Drive in Movies, storytelling, and Never Been Kissed with Timothy Janovsky
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Born and raised in New Jersey, TIMOTHY JANOVSKY is a queer, multidisciplinary storyteller.
He earned a Bachelor of the Arts in both Theater (acting and performance studies) and Dance (choreography) from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA.
He studied abroad at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy where he spent a semester immersed in Physical Theater practices and Commedia dell’Arte.
As a performer, he has worked numerous times with well-known theater directors and choreographiers.
He is a former member of the comedy improv troupe the Underground Improv Project (UiP), which has performed at Muhlenberg College, Skidmore College, and multiple times at ArtsQuest Steelstacks in Bethlehem, PA.
His work as a humor writer has been featured on Points in Case, The Broadway Beat, and Well Mannered Grump, and his work as a playwright has been showcased in staged readings at Muhlenberg College.
HIs debut rom-com Never Been Kissed gives us a story about second chances, sweet summer nights, and the magic of love.
You can find Timothy at his website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Here’s a look at NEVER BEEN KISSED:
Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush,
It’s been a few years since we were together,
but I can’t stop thinking about the time we almost…
Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. Morning brings the inevitable Oh God What Did I Do?, but he brushes that panic aside. Why stress about it? None of his could-have-beens are actually going to read the emails, much less respond. Right?
Enter Derick Haverford, Wren’s #1 pre-coming-out-crush and his drive-in theater’s new social media intern. Everyone claims he’s coasting on cinematic good looks and his father’s connections, but Wren has always known there’s much more to Derick than meets the eye. Too bad he doesn’t feel the same way about the infamous almost-kiss that once rocked Wren’s world.
Whatever. Wren’s no longer a closeted teenager; he can survive this. But as their hazy summer becomes consumed with a special project that may just save the struggling drive-in for good, Wren and Derick are drawn ever-closer…and maybe, finally, Wren’s dream of a perfect-kiss-before-the-credits is within reach.