doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Ken Kaissar

KEN KAISSAR

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    n/a

Ken Kaissar was born in Ramat Gan, Israel and grew up in Indianapolis, IN. His adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucers THE CANTERBURY TALES was commissioned by Columbia University in 2008. His ten-minute play CEASEFIRE (written in response to Israels war with Hezbollah in 2006) was an official selection in the 2012 New Works Festival at the Fusion Theatre Company in Albuquerque, and the 2015 ReOrient Festival at Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco. His play THE VICTIMS OR WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT was a runner-up for the 2009 Princess Grace Award and was honored by Middle East America: A National New Plays Initiative, a partnership of Golden Thread Productions, Lark Play Development Center, Silk Road Rising. His other plays include CREATIVITY (a past finalist in the Ashland New Plays Festival), THE MAN STANLEY and NUDE STUDY. He holds a BFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. He teaches playwriting and theatre history at Rider University and Stockton College.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of Ken Kaissar's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Canterbury Tales, The         Ceasefire         Creativity         If Not Now         Let Us Go then, You And I And Reaching Across Borders         Man Stanley, The         Modest Suggestion, A         Nude Study         Reaching Across Borders         Sinking Ship         Victims, The, or, What Do You Want Me To Do About It         Warm Like the Sun and A Slap on the Ass

Canterbury Tales, The

Synopsis:
as a group of pilgrims journeys to Canterbury to pay homage to Thomas Becket, they engage in a battle of wits to see who can tell the most entertaining story. This contest results in breathtaking narratives of glorious honor, salacious lust, unspeakable courage, relentless faith, and hilarious ribaldry
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
from Geoffrey Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales

1st Produced:
Riverside Theatre, Riverside Church, The    2008

Organisations:
Columbia Stages

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
ada[tation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ceasefire

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Fusion Theatre Company    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Creativity

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

If Not Now

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
24/6    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Let Us Go then, You And I And Reaching Across Borders

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Inspired by the Dramaticules of Samuel Beckett

1st Produced:
Collective:Unconscious
NY, USA    2007

Organisations:
Collective:Unconscious

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Man Stanley, The

Synopsis:
A comedy about the function of faith in contemporary society.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-man-stanley   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
comedy 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Modest Suggestion, A

Synopsis:
In an anonymous conference room, in an anonymous city, an anonymous group of businessmen meet to discuss the next item on their agenda. as the four yes-men weigh the pros and cons of one pretty tough question, a Modest Suggestion asks: Why do racism and anti-Semitism exist? What does it mean to be Jewish? How does racism turn into violence? and do Jews eat bacon? aCTC seeks to inspire an honest, thought-provoking discussion around these difficult topics - oh, and to make you laugh.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Columbia Stages' New Voices New Play Festival    16 Apr 2012

Organisations:
Apple Core Theatre Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/a-modest-suggestion   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
black comedy 75 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Nude Study

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Reaching Across Borders

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Collective:Unconscious
NY, USA    2007

Organisations:
Collective:Unconscious

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Sinking Ship

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Mildred's Umbrella    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Victims, The, or, What Do You Want Me To Do About It

Synopsis:
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of the Theatre of the Absurd.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-victims-or-what-do-you-want-me-to-do-about-it   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
play 100 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  2

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Warm Like the Sun and A Slap on the Ass

Synopsis:
8 playwrights take comic, whimsical, and sometimes poignant looks at the humor and heartbreak of the different stages in a relationship.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of Smitten & Bitten : 8 Stages of a Relationship

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Lightyear Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page