Ariana Johns is the Producing Artistic Director of Vampingo Productions (vampingoproductions.com). As a writer, lyricist, actor, singer, producer and director, she has worked professionally both on and off stage. She’s recently written the book and lyrics for a new musical, Glamour & Grit, with composer Darryl Curry, after writing the lyrics for the musical comedy BUZZ, Son of a Bee…an actor’s life for me (book: Andrew Johns, music: Darryl Curry), produced at A.T.A. as a 9 performance benefit for pollinator preservation organizations. Her play Moonbite…a montage of radiant lunacy was featured in the Woodstock Fringe Festival (Playwright in Residence), and she performed her solo play, Vampingo…a comedy with bite at the NY International Fringe Festival. She’s acted in numerous plays and comedy revues across the country. Dramalogue award: The Midnight Court, A.D.A award: Baby with the Bathwater. In 2018, Ariana was selected by the Dramatists Guild Foundation as one of three playwrights to have work presented as a part of the Women’s Voices Theatre Festival, sponsored by the National New Play Network. Current work includes: the mother/daughter cabaret with Evangeline Johns, VANGARI; Glamour & Grit reading, sponsored by the DGF and Climate Change Theatre Action; readings of Shakespeare with Erik Ransom’s Dead Playwrights Society, and co-producer of the short film, Bliss, starring Louise Lasser and Greg Mullavey.
