James Serpento is a Resident Playwright Alumnus of the renowned Chicago Dramatists, as well as the Bloomington Playwrights Project, and he is the author or co-author of more than fifty plays and screenplays that have received professional readings or productions across the United States.  His NYC credits include Night Class and Of Weddings and Divorces while, in Chicago, his plays A Danse for My Sisterlie, On the El Nighttimes and Private Passage (co-authored with Louise Bylicki) were well-received. Other works have received readings or productions in Los Angeles and various Midwestern cities with, most recently, several short plays in a collection of adaptations of Chekhovian works produced on audio through the Iowa Stage Theatre Company Scriptease program.  He is a recipient of a National Society of Arts and Letters award for The Yoofo Club, and his play Pasticcio was favorably cited by Plays International. James wrote the screenplays for the five films he directed at AriesWorks Entertainment, and he most recently collaborated again with Ms. Bylicki on a new play, Every Cottage Home. Current projects include the book and lyrics for two new musicals: The Bacchae, co-authored with Jeff Charis-Carlson, with music by Nathan Wesselowski; and Pity, with music by Madison Densmore.