The composer, author, and choreographer John Moran’s major works include Jack Benny!; The Manson Family: An Opera; Everyday, Newt Burman (The Trilogy of Cyclic-Existence); Mathew in the School of Life; Book of the Dead (2nd Avenue); John Moran … and his neighbor, Saori; Saori’s Birthday!; John Moran and Saori (in Thailand); and John Moran: The Con Artist (Etudes: Amsterdam).