Warren John Deacon

Warren Deacon-Wren was three times awarded the distinguished MacDowell Colony Writing Fellowship and is a winner of the National Repertory Theatre Playwrighting award. His screenplays with co-writer Lupos Sobre-Vega include "Sign Language," "Sun Moon Stars," "January One," "I.D.," "Rock & Roll Radio" and "Two of Hearts." He is the author of the stage plays "The New Bijou Soft Shoe," produced at Symphony Space, New York and the Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles and "The Chair at the End of the Room," for which he won the National Repertory Theatre award. He is co-author of the play "And Flights of Angels Sing Thee" and co-creator of two television series, "There Goes the Neighborhood" and "Street Time". Represented as a playwright by the legendary Audrey Wood of the Ashley-Famous Agency (later ICM), and Helen Harvey in New York, and as a screenwriter by Ilse Lahn of the Paul Kohner Agency in Los Angeles, he is currently represented by Leroy Bobbitt of Bobbitt and Roberts in Los Angeles. Deacon-Wren was Associate Artistic and Managing Director of South Coast Repertory where he directed Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party," "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder and "Feiffer's People," among others. He was founding Artistic Director of the experimental performance venue Open End Theatre where his productions included "All the Lonely People," "What If" and "Adventures in a Paper Bag." He has directed over 60 productions in college, community and professional theatre including the world stage premiere of "The Little Prince" based on the St. Exupery classic which premiered outdoors at St. Andrews Benedictine monastery in the California desert, "The Night of the Iguana," "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in- the-Moon Marigolds," "The Caretaker," "Mother Earth" and "All the King's Men." Founding artistic director of the Anaheim Music Repertory where he directed three musicals, his productions of Shakespeare have been part of the Chapman, Utah, Oregon and New Jersey Festivals. Deacon-Wren was born in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and is a direct descendent of Sir Christopher Wren, the 17th century English architect. "Sir Chris would be horrified by my lack of knowledge about architecture, not to mention my impertinence of calling him 'Chris'", Deacon-Wren muses. "But I imagine he is thrilled to be an inspiration to me. I say 'imagine' because the British can hardly be described as thrilled about anything." He was a radio dj and newsman, founding manager of the National Public Radio affiliate station in Orange County, California and executive producer of the national poetry series "Earbook". His television directing credits include news, public affairs, documentaries, commercials, corporate and music videos and he wrote and directed the feature film "Bike Fever". He is currently heard as a voice over artist in commercials, documentaries and audio books and is a partner and CEO of newbijou mediawerks, a film, video and audio production company in southern California.