, Northampton, MA, and served as Producer/Artistic Director there from 1991-1996. He also co-founded the Greater Lowell Music Theatre in Lowell, MA, which was in residence at UMass Lowell from 2012-2015.

He is resident playwright at Acting Out Productions in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where his original plays for children have been produced since 2012.

On screen, he has appeared in Spenser: For Hire, Law and Order, Brotherhood, The Town and Black Mass.

His full Playwright's, Director's and Actor's resumes are available on his website.

He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity and SAG/AFTRA.
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