About me.
Photo by Annie Wang (c) 2018.
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Playwright about town. Drama League Award and Obie Award adjacent. Off Off Broadway: alexander moments before with Theater In Quarantine; OR, AN ASTRONAUT PLAY at The Tank. Off-Broadway: PATIENCE at Second Stage Theater. Broadway: Nothing but could be a vibe. Other plays include CARCINISATION, BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY; THE PROBLEM WITH MAGIC IS: (Winner, Bay Area Playwrights Festival), UNTITLED R U _____ __ THE DARK PLAY, and LOVE IS HARD AND ABSOLUTELY (PROBABLY) WORTH IT. Commissions - Second Stage and Westport Country Playhouse.
Other cool projects: House Writer for SALON SEANCE; Staff Writer for MAÑANALAND; Collaborator for QUEEN at Dixon Place and BALDWIN[GIOVANNI]BRANDO at Columbia University. Currently: 2022-2024 Ars Nova PlayGroup. Previously: Member of the 2020-2021 Clubbed Thumb Emerging Writers Group. Member of the 2019-2020 Liberation Theatre Company Writing Residency, 2017-2018 Shubert Fellow for Playwriting. Winner: 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Finalist: Columbia@Roundabout Series 2020 (Problem With Magic, Is:). Semifinalist: 2020-2021 Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, 2018 Clubbed Thumb Open Commission, 2014 National Playwrights Conference. MFA in Playwriting: Columbia University. Producing Director for InVersion Theatre based in NYC. Recent Projects: INTRALIA, THE WEIRD PARK, a soundscape; WE READ BOOKS series at the Tank; GREGOR at Access Theater; IN THE WOODS WE RETURN in FringeNYC; THE MOST UNDEAD TRAGEDIE OF ROMEO AND JULIET at The Drama League. Producer and Administrator In NYC. Director of Artistic Development at The Tank. Other Recent Projects: Fornes Marathon at The Public (Volunteer Coordinator); WORK/PLAY at Columbia University (Producer); FOOD FOR THE GODS with Khunum Productions at La Mama (Line Producer). Occasional Dramaturg and Theatre Helper. Recently: jazz singer at Abrons Arts Center (Assoc. Director; dir. Joshua William Gelb); THE HISTORICAL RANGE OF URSUS AMERICANUS at Coumbia University (Dramaturg); RED HILLS at En Garde Arts (Asst. Director; dir. Katie Pearl.) I'm also on New Play Exchange, if that floats your boat. |
Contact me.
I'm very nice and great to have around at parties.
BEN IZZO // Literary Agent
A3 Artists Agency
The Empire State Building
350 Fifth Ave. 38th Floor
New York, NY 10118
ben.izzo@a3artistsagency.com
(pls don't contact ben if you want to have me at your party you can message me on linkedin instead)
BEN IZZO // Literary Agent
A3 Artists Agency
The Empire State Building
350 Fifth Ave. 38th Floor
New York, NY 10118
ben.izzo@a3artistsagency.com
(pls don't contact ben if you want to have me at your party you can message me on linkedin instead)