LARRY TODD JOHNSON
BOOKWRITER - LYRICIST - PLAYWRIGHT - ANIMATION - TELEPLAYS
5852 N. Broadway St. Unit 2; Chicago, IL 60660
818.522.9893
ltj@LarryToddJohnson.com
THEATER:
40 is the New 15 (book and lyrics)
AEA production at the NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA, July 16 - August 22, 2010
AEA production at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood, CA, July/August 2009
Winner: Best New Musical 2010 (StagesceneLA)
Winner: Best Direction, Outstanding Production, and Outstanding Ensemble cast (StagesceneLA)
Selected by Stephen Schwartz for the 2010 ASCAP/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop
Nominee: 2010 GLAAD Media Award, Oustanding Los Angeles Theatre
Nominee: 2009 ADA Award, Valley Theatre League
Selected by Stages Festival (Chicago)
Now and Then a Hero (book and lyrics)
Featured at the Montana Rep's Missoula Colony Festival, 2010
The Last Princess (book and lyrics)
Featured in the Disney/ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop
All That He Was (book and lyrics)
2010 Production at Tisch School of the Arts, NYC
Published by Samuel French
9 week run at the Tamarind Theatre in Hollywood
Invited to the International theater festival “La Veu Humana” in Barcelona, Spain
Original cast CD on AEI Records
Additional performances in Chicago, IL, Upland, CA, Palos Verdes, CA and Omaha, NE.
Moving On (book and lyrics)
Finalist for Stages Festival (Chicago)
Murder Mystery Musical Series (book and lyrics)
The Killer Sarsaparilla, Invitation to Murder, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Shooting Star, and Who Shot Doc at the Sock Hop. Over 300 performances in regional theatre.
FILM/TV:
Care Bears - animated series - teleplay
("Stand Up and Cheer" and "Harmony: Unplugged.")
Yin, Yang, Yo!, - animated series - teleplay
("A Bad Case of the Buglies," "Stuck" and "Dance, Dance, Devastation.")
Angela Anaconda – animated series – teleplay
("The Lion, the Witch and the Weasel" and "The Pup Who Would be King")
CHILDREN’S MUSIC:
“Eat a Rainbow” - Shake it Up with Fruits and Veggies album (lyrics)
LAUSD Nutrition Network
Parents’ Choice Award Winner
AWARDS:
Winner: Kennedy Center/ACTF Musical Theater Award
Winner: National Student Playwriting Award
LAUSD Nutrition Network: Parents’ Choice Award
EDUCATION:
UCLA - B.A. Theater Arts
CSUF - Master of Arts in Playwriting
Member, Academy for New Musical Theater
Participant, Disney/ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop
AFFILIATIONS:
ASCAP, SAG, Dramatists' Guild.