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Playwright, librettist,

author, theatre producer

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Fifty of Jonathan's plays have been produced at schools, theatres, and site specific locations around the world. Many are published by Smith and Kraus, Concord Theatricals, PlayScripts, Stage Rights, YouthPLAYS, Stage It!, and Original Works Publishing.

THE LATEST & COMING SOON
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Original Works Publishing

7 Deadly Tens

Seven sinful short comedies that traverse terrain ranging from cowboys having a tagline shootout to a horror curse gone totally batty to lovestruck Shakespeareian undead.

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Smith and Kraus

Best 10-Minute
Plays: 2022

Phone Friend is included in this anthology which "represent the best in contemporary playwriting." This is my fifth inclusion in  a Smith and Kraus collection.

CALENDAR

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December 7, 2025 at 4:00:00 AM

Dark Druids and Their Dark Jars (Reading)

December 6-7, 2025

Part of "Holiday Spirits"

FRIGID NY

Staged reading

Dark Druids and Their Dark Jars (Reading)

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December 7, 2025 at 3:00:00 AM

The Birds is Coming

December 6-7, 2025

The Birds is Coming (a "prequel" to The Birds)

Part of "A Very Hitchcock Christmas"

PlayGround

Production #2

The Birds is Coming

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December 6, 2025 at 10:00:00 PM

These Violent Delights (Reading)

Presented  by Theatricus

Lamanda Park Branch Library

Pasadena, CA

These Violent Delights (Reading)

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November 20, 2025 at 8:00:00 PM

Chubby Bunny

November 20-22, 2025

Part of "And Hilarity Ensued (Persued by a Bear)"

Leyden High School Theatre
Franklin Park, Illinois

Prodcution #32

Chubby Bunny

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November 1, 2025 at 2:30:00 AM

Corinth, the Dead Pirate

Part of The Bite-Sized Theatrical Spooktacular

Theater 154 Christopher Street

New York, NY

World Premiere

Corinth, the Dead Pirate

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September 1, 2025 at 7:00:00 PM

Dark Druids and Their Dark Jars (Published)

Masque & Spectacle

September, 2025 Issue

Dark Druids and Their Dark Jars (Published)

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August 24, 2025 at 7:00:00 PM

From Inside the House (Workshop)

Force of Nature Productions

Burbank, CA

From Inside the House (Workshop)

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August 17, 2025 at 5:00:00 PM

The Monster is Confused (Reading)

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA

Part of "Sunday Best"

Los Angeles, CA

The Monster is Confused (Reading)

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July 11, 2025 at 4:00:00 PM

Playwriting Workshop

Guest Playwright Instructor: Teens Speak Up

Session 1 (Grades 7 – 9) 9 AM – 12 PM
Session 2 (Grades 10 – Grads) 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Chance Theater, Education

Playwriting Workshop

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June 26, 2025 at 7:00:00 PM

Puppets & Prose, The Monster is Confused

Sharing pages of "The Monster is Confused" (short fiction)

Puppets & Prose

Rogue Artists

Valley Relic Museum

June 26, 2025

Puppets & Prose, The Monster is Confused

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June 8, 2025 at 11:00:00 PM

True Story: You Got This

TRUE STORY SPECIAL EVENT!

"YOU GOT THIS: PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT LIVING WITH AND SURVIVING CANCER"*

​Ensemble Studio Theatre/Los Angeles

Atwater Village - Los Angeles, CA


* I'll be writing and "performing" a new narrative non-fiction piece

True Story:  You Got This

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May 18, 2025 at 5:00:00 PM

Life is Pain, a comedy (Reading)

Reading of Act II

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA

Part of "Sunday Best"

Los Angeles, CA

Life is Pain, a comedy (Reading)
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