top of page

Jonathan
Josephson

Playwright, librettist,

author, theatre producer

Messenger_creation_B79B458C-9CC7-4CC0-BC

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
Seven Deadly Tens - Cover.jpg

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.

Buy Now
best-10-min-plays-2021-346w_edited_edited.jpg

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.

Buy Now
CALENDAR

Click for more:

March 12, 2019 at 9:00:00 PM

Chubby Bunny

Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory
Portola Valley, CA
Production #11

Chubby Bunny

Click for more:

February 21, 2019 at 4:00:00 AM

These Violent Delights (Reading)

Encore Performance

Theatre West

Sponsored in part by the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Department
Los Angeles, CA

These Violent Delights (Reading)

Click for more:

February 14, 2019 at 4:00:00 AM

These Violent Delights (Reading)

World Premiere Reading - SOLD OUT

Carrie Hamilton Theatre

Pasadena Playhouse

Sponsored in part by the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Department
Pasadena, CA

These Violent Delights (Reading)

Click for more:

January 27, 2019 at 2:30:00 AM

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Webster County High School

Upperglade, WV
Production #11

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Click for more:

January 14, 2019 at 3:00:00 AM

Wicked Lit Book Signing at Dark Delicacies

Wicked Lit authors read from their plays
Wicked Lit: Vol. I and Vol. II, Legend(s) of Sleepy Hollow
Dark Delicacies
Book Signing and Scenes Performed!
Burbank, CA

Wicked Lit Book Signing at Dark Delicacies

Click for more:

January 3, 2019 at 5:00:00 AM

Tacoma, Trains, and Toothpaste

January 2, 2019
Hercules Radio Playhouse
WAMF 90.3 FM
New Orleans, LA
World Premiere

Tacoma, Trains, and Toothpaste

Click for more:

December 7, 2018 at 10:00:00 PM

Chubby Bunny

December 7-8, 2018
Asherville Middle School
Asherville, SC
Production #10

Chubby Bunny

Click for more:

December 7, 2018 at 2:30:00 AM

Runed

December 6-8, 2018

Northfield Mount Hermon School
Gill, MA
Production #2

Runed

Click for more:

December 4, 2018 at 11:00:00 PM

27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne

Palo Verde HS Theatre
Las Vegas, NV
Production #9

27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne

Click for more:

November 30, 2018 at 3:00:00 AM

27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne

November 29 – December 1, 2018
York College Of PA
York, PA
Production #8

27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne

Click for more:

November 16, 2018 at 4:00:00 AM

A Night in JJ's Shorts

Five one act-plays by Jonathan Josephson

featuring an ensemble of actors 
...and the playwright himself on stage

Force of Nature Productions

Belfry Theatre
North Hollywood, CA

​

A Night in JJ's Shorts

Click for more:

November 1, 2018 at 8:00:00 PM

Of Love and Shampoo

Douglas High School
Minden, NV
Production #5

Of Love and Shampoo
bottom of page