Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook is heavily involved in the fine arts as an actor, writer, and filmmaker. Many of his short plays have been produced in theatres around the World and and his full-length play INSURGENTES was a semifinalist in the 2020 Screencraft Stage Play Contest and the SE Texas Festival of New Plays and his full-length play LOBSTER MAN was a semifinalist for the Princess Grace Award. He is a six-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category and his works have been published in anthologies by Smith & Kraus, Black Bed Sheet Books, and Ardneh. Aside from playwriting, he has also written and directed several short films that have been presented in regional film festivals as well as distributed internationally on ShortsTV. He is also the host and producer of the radio theater podcast GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT. Launched in 2020, GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT is a collection of stage plays adapted to an audio only format performed by voice actors and edited with appropriate sound effects and music.