Edward Albert Jaros

Edward Albert Jaros aka EDDIE AJ began his publishing career in high school starting with poems and short stories and eventually on to performing original comedy one act plays. After high school on the southside suburbs of Chicago, EDDIE AJ traveled to Europe to see up close for himself the ancient ruins of Rome, the beautiful beaches of Barcelona, the red carpet at night in Cannes during the off season, and when he returned to the States, his writing encourages this type of exploration, with characters designed mindfully, the waves of change reflecting in international journeys. While known in music/performance as aka EDDIE AJ, Writer/Director Edward Albert Jaros first loved the page. Aside from articles and playwriting, he continued his pursuit as a writer publishing short children's science fiction story "Roots for Wings" in 2014 and a short, silent film "Kendra & Obi" that won him several awards from Columbia's Alumni Filmmaking Awards. He did in fact take two inaugural classes for Second City's TV Program but a fire burnt the administrative offices, his final script never being read or any feedback given despite a semester of build up for the judging, EDDIE decided he was done paying to write and declared he was going to be paid for writing. It would be a hungry first few years in LA in 2017 and 2018 but the grind would pay off when he earned SAG eligibility and joined Novemeber 2019. January 2020 saw a spike for EDDIE AJ with a third stand up set releasing, commercials, and continuing his day job as a 14-25 age range SAG background actor for ABC, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Starz, Sony, NBC, CBS, Showtime, Disney, and most notably on Nickelodeon's "All That" (2020). Upon having returned to America in August 2008, he earned his Associates Degree in English Literature from Prairie State College. Under his discretion as Features Editor, newspaper articles were published ranging from entertainment, theatre reviews, op-eds, news-of-the-day articles, global events and personal stories. Then, in 2010 his one-act comedy play "Breakdown of the Mashed Potatoes" won first place at the IL Skyway Writers Conference and in speaking with the judge, none other than fellow Chicagoan playwright-turned-TV writer Tanya Saracho, which led to an interview at Steppenwolf Theatre CO. where he stayed for a year and a half volunteering in casting and production before being promoted to a paid Script Reader for the Literary Manager. Now 20, EDDIE AJ decided it was time to gain a different perspective of the theatre scene and he moved in to marketing, administration, and productions on a mid-size theatres (Chicago Dramatists) scale as well as store-front (Jackalope, City Lit, UrbanTheatreCo) theatres: what Chicago is known for. Little did he know that these experiences would be of great use when his career as a producer and director began while earning a B.A. in Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago. He stepped in as the Artistic Director of the Playwriting College's student-run production house his first year as a transfer. Similar to his time marketing for his college newspapers and theatres, Eddie delegated and brought new people aboard to create a team capable of producing Holiday Showcases, the school's first student-run musical, and a relationship with the college theatre scenes up and coming alumni led production companies which mirrored the structure of the three main theatres in Chicago: the Goodman, Steppenwolf, and Lookingglass in that DePaul, Columbia, & UIC all mimic some of the tried and true methods of success while adding their own flavors.