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SEAN GAFFNEY
WRITER, TEACHER
624 N. Whitnall Hwy Apt C
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 848-6013
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TELEVISION/FILM/VIDEO
Joan of Arcadia: Angel of Fire (spec script) awarded
Third Place in the 2004 Writer's Digest Screenplay/Teleplay Competition;
and a finalist in the Acclaim Film and Television Spring 2004 TV
Competition
Monk: Mr. Monk and the Bowl Full of Jelly (spec script)
2004 Austin Film Festival Prime Time Competition Second Rounder
Angel Wars: Blue Moon, Story, TeleStory Toons, 2005 release
Angel Wars: Guardian Force, Story Consultant, TeleStory
Toons, 2004
The Importance of Blind Dating, Avalanche, LA, 2004
Larryboy in Leggo My Ego, Big Idea/VeggieTales,
Lombard, IL 2002 release
Taproot Theatre 25th Anniversary Video, documentary,
edited and directed by Mark Lund, 2001
How Much Land Does a Man Need, from story by Leo Tolstoy,
Globalstage, San Francisco, 2001
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, from story by Mark Twain,
Globalstage, San Francisco, 2000
King George and the Ducky, Premise and Outline, Big
Idea/VeggieTales, Lombard, IL, 2000
Veggie Town Values, Greetings, ten video greetings,
Big Idea/VeggieTales, Lombard, IL, 1999
The Island of Dr. Moreau, based on novel by H. G.
Wells, Globalstage, San Francisco, 1999
STAGE PLAYS
Super Hero High, American Heritage Academy, Canton,
GA, 2005
Whitmore Christmas Extravaganza, Warm Beach Festival of
Lights, Stanwood, WA 2004
What the Dickens!, Taproot Theatre, Seattle, 2003
The Invisible Man, music by Randy West, commissioned
by ArtWithin, Atlanta, 2002
Christmas Charity Murder, Warm Beach Festival
of Lights, Stanwood, WA, 2002
A Knight in the Book, Taproot Theatre Company, Seattle,
2002
Christmas on the Air, Warm Beach Festival of Lights,
2001
Sleepwalking, premiered by Art Within, Atlanta, 2001
Witness to the Light, published by Communication Resources,
2001
Moreau, premiered by Taproot Theatre, 2000
Walt Wangerin’s The Manger Is Empty, Taproot
Theatre, 1999-2000
Christmas Memories, co-authored with Karen
Lund, Warm Beach Festival of Lights, 1999
Pilate’s Progress, co-authored with Karen Lund,
Calvary Temple, Seattle, 1999 & 2000
Christmas on the Orpheum Circuit, music by Greg Gaffney,
Taproot Theatre, 1998
Pahom’s Land, adapted from “How Much Land
Does a Man Need,” by Leo Tolstoy, and
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, adapted from the
story by Mark Twain, premiered by Asociacion Cultural Evangelica
de Toral, Spain, 1998
Stages of Christmas, co-authored with Karen Lund, music
by Drew Harding, Taproot Theatre, 1997
The Foolish Wiseman, Forest Hills Theatre, Charlotte,
NC, 1998
PUBLICATIONS
Scriptwriting for the Church, contributor, Lillenas
Publishing, Kansas City, MO, 2005
Larryboy and the Sinister Snowday, a VeggieTales chapter
book, Zondervan Publishing, 2003
Larryboy and the Emperor of Envy, a VeggieTales chapter
book, Zondervan Publishing, 2002
Foolish Wiseman, Lillenas Publishing, Kansas City,
MO, 2002
Witness to the Light, Communication Resources, Canton,
OH 2001
Pahom’s Land, Communication Resources, Canton, OH
2001
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Communication
Resources, 2001
Drama Ministry Jumpstart, contributer, Communication
Resources, 2001
Various Articles, Only Connect, 2003-2005
“Creation’s Story,” Christianity & Theatre,
Fall/Winter, 2004
“Irrelevance,” Transpositions, The Journal
of the Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship, Volume I, Number
2, December, 2001
“Telling a Great Tale,” Encore Magazine,
January 2001
Various articles, Drama Ministry Magazine, 1999-2001
“A Less-Than-Glamorous Melancholy,” The Crossing,
2000
“A Believer’s Argument in Favor of Nothing Sacred,”
Green Lake Reflections, February 1998
Various Movie Reviews, Movieguide, Volume XX No. 22,
Volume IX No. 15,16 & 20, 1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Senior Lecturer, Biola University, Los Angeles, 2002-present
Lecturer, Christians in Theatre Arts National Conference,
2001, 2004
Scriptwriting Mentor, Azusa Pacific University, Fall 2003
Instructor and Theatre Department Director, Masterworks Festival,
New York, 2000-2003
Instructor, Taproot Theatre Acting Studio, Seattle,
2000-2003
Guest Lecturer, Biola University, Los Angeles, 2001-2002
Guest Artist, Computer Animation Department, University of Washington,
Seattle, February 2001
Guest Lecturer, Business School, Seattle Pacific University,
1999
Conference Instructor: Christians In Theatre Arts National Conference;
Lillenas Drama Conference; Living Worship Conference, NJ; Castro
Valley Christian Writer’s Conference; Biola and Regent University’s
Christians & Media Conference; Glorietta Christian Writer’s
Conference; Taproot Theatre Church Drama Conference, Seattle; Drama
Improvement Conference, Portland, OR; Calvary Chapel Drama Conference,
Olympia, WA; Good News Music Worship and Performing Arts Convention;
Worship Conference, Eastside Foursquare Gospel, Kirkland, WA
SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
Keynote Clients include:
Masterworks Festival, Winona Lake, IN
Biola and Regent University’s Christians & Media Conference
Art Within, Atlanta
Calvary Chapel, Olympia
North Seattle Christian Alliance
Greenlake Presbyterian Church, Seattle
Cornerstone, University Presbyterian Church, Seattle
C.S. Lewis Society, Columbia University
Reel Light, Vancouver, BC
Taproot Theatre Church Drama Conference, Seattle, WA
University Ministries, University Presbyterian Church, Seattle
International Arts Movement, New York
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Columbia University
Metro New York Graduate Christian Fellowship
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Script consultant clients include: Apex Screenplay Critique
Service, Telestory Toons, Write-Away Productions, _ Front, Axtell
Communications and The Billy Graham Crusade
Contest Judge, Play Division, 72nd Annual Writer’s
Digest Writing Competition, 2003
Drama Ministry, Executive Editor, Communication Resources,
Canton, OH, May 2000-2001
Taproot Theatre, Managing Director, Seattle, 1995-1999
Rocket to the Moon, Producer, Anchor Theatre Company,
New York, Spring 1995
The Lamb's Theatre Company, General Manager, New York, 1993-1994
EDUCATION
Act One: Writing for Hollywood, August 2000
M.F.A. in Theatre Management, Columbia University, Oscar
Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies, School of the Arts, 1993
Stage Management Internship, The Juilliard School, New York,
1986-87
B.F.A. in Theatre, Drake University, College of Fine Arts,
1986
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