Kyle Jarrow is a writer and rock musician. His writing career began in theater, winning an Obie Award in 2004 for A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, a satirical musical about L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. His theatrical writing has been noted for its macabre humor and frequent incorporation of pop music. His first feature film was 2010 Sundance Film Festival NEXT selection Armless. He is the creator and executive producer of the military drama TV series Valor. Kyle wrote the book for SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical for which he was nominated for a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Association Award. He is also a singer, songwriter, and keyboardist for the theatrical rock band Sky-Pony, a collaboration with his wife Lauren Worsham.
It’s one thing to write for different mediums, it’s another to achieve success in each one of those mediums. I wanted to find out what his secret sauce was.
Listen to hear him share the ingredients to that sauce as well as:
- How he got the job for SpongeBob (a process different than most musicals).
- What a bookwriter’s job really is, and how that changes with different collaborators.
- Why he wrote A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant, and how that got him into some trouble.
- How an idea informs what medium you should write it for.
- Just how the heck he keeps all these projects straight . . . and makes them successful!
Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway