Join John Cameron Mitchell in celebrating the 20th anniversary of his ground breaking film “SHORTBUS” with a live commentary screening featuring behind the scenes stories of the making of the film!

John wrote, directed, and starred in the rock musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch for which he won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, a special Tony for his performance, an Obie Award, the Best Director award at the Sundance Festival and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, along with 25 other awards.

​He wrote and directed the improv-based film Shortbus; directed the film adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole, which garnered a Best Actress Oscar nom for Nicole Kidman; and co-wrote and directed the YA punk romance How to Talk to Girls at Parties, starring Kidman and Elle Fanning. He executive-produced (with Gus Van Sant) Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation, which was the most decorated documentary of 2004.

​John was in the original casts of Tony-winning Big River, The Secret Garden, and Six Degrees of Separation; as well as Hello Again (Drama Desk nom.) and Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me (Obie Award). TV roles include: "Girls," "Shrill," "The Good Fight," "Mozart in the Jungle," "Yellowjackets," "The Sandman," "City on Fire," and Joe Exotic in "Joe vs Carole." He wrote and directed two scripted podcast series: the musical Anthem: Homunculus starring Glenn Close, Cynthia Erivo, Patti Lupone, and Laurie Anderson; and the satirical sitcom Cancellation Island starring Holly Hunter.