John Pierson

John Pierson is an actor, director, writer, and teacher living and working in St. Louis. He is the chair of the Performing Arts Department at John Burroughs School and the Associate Artistic Director of St. Louis Actors' Studio. A longtime member of Actors Equity and SAG/AFTRA, John is an award-winning stage actor and director, and as part of the LaBute New Theater Festival, he has directed several world premieres, both in St. Louis and Off Broadway. Burris Creek, his first feature screenplay is currently being shopped around by Chris Bremner, a screenwriter and producer based at Columbia Pictures.

At Boglisasco, John will be finishing up work on a collection of monologues and short plays he is writing specifically for contemporary middle school voices. He has also received a commission from St. Louis Actors' Studio to write a new play, and he will be starting work on that script, a story of how a formerly incarcerated man and his family confront his re-entry after being released.