Author Profile:  Dean O'Carroll

Dean O’Carroll is a playwright and parodist originally from Amherst, Massachusetts.  His parody plays Back to the 80s:  A Risky, Goonie, Breakfasty Tale of Totally Tubular Time Travel; Star Stars:  The Franchise Awakens; Marvelous Squad:  A Super-Heroic Tale with Avengeance; The Humor Games, and the Sally Cotter trilogy are published by Playscripts and have been staged by schools and theatres around the world.  His online play Greek Gods Under Quarantine is published by YouthPLAYS.  Dean has also written material for “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live and several children’s books about DC Comics superheroes.  Dean holds a BA in Drama from Vassar College and an MFA in Playwriting from Brandeis University.  He was taught writing at Quinnipiac University, Simmons College, CUNY, Occidental College, and Widener University.  He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and their four children.