Julius Galacki received his MFA from the Playwriting program at the Yale School of Drama, his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and another Masters degree from the interdisciplinary Gallatin School at NYU (with additional screenwriting classes at the UCLA Extension).
Julius Galacki on the boardwalk
In February of 2011, his screenplay “PRAY WITH A BULLET” was named a top ten finalist in American Zoetrope’s 2010 Screenplay Contest. And his short film, “FIRST NIGHT”, which he wrote and directed was an official selection of the 2010 Flagstaff and Ventura Film Festivals. It can now be viewed on the Funny or Die website, or in hi-def on Vimeo.
His monologues appear in all four volumes of the series “Audition Arsenal” published by Smith & Kraus.
His plays have been seen on Theatre Row in New York City, as well as in Philadelphia, New Haven, New Jersey, Hawaii and South Carolina. In Los Angeles area: at the El Portal Theatre, Academy of New Musical Theatre, Third Stage in Burbank, Abbott Kinney Gallery, M Bar, Brewery Arts Colony, Hothouse, the Berg Studio Theatre, etc.
“Black Flamingos” received an Equity reading at the Yale Repertory Theatre with a cast that included Tony nominated actress Amy Ryan and was directed by Obie Award winner Evan Yionoulis.
“A Shadowed Cross” was read by the Aloha Performing Arts Company on the big island of Hawaii in 2010 for their 17th annual play festival.
Additionally, he frequently directs his own plays, as well as by other writers. Most recently, Julius directed a staged reading of “Five Tigers Go to the Mountain” (a kung fu spoof) in February of 2011 at the Berg Studio Theatre in L.A.
He has also had poetry published, written numerous articles for union newsletters around California, taught creative writing to undergraduates at Yale University and Quinnipiac University, worked as a Script Analyst for USA Films and currently works for Twentieth Century Fox.
Julius Galacki at the California Poppy Reserve in 2010
He is proud of being a native of Long Branch, New Jersey.
Member of the Dramatists Guild and The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights.
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