D. J. Sylvis
25 Wellesley Street East, Apt. 201, Toronto, ON M4Y 2S9
deejsylvis@yahoo.com

Accomplished creative author and playwright with 15 years experience in theatrical production, self-publishing, and spoken-word performance, specializing in works that draw heavily on popular culture and its reflection in interpersonal relationships, spirituality, and the common drives of humanity.

Recent Publications / Productions:

Past Publications / Productions:

  • Liquor Is Quicker (produced by Playwright's Cabaret, 2004, London, Ontario)
  • Multiple pieces in Issues #1, 2 and 4, Contemplicity
  • "The Next Big Swing", Issue #1, Cool & Strange Music Magazine
  • "Untitled", Paisley Moon
  • The Closet (short play, honorable mention, New Works Festival 2001, Pittsburgh, PA)
  • A Night at the Warhol (play, produced at Penn Ave. Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Multiple pieces in Issues #18, 19, 20, 21, DARE (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, also acted as Editor-in-Chief for Issue #20)
  • "Balanced Breakfast (a haiku cycle)", Breakfast, Issue #3
  • Boy/Girl, Monkeyman, Punks, Geeks & Tattoo Artists, self-published magazines

Works-in-Progress:

  • Impossible Instruments, novel, first draft
  • Unfolding, novel, currently in second draft
  • "Bigfoot Comes Out", "Owning the Moon", "Curses! Foiled Again! (a Villain-elle)", and assorted other poems, seeking publication
  • The Method, one-act play, currently being revised