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Jeffrey Solomon

JEFFREY SOLOMON  

 Nationality:    USA
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Jeffrey Solomon (writer-performer) has toured with his solo plays internationally. His MotherSON premiered at HERE Art Center in New York and he received a Joseph Jefferson Nomination for Best Actor for the same performance in Chicago at the Bailiwick Rep. the play had an extended run at Provincetown's U.U. Meeting House Theatre, and has appeared nationally at many venues including Theatre J in Washington D.C., Queens Theatre in the Park, Penguin Rep in Stony Point, U.C.L.A. and Princeton, as well as international engagements in India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and most recently on London's Off-West End at the New End Theatre and the Leeds International Jewish Performing Arts Festival. MotherSON won the Audience Favorite, Best Playwriting and Best Male Solo Performer at the National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. His other solo play Santa Claus is Coming Out premiered at the Bailiwick in Chicago, and has played engagements at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood, 6th at Penn in San Diego, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and the Warehouse Theatre in Washington D.C. the play received the Best of the National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Jeff is the co-Artistic Director of Houses on the Moon Theater Co., which most recently presented his Tara's Crossing (an ensemble work). Tara's Crossing appeared at the Queens Theatre's Immigrant Voice's Project, had a workshop performance Off Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and its world premiere run at the Tenement Theatre in New York. the play is currently touring and has been seen at venues including the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and American University in Washington D.C.. Jeff wrote the pilot for Jim Henson's CityKids, which received an Emmy nomination for Best Children's Special and an Ollie Award for Excellence in Children's Programming. He was a staff writer for the series of the same name on A.B.C. and penned a CityKids novelization for young adults published by Random House. He was a staff writer on Davis Rules (Carsey-Werner/ABC-TV) and has also written for Tribeca (Tri-Star/FOX) and Gullah Gullah Island (Nickelodeon.). Visit jeffsolo.com for more info.

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

         167 Tongues         Building Houses on the Moon         DE NOVO - Part 1: Lil' Silent         Mother/Son         Santa Claus is Coming Out         Tara's Crossing

167 Tongues

Synopsis:
167 Tongues explores the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. Intermittent street scenes weave together alongside continuous stories in this 37-character play. An Indian sweet shop vendor struggles to keep her store going and her suitors at bay, a Nepali woman and a Mexican man fall in love across a linguistic divide, an Irish ghost befriends an troubled Ecuadorian girl and her Bangladeshi best friend, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room. This theatrical experience combines street scenes with continuous narratives, found sounds, and movement in an exploration of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most diverse neighborhood in the world.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
conceived And directed by Ari Laura Kreith. the piece is written by 11 writers: Jenny Lyn Bader, Meny Beriro, Alvin Eng, Steven Fechter, Jennifer Gibbs, Les Hunter, Anna Kushner, Rehana Mirza, Jeffrey Solomon, Suzanne Sheptock, And Stefanie Zadravec.

1st Produced:
P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave, Jackson Heights (Queens), NY    07 May 2010

Organisations:
Jackson Repertory Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Building Houses on the Moon

Synopsis:
Uses internet postings from gay and lesbian teenagers

Notes:
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1st Produced:
GLSEN Boston Conference/Tufts University    2001

Organisations:
Houses on the Moon Theater Co.

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Music:
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DE NOVO - Part 1: Lil' Silent

Synopsis:
A gripping true story of 14-year-old Edgar Chocoy, who fled Guatemala to escape the largest gang in Central America, only to be sentenced to death by a flawed U.S. immigration system.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College, NY    12 Nov 2009

Organisations:
Houses on the Moon Theater Company

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mother/Son

Synopsis:
Jewish mother and son battle it out over his sexuality

Notes:
Sometimes performed As MotherSON

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Genre:
One Act. - - Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Santa Claus is Coming Out

Synopsis:
What happens when the world discovers that Santa Claus is gay

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago, USA    2001

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Genre:
Monolgue Play. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tara's Crossing

Synopsis:
A trans-gendered asylum seeker goes from the back streets of Guyana to an U.S. immigrant centre

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1st Produced:
Tenent Theatre, New York    2005

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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