Category Archives: J.T. Burian

The Benefits of Narcissistic Googling!

I’ve been having trouble with Facebook for the past few days.  Apparently, everyone can see my profile but me, so I’ve been unable to post anything.  I’m posting this to JohnMorogiello.com because I know it feeds into FB.
Anyway, without the monumental self-indulgence that is Facebook, I needed to find other avenues of vanity-wallowing, and hit

CityPaper review of Irish Authors Held Hostage

Washington CityPaper’s Fringe & Purge
Guest Blogger
Hip Shot: ‘Irish Authors Held Hostage’
Posted by Hilary Crowe on Jul. 20, 2009, at 9:05 am
Irish Authors Held Hostage
The Bodega at The Trading Post

Remaining Performances:
Saturday, July 25 @ 11 p.m.
Sunday, July 26 @ 2:15 p.m.
They say: “It’s back! The war on terror takes a hilarious turn as Irish authors from

First Review for Irish Authors Held Hostage

From DCTheatreScene.com.
Irish Authors Held Hostage
July 11, 2009 by Steven McKnight
Steven rates it: Five stars! A must-see!
In Irish Authors Held Hostage, Irish writers from throughout history have been kidnapped by terrorists and the outcome is invariably bad for the terrorists but great for the audiences viewing this clever

Dates and Times For CapFringe

I’ve got two plays going up at this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC. The first is Irish Authors Held Hostage, which is returning to Washington after a three year absence. It is one of my favorite shows, and we are reuniting the cast from the 2006 production: Terence Aselford, Lori

Matchmaker’s Guide on Amazon

The DVD of The Matchmaker’s Guide to Controlling the Elements is now available through Amazon.com, which is very exciting, despite the insanely low royalty Amazon offers. Here’s what I recommend: buy the thing at the store on JohnMorogiello.com or JTBurianTheatricals.com (it’s the same price as Amazon, but my percentage is higher), then visit

Irish Authors scene

Martin Blanco and I–with the permission of the cast–have decided to put a few scenes from Irish Authors Held Hostage on the web, to interest potential investors/producers. Oscar Wilde is the first:

Matchmaker’s Guide clip

My personal manager (alias my brother) is making more demands of me. He insisted I get a YouTube page. Here’s the first video: a clip from The Matchmaker’s Guide to Controlling the Elements, which we filmed last year.