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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.

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May 15, 2018 at 3:00:00 AM

Dave's Epic 40th Birthday Party - Best Of Playground

Best of Playground 2018
Playground-LA
Zephyr Theatre
Hollywood, CA

Two frenemies are united by two of the worst birthday parties - ever.

Dave's Epic 40th Birthday Party - Best Of Playground

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March 7, 2018 at 3:00:00 AM

Chubby Bunny

March 6, 2018
Heritage Middle School
Meridian, ID
Production #8

Chubby Bunny

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March 2, 2018 at 3:00:00 AM

Chubby Bunny

March 1 & 5, 2018
Edgren High School
Misawa Air Base, Japan
Production #7

Chubby Bunny

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February 13, 2018 at 4:00:00 AM

The Tale of Dakota Dawson

Zephyr Theatre
Playground-LA
World Premiere

Directed by Rondrell McCormick

More than a bit absurd, the play is a barb-slingin', Fronteir-era, showdown set in a modern day advertising agency.

The Tale of Dakota Dawson

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December 1, 2017 at 4:00:00 AM

Bubbie, It's Cold Outside

November 30-December 3, 2017
Archway Studio Theatre
Force of Nature Productions
World Premiere

Directed by Corey Chappell

Inspired by Dean Martin's Baby, It's Cold Outside
 (both the text and subtext), two sets of jingly reindeer antlers, a Christmas wreath, and three fabulous actors that I didn't meet until two days before I wrote the play. Fun!

Bubbie, It's Cold Outside

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November 14, 2017 at 4:00:00 AM

Dave's Epic 40th Birthday Party (reading)

Playground-LA
Zephyr Theatre
Hollywood, CA

Directed by Jim Klienmann.

Two frenemies are united by two of the worst birthday parties - ever.

Dave's Epic 40th Birthday Party (reading)

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October 22, 2017 at 2:00:00 AM

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

October 21-22

North Harrison High School

at Squire Boone Caverns
North Harrison, IN
Production #9

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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September 28, 2017 at 2:30:00 AM

Wicked Lit 2017 - Thoth's Labyrinth

inspired by the Egyptian legend "The Book of Thoth"

directed by Darin Anthony

September 27-November 11, 2017
Mountain View Mausoleum
Unbound Productions
World Premiere

Wicked Lit 2017 - Thoth's Labyrinth

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September 23, 2017 at 3:00:00 AM

Phone Friend

September 22-23
Festival of Unknown Artists
Play Club West’s New Works

Directed by Christy Bell

Phone Friend

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September 21, 2017 at 9:00:00 PM

The Giant and The Pixie

September 21  at 9:00 p.m.
September 23 at 1:00 p.m.
September 24 at 6:00 p.m. 

Hudson Theatre Guild
NY SummerFest
New York, NY
Production #2


Directed by Jonathan Schlieman

The Giant and The Pixie

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June 25, 2017 at 3:00:00 AM

Grandpa and the Gay Rabbi (reading)

June 22-24
City Theatere
CityWrights Playwrights Festival
Miami, FL

Grandpa and the Gay Rabbi (reading)

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June 16, 2017 at 3:00:00 AM

Phone Friend

July 15, 2017 at 9:00 p.m.
July 16, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.
Midtown International Theatre Festival
PROGRAM B - MAINSTAGE

World Premiere

Directed by Jonathan Schlieman

Phone Friend
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