John Walch is an American playwright based in New York City.
John Walch has written award-winning plays, such as Circumference of A Squirrel,[1] Aisle 17B, and The Rebirth of Beautiful.
Other plays include The Dinosaur Within, Jesting with Edged Tools, Craving Gravy, The Elements of Style (an adaptation), as well as numerous collaborations and one-acts.
[2] Walch received a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays award for The Dinosaur Within; the Marc Klein Playwriting Award for Jesting with Edged Tools; three Austin Critics Table Awards for "Best Original Script" for Craving Gravy, Circumference of a Squirrel, and The Dinosaur Within; the James Michener Fellowship from the Michener Center for Writers at University of Texas, where he earned his MFA in Playwriting; the 2003 Osborn Award from the American Theatre Critics Association, recognizing an emerging American playwright; and the Charlotte Woolard Award from the Kennedy Center, recognizing a promising new voice in the American theatre.
Mr. Walch currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and is at work on the book for a musical.