AFTER THE DELUGE was written by American playwright, screenwriter, director, and Bronx-native John Patrick Shanley. Shanley’s plays include PRODIGAL SON, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR (Tony nomination), DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, SAVAGE IN LIMBO, ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION, WELCOME TO THE MOON, FOUR DOGS NAD A BONE, DIRTY STORY, DEFIANCE, and BEGGARS IN THE HOUSE OF PLENTY. His theatrical work is performed extensively across the United States and around the world. For his play DOUBT, he received both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In the arena of screenwriting, he has ten films to his credit, most recently WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, with Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, and Christopher Walken. His film of DOUBT, with Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis, which he also directed, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. Other films include FIVE CORNERS (Special Jury Prize, Barcelona Film Festival), Alive, JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (which he also directed), and LIVE FROM BAGHDAD for HBO (Emmy nomination). For his script of MOONSTRUCK he received both the Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for best original screenplay. In 2009, The Writers Guild of America awarded Shanley the Lifetime Achievement in Writing.

During the isolation of Covid-19 pandemic, Shanley wrote every day. It was during these daily writing rituals that Shanley drafted this story of two young New Yorkers longing for human connection.