John McDonnell Tierney, aka “Jack McT,” is an active member of the Dramatists Guild, a composer/playwright with an Off-Broadway track-record, and a pioneer in Virtual (ZOOM) Theater. His virtual musical, “Extraordinary Hero,” premiered on-line in February 2022 and was later streamed nationally on the prestigious Rogue Theater Festival where it played to an estimated 1200 viewers. Jack's most recent work, a mystery play titled “Keepers of the Secret,” had its virtual-staged reading on July 6th with a full virtual theater production planned for the Fall. Jack has been an active director, actor and contributing playwright with the Pipeline Collective for the past two years and has participated in more than a dozen virtual performances for as many playwrights. Jack is the author of the forthcoming eBook “How to Produce Your Play for Virtual (ZOOM) Theater.” Dr. Tierney holds advanced degrees in his fields (Bachelor's & Master’s: UMASS; PhD: UCONN) and has held full-time college faculty positions in Music, Theater and Psychology retiring in 2012.