D. J. Sylvis
222 - 800 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, ON M6H 4K3
deejsylvis@yahoo.com

Accomplished creative author and playwright with 13 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:

• Godzilla on Sundays (play, Alumnae Theatre New Ideas Festival, March 19-22, 2008)
• "Angel With an Attitude" - Twisted Fayrie Tales (Eternal Press), December 2006
• "Untitled", Aries: A Journal of Creative Expression, Fall 2006
• "In the Company of Wolves", to be included in New Standards: Literacy Expectations for Fourth and Fifth Grades (America's Choice, publication upcoming)

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, November 2007
• 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