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Kyle Jarrow is a writer and musician based in New York City. He writes for the stage as well as film and television, and he plays in the bandsSuper Mirage and The Fabulous Entourage. He won the prestigious OBIE Award at age 24 for his Off-Broadway hit A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, which has subsequently been produced all over the country. Kyle wrote the film Armless, adapted from his play of the same name, which was an official selection of Sundance Film Festival 2010. Other stage plays include Love Kills, Trigger, President Harding is a Rock Star, Rip Me Open (co-writer), Hostage Song (music & lyrics), Gorilla Man (script available from Samuel French), and Whisper House (with Tony-winner Duncan Sheik, record now available from RCA/Victor).

Kyle's playwriting work encompasses both music theater and straight plays, and has been presented at The Old Globe, New York Theatre Workshop, Performance Space 122, New York Stage & Film, The John Houseman Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Abron Arts Center, HERE Arts Center, The Hangar Theatre, and Dad's Garage among others. He's particularly known for incorporating rock and pop music into the theater, a topic that he's written and spoken about widely. Kyle was a 2005-2006 Dramatists Guild Fellow. He was nominated for a 2004 Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award and a 2004 Backstage West Garland Award, and was runner-up for the 2002 Princess Grace Playwriting Award. He was winner of the 2001 John Golden Prize. He's a co-founder of the indie publishing company Awkward Press. Kyle has guest-lectured at Juilliard, Pratt, and the Actors Studio.

Kyle has developed television projects for ABC, Paramount, Touchstone, Fox TV, and Deline Pictures among others. Kyle's band The Fabulous Entourage appeared as part of the 2006 Whitney Biennial, on the Knitting Factory Mainstage, at Joe’s Pub, Viper Room, Bowery Ballroom, and with bands such as Hot Chip and We Are Scientists. His band Super Mirage recently released its debut LP "Pretty Lies" in July 2010. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he majored in religious studies.

Kyle is represented by CAA, Madhouse Entertainment, and Steve Saporito. There's a wikipedia page about him and you can see it here.

Frequently asked questions:

1) Why is this website called "The Land of Trust"?
Answer: No good reason.

2) What's up with the banner image?
Answer: It's a a detail of a painting that Kyle found discarded on the street. The rest of the piece is pretty amazing too -- it includes a pterodactyl.