Patrick Flynn is a playwright and filmmaker based in Washington, D.C. His produced stage works include The Ferberizing of Coral (Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival winner), Tinker Bell (Helen Hayes Recommended, Adventure Theatre MTC), Giant Box of Porn (DC Metro Theatre Arts “Best of the Capital Fringe”), Sheila and Moby (Helen Hayes Recommended, Flying V Theatre), and Where in North Dakota Is Carmen Sandiego? (Awesome Con 2018). His podcast The Original Cast was named one of the “7 Standout Theatre Podcasts of 2018” by Playbill. Flynn’s web series include: I Live With This (Los Angeles Web Series Festival winner), Long Distance Relationship (TIVA-DC Peer Awards Bronze Medal), and Keith Powell Directs a Play (starring 30 Rock’s Keith Powell and Aubrey Plaza). He is a 10-year veteran of the 48 Hour Film Project and has won six best-of-city awards, three writing awards, and “best film” for his short film For Whom the Whistle Blows. Flynn’s book Visual Literacy: A Practical Text on the Analysis, History, and Creation of Visual Media is available from Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company. He is a professor at both American University and The Catholic University of America. Flynn is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
