Jack McGee
Playwright, Producer, Company Treasurer, Arts Reviewer
BA Theatre and Film (Victoria University of Wellington)
MA Creative Writing, Scriptwriting (International Institute of Modern Letters)
Jack McGee is a playwright and producer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. He writes funny dramas and sad comedies about very unhappy people who care deeply about trivial things. His plays have had seasons all around the motu, and even popped up in Australia. In between working on shows, he moonlights as a cycle tour guide and a cycle educator. A prolific reviewer, he can be found exploring the outer boundaries of word limits over at Art Murmurs.
(He is in no way related to Greg McGee.)
Contact
rjackmcgee@gmail.com | Represented by Playmarket
Awards and Nominations
Nominee / Best New Playwright, Wellington Theatre Awards 2024, Boys and Girls at the School Silent Disco
Highly Commended / Playwrights b4 25 2024, Edit the Sad Parts
Winner / Playwrights b4 25 2023, Boys and Girls at the School Silent Disco
Nominee / Playwrights b4 25 2022, Music Sounds Better Out Here & The Adults are Talking
Notable Credits
The Ballad of Briar Grant – BATS / Basement Theatre / ToiToi / The Globe / Little Andromeda, 2025 (Writer, Operator, Co-Producer)
Compromise – The Gryphon, 2025 (Writer, Co-Producer)
Edit the Sad Parts (Playreading) – Circa, 2025 (Writer)
Boys and Girls at the School Silent Disco – University of the Sunshine Coast, 2024 (Writer and Mentor)
Boys and Girls at the School Silent Disco – BATS, 2024 (Writer, Co-Producer)
Sandwich Artist – Te Auaha, 2024 (Co-Writer, Producer)
One Night Band – BATS 2023 (Producer, Caterer)
Long Ride Home – Te Auaha / Little Andromeda / ToiToi / The Globe, 2023/2024 (Writer, Producer, Director)
The Tempest, Summer Shakespeare – Botanical Gardens, Wellington, 2023 (Front of House Manager)
Night of the Silver Moon – BATS / Circus Bar, 2022/2023 (Producer)
Adults are Talking – BATS / ATC Youth, 2022 (Writer)
Music Sounds Better Out Here – BATS / Little Andromeda, 2022 (Writer, Performer)
