John P. Dowgin is a writer, director, and actor, as well as a co-founding member of the production company ‘The Porch Room’. With that group he co-created the comedy fiction podcast “Mission: Rejected” (@missionrejected on Twitter), which consistently ranks in the top 50 comedy fiction podcasts in the US, UK, Australia, and several other nations (go Moldova!). Also with The Porch Room, John wrote two entries in the one act compilation ‘Accidents Happen’ which was subsequently published by Concord Theatricals (formerly Samuel French) and has to date been performed on four continents. Other stage works of John’s include the science fiction one-act ‘Zebulon’s Calling’, which was performed by Sci-Fest LA on a slate alongside the works of Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman. As a director, John created the short film ‘Prey’, which will receive its premiere at 2022’s NJ Web Fest, and helmed the New York premiere of the stage play ‘Antony & Cleopatra: Infinites Lives’. His screenplays have earned finalist honors at the Austin Film Festival and ‘Top 50’ honors from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Competition