Jonathan is a staple of the theater and performing arts scene in New York City and has written and collaborated on several books, plays, screenplays and short films. As a theater director and maker, he has devised, directed and created site-specific performances, dramatic plays and production spectacles.
Through his alter ego, The Vintage DJ, he has toured internationally and performed at major events including The Academy Awards Governors Ball "The Oscars", The White House Correspondents' Dinner , Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the New York Knicks Hardwood Classic at Madison Square Garden. Also as The Vintage DJ, he has hosted The Time Machine on East Village Radio and hosts Inspired by a Song and The Time Machine Redux online.
An alumnus of Skidmore College and a student of the graduate directing program at The University of California at San Diego, Jonathan is also a founder and member of the Obie Award-winning theater company, The National Theater of the United States of America (NTUSA). Jonathan has a Masters Degree in Media Studies from Queens College with a focus on children’s fantasy writing and the power of imagining other worlds through media, as a means of navigating and repairing our own. Jonathan’s debut children’s picture book “The Secret Rhino Society” is published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. Out now where books are sold.