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Jonathan Yukich

JONATHAN YUKICH

  (1977 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Jonathan Yukich's plays receive over 200 full productions each year, and have been produced across the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, China, India and Europe. Jonathan's plays are published with Broadway Play Publishing, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Eldridge Publishing, Heuer Publishing, Pioneer Drama Service, and Meriwether Press. He is the recipient of a number of awards and honors, including the Kennedy Center's Paula Vogel Award for Playwriting. Currently, Jonathan is a professor of theater at the University of New Haven, and has previously taught at the City University of New York, Mount Holyoke College,New York University and Indiana University. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Alice @ Wonderland         Alice @ Wonderland: The Musical         Alien From Cincinnati         American Midget         Boiling People in My Coffee         Crooked Fork         Day the Bird 'Flu Came, The         Edible Shoes         Finding Don Quixote         Flip         Frankenstein Unplugged         Girl         Mime Crime, The         Mouse Galaxy         Plunge, The         Reality Stars: Greek Gods Edition         Short History Of Weather, A         Thank You, Twenty-Thousand-Pound Man         Very Short Play About The Very Short Presidency Of William Henry Harrison, A         Waking Sleepy Hollow
Alice @ Wonderland

Synopsis:
won the 2014 Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Award

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1st Produced:
St. George's School In Newport, Ri    

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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service   

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Alice @ Wonderland: The Musical

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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service   

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Alien From Cincinnati

Synopsis:
An alien impregnates a High School girl and she suddenly becomes the centre of attention. then three other women he has made pregnant turn up - one from the 1850s, one from the 1920s and one from the 1980s.

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1st Produced:
Indiana University     2003

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American Midget

Synopsis:
the mysterious Mr. Much convinces ordinary Albert that he is a little person, but is he? Join one man's struggle to distinguish reality from delusion in a world far more outlandish, but only slightly more absurd, than our own.

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1st Produced:
Met Theater, Los Angeles    

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1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishing   

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Genre:
1h 5m Comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Boiling People in My Coffee

Synopsis:
Faced with microscopic civilizations in their coffee and a corpse on their couch, a husband and wife attempt to cope with the loss of their son by reinventing the boundaries, rules, and nature of death. This short play is a ridiculous, comical, and dark examination of the unfairness and finality of dying.

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1st Produced:
Concordia University (Ile Bizard, Qc, Canada)     2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

Music:
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Genre:
20-25 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  3 males, 1 female (3-4 actors possible: 2-3 males, exactly 1 female)

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Crooked Fork

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1st Produced:
Salem Theatre Company In Salem, Ma     2014

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1st Published:
in THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS OF 2015 with Smith & Kraus   

Music:
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Genre:
ten-minute comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Day the Bird 'Flu Came, The

Synopsis:
Two health officials are sent to a remote town to investigate what may be an outbreak of bird 'flu

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1st Produced:
Northeastern University     2008

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1st Published:
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Genre:
90 minute comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Edible Shoes

Synopsis:
an outrageous look at the gears and cogs of the materialistic American way

Notes:
won the Paula Vogel Award for Playwriting in 2003

1st Produced:
Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)     2002

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Genre:
90 minutes, comedy, satire

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Finding Don Quixote

Synopsis:
Paralleling the classical adventures of Quixote's quest with a modern teenager's own journey, the play is a fresh, funny, and profound retelling of one of the great masterpieces in world literature.

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1st Produced:
Dickinson College     2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Heuer Publishing   

Music:
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Genre:
75 minute adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flip

Synopsis:
A routine showing of a new home turns out to be anything but ordinary. Two women, a real estate agent and her potential buyer, discover they have a shared history that must be rectified - or a price will be paid.

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1st Produced:
Connecticut Artists & Playwrights Festival     2014

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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Frankenstein Unplugged

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Wollenscraft Shelley

1st Produced:
Montana Repertory Theatre     2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing   

Music:
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Genre:
60 minute adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Girl

Synopsis:
What would it take for you to chase someone around the world? An elusive young lady and her mysterious yellow pencil radically alter the lives of three individuals, leaving them desperate to find her again. Come along for their wildly funny journey as they seek to answer the question: Who is that girl?

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1st Produced:
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Mccall, Idaho     2007

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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Mime Crime, The

Synopsis:
a comical exploration of the inner life of a psychotic mime

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1st Produced:
Manhattan Repertory Theatre (NY, NY)     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2017, with Smith & Kraus   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play, comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mouse Galaxy

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Salem Theatre Company     2013

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Plunge, The

Synopsis:
a bittersweet comedy based on Chekhov's short story "The Joke,"

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1st Produced:
Fusion Theatre Company (Albuquerque, NM)     2017

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play, comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Reality Stars: Greek Gods Edition

Synopsis:
a modern retelling of the Greek myths within a reality TV framework

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1st Produced:
Omni Montessori School in Charlotte, NC     2017

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing   

Music:
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Genre:
60 minutes, adaptation, comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Short History Of Weather, A

Short History Of Weather, A
Two weather obsessed people meet, fall in love and live happily ever after

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1st Produced:
Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival     2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in 2009: the Best 10-Minute Plays for Two or More Actors, Smith & Kraus (December 1, 2009)   

Music:
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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Thank You, Twenty-Thousand-Pound Man

Synopsis:
A young boy is playing on a seesaw when a mysterious twenty-thousand-pound man abruptly sits on the other end -- thus suddenly launching the boy into outer space. He journeys through the universe as his Father and mother anxiously await his return to earth. Within this strange world of flying twelve-year-olds, buried girl scouts, and wacked-out park rangers, the play takes a profoundly comical look at the power struggles of youth and individualism.

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1st Produced:
Alleyway Theatre In Buffalo, NY     2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

Music:
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Genre:
35-40 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  4 males, 1 female (4-5 actors possible: 2-3 males, 1-2 females)

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Very Short Play About The Very Short Presidency Of William Henry Harrison, A

Synopsis:
an absurdly abbreviated take on an absurdly abbreviated presidency

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1st Produced:
Little Fish Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)     2017

Organisations:
Pick of the Vine Festival

1st Published:
The Best Five-Minute Plays, with Smith & Kraus   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play, comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Waking Sleepy Hollow

Synopsis:
a modern retelling of the American classic

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)     2015

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing   

Music:
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Genre:
60 minutes, adaptation, comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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