Life
His play Now or Later premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 3 September 2008 to 1 November 2008. In 2009, his adaptation of Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway at the Roundabout (American Airlines Theatre).
Shinn's plays have been premiered by the Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast Repertory, and Soho Theatre, and later seen regionally in the United States and around the world. He has also written short plays for Naked Angels, the 24 Hour Plays, and the New York International Fringe Festival.
Shinn's plays are published in collections from Theatre Communications Group and A & C Black, and in acting editions from Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts, Inc.
Shinn teaches playwriting at The New School for Drama.
He will also be partaking in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six where he has written a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible
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