Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearan Parody of Ghostbusters at Carrollwood Cultural Center

Jordan Monsell was born in Syosset, New York, in 1979. He comes from a family of artists; his great grandfather, Charles Warren Bingham, was a commercial artist who created well-known icons such as the Morton Salt girl and the Camel Cigarettes logo. Jordan’s mother, Ruth Monsell, is a successful portrait and silhouette artist.​ After receiving his BFA from the University of Connecticut in 2001, Jordan moved to Maine, where he spent four years teaching art to children. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles, where he works as an actor, writer, and freelance illustrator. ​In 2010, Jordan’s illustrations appeared in You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News, published through Cracked.com and Penguin Books. Other clients include 20th Century Fox, MSNBC, Avalon Family Entertainment, Sony, and The Hollywood Fringe Festival. In 2011, he directed his first play, Pulp Shakespeare: The Unauthorized Shakespearean Parody of Pulp Fiction, which received awards and acclaim in New York City and Los Angeles. Jordan’s other play, Shakespeare’s Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts, is available on Amazon.com.