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JON KERN |
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Jon Kern has had his worked produced locally and internationally. He's a member of EST/Youngblood, The Old Vic New Voices Network, and the Ma-Yi Writers Lab.
Plays by Jon Kern
Do Clones Dream Of Identical Sheep? | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #106169 | |||
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Executioner, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Workshop Mainstage Theater, New York | 2007 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97560 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | A brother and sister set out to avenge the judicial execution of their mother. The sheriff sent to capture them finds herself attracted to the sister | |||||
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Gentrifusion | ||
| 1st Produced: | LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y | 29 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Red Fern Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #124204 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | written by Carla Ching, Joshua Conkel, Michael John Garces, Jon Kern, Janine Nabers, Crystal Skillman | |||||
Synopsis: | In Gentrifusion, playwrights Carla Ching, Joshua Conkel, Michael John Garces, Jon Kern, Janine Nabers and Crystal Skillman explore the different truths surrounding the gentrification of New York's neighborhoods. The playwrights were charged with breaking down the cliched idea of "gentrification." Their pieces dig deeper to address the ways that change both improves and diminishes a community. All residents are given voice in this series, ultimately discovering that both long time residents and the new crop of gentrifiers benefit and suffer in different measures and different ways. | |||||
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Scenery | ||
| 1st Produced: | Richmond Shepard Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Desipina & Co | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85150 | |||
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Genre: | 11 min play | |||||
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Notes: | part of sixth annual edition of Seven.11 Convenience Theatre from Desipina & Co. | |||||
Synopsis: | Utilizing the same inventive format with new writers and new stories, this year's production boasts stories that feature: a personified SlurpeeŽ machine and a small-town girl dreaming of moving to the big city of Cincinnati, a convenience store owner and two of NYPD's finest who give advice to a love-struck loser, a sister and her run-away brother dealing with their parents' disappointment, a back room confessional Guru who yearns for his ex, a duo who host the hit reality show 'Convenience Store Makeover', a tribute to the working men, and an underage college student on a quest for his elixir of love-alcohol | |||||
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Stupid: The Plays | ||
| 1st Produced: | Magnet, NY | 2007 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62982 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | This is a program of nine "smart plays about stupidity." It's presented by Columbia's School of the Arts Playwriting Class of '07. The playwrights are Rehana Mirza, Elizabeth Emmons, Jeremy Basescu, Alex Beech, Daria Polatin, Jon Kern, Julian Camilo Pozzi, Christine Chambers, and Reuben Jackson. The directors are Ali Ayala, Michael Lew, and Shira Milikowsky. The plays are about "white kids analyzing hip-hop culture, a woman suing herself, a starship captain fending off space pirates, global politics rewritten as a bad breakup, artists incurring mass debt to earn an MFA, botched blind dates, sensitive robbers, teenage angst, and failed actors turned failed psychics." | |||||
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We in Silence Hear a Whisper | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th, NY | 08 Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | Red Fern Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133902 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama 90 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | To lay her brother's soul to rest, a young Darfuri refugee must escape the relentless Man on the Horse, chased through the wilds of Sudan down into the landscape of her own mind. With riveting action, surprising humor and elegant puppetry, We in Silence Hear a Whisper explores the redemptive power of connection and how the greatest tragedies only happen when we look away. For this production, the Red Fern Theatre Company has chosen to partner with SaveDarfur. | |||||
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We Semi-Solids Melting into Air | ||
| 1st Produced: | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, NY | 2009 | ||||
Company: | 34th Off Off Broadway Samuel French Short Play Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101575 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | Jon Kern's We Semi-Solids Melting Into Air: Business Tip 17: When negotiating a severance package, it always helps to take a hostage. | |||||
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