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DAVID LEFKOWITZ (1964 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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David Lefkowitz, born 23 January 1964, has hosted the weekly radio program, Dave's Gone By, since Oct. 2002. Former managing editor of Playbill.com, he founded TotalTheater.com, co-publishes Performing Arts Insider theater journal, and has written about the arts for Back Stage, Show Business. Playbill and Long Island Pulse, among many others. His plays include the award-winning Kandide, the Moliere-style farce, The Triple Wedding, and the solo comedy, Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon. He holds two masters degrees, one from NYU in Dramatic Writing, and one from the University of Northern Colorado in Theater Education. His BFA is from NYU in Film and Television Production. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, David Lefkowitz now resides in Greeley, Colorado, with his wife, Joyce Weil, their two dogs, and their many potatoes.
Plays by David Lefkowitz
Blame Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Village Productions' Millennium's A-Comin' Festival | 1998 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Holvoe Books (anthology: "Marriage, Babies & the End of the World"), 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 5-85733-023-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136280 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Comedy-Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Patient zero confesses that he is responsible for AIDS. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blind Date | ||
| 1st Produced: | Richmond Shepard Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Holvoe Books (anthology: "Marriage, Babies & the End of the World"), 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 5-85733-023-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82367 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of The Cream of the Crop Festival. Blind Date has been revised since its anthology publication, and the author prefers the revised version to be utilized. | |||||
Synopsis: | A couple on a blind-date encounter a surly but canny waiter. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death of a Manure Salesman | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #136286 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Spoof | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One-page play. | |||||
Synopsis: | A family remembers dad - and his unpleasant job. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Down Came the Sun | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136284 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Flirtation between an older woman and a college student, with a Key West backdrop. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Goaltending | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136288 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two soccer players in a cosmic standoff. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Human Error | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136287 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | TV commercial for a book series recounting mankind's greatest historical mistakes and misjudgments. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kandide | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136279 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Winner of the Lee Korf Playwriting Award | |||||
Synopsis: | The Candide-like story of Moshe Kandidevsky, a naïve young man in Poland who finds the teachings of his mentor, Rabbi Panglev, put to the crucible of the Holocaust. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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King Solomon The Wise | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madison Avenue Theater, NYC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Holvoe Books (anthology: "Marriage, Babies & the End of the World") | ISBN/ASIN: | 5-85733-023-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136282 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 voice only | |||||
Notes: | Semi-Finalist, Actor's Theater of Louisville 10-minute Play Contest. Finalist, Ensemble Studio Theater One-Act Festival | |||||
Synopsis: | King Solomon must choose which of two women is the true mother of an infant. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Seaweed for the Gambler | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136285 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A tour guide at the U.S. Mint reaches the end of his tether. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshop, Norton Theater - University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO | Nov 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136278 | |||
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Genre: | Solo Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 musician | |||||
Notes: | Developmental staging planned for March 2012 at NY's Richmond Shepard Theater. | |||||
Synopsis: | The wit and outrageous wisdom of Rabbi Sol Solomon, founder and spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches, Great Neck, NY. The Rebbe expounds on everything from Jews for Jesus to the Middle East to the Holocaust. Songs include: "Then You're Jewish" and "I Know What Goys Like." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sky is Calling, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Love Creek Theater, NYC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136283 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Passenger about to miss his plane faces an airport security guard, as well as his feelings about his father. | |||||
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Triple Wedding, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Holvoe Books (anthology: "Marriage, Babies & the End of the World"), 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 5-85733-023-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136281 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Moliere-style farce in verse, written as a thesis for the author's Dramatic Writing MFA at New York University. | |||||
Synopsis: | Sganarrhea wants his daughter, Brie, to marry the foppish Moronte, though she wants to marry the shy student, Roquefort, whom Brie's sister, Bleu, also loves. Entanglements ensue, with trusty servant Farte making sure all turns out well in the end. | |||||
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