Nick Zagone

An Oregon Book Award Nominee, Nick Zagone has a Bachelor of Theatre from Willamette University and a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He resides in Modesto, California.

 

Recently his short film The Gas Station was on the 2017 short list for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival. And his adaptation of Treasure Island was commissioned and produced at Merced College in California. He is resident playwright at Prospect Theatre Project in Modesto, CA.

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Nick’s screenwriting credits include the short films The Gas-Mart Amendment, The Gas Station, Brainstorm and the feature Ricky is Famous. Currently he is working on turning his award winning play, David and Goliath in America: A William Kunstler Story into a screenplay.

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His Ten-minute plays have been seen in all 50 states as well as England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Tasmania, Germany, Poland, Chile, India, the Virgin Islands, Greece, Singapore, Portugal, over 100 Colleges & Universities and translated into 6 foreign languages including Persian.

Nick is a proud Founding Member of Open Circle Theatre in Seattle WA. He has also been recognized by the American College Theatre Festival, Association of Theatre in Higher Education, and the Seattle Schools Interagency Arts.