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Jordan Allen-Dutton

JORDAN ALLEN-DUTTON  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency, NY  


Emmy-nominated writer Jordan allen-was born in Palo alto, California and attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts graduating as the first ever recipient of the artist Scholar award in 1999. While at NYU he co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, a hip-hop add-rap-tation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, which became a smash Off-Broadway hit, performing in the West End in London, Chicago, Florida, Dublin, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Philadelphia and amsterdam. The show was nominated for a Drama Desk award, Outer Critic's Circle award, and won the Jeff award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in aspen. With the success of Bomb-itty, Jordan signed the first ever three-tier deal with MTV and Paramount going on to produce, write and star in the hip-hop sketch comedy series, Scratch & Burn for MTV in 2002. From there he was invited to be a fellow at the Sundance Screenwriting Lab with the screen version of Bomb-itty. His next play NERDS, a musical comedy about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, was work shopped at New York Stage and Film Festival, premiered at the Philadelphia Theater Company in January 2007 where it won Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Original Music at the 2007 Barrymore awards. Nerds is slated to open on Broadway directed by Jerry Zaks. Jordan has also produced and written television such as RAndy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew and the MTV Movie awards where his comedy material has been performed by Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell among others. He was nominated for two Emmy awards for his writing on Robot Chicken, Seth Green and Matt Senreich's show on Cartoon Network's adult Swim. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is working on his latest musical Phenomenon, a behind the scenes expose of a very corrupt television singing competition.

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below is a list of Jordan Allen-Dutton's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Bomb-Itty Of Errors, The         Club Zig Zag         Kiera's Marbles         Nerds         Phenomenon         We The People: America Rocks

Bomb-Itty Of Errors, The

Bomb-Itty Of Errors, The
Mix Shakespeare, a DJ and four guys rappin' / Throw on a beat and watch what can happen / a knee slappin', hands-clappin', hip-hoppin' comedy

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Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, Gregory J. Qaiyum, Erik Weiner And music by Jeffrey Qaiyum. hip-hop theatre retelling of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors

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Genre:
Bard Rap 90 min Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  up to 20 m/f possible

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Club Zig Zag

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Club Zig Zag is a electronic swing musical set in a night club in the 1920's that follows the parralel journeys of two women of the time

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Book And Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton And Co-Created by Mesha Kussman

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Musical

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Kiera's Marbles

Synopsis:
a musical retelling of the tower of babel set in 2031, in which the human race, having moved into a single skyscraper must look to the help of a very different little girl for salvation

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Music by The Grommits

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Hotink Festival NYC    -

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Musical

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Nerds

Synopsis:
a musical comedy about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, following their rise from garage inventors to billionaire titans.

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Book And Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton And Erik Weiner. Music by Hal Goldberg

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NYU    2003

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

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Phenomenon

Synopsis:
The most intense Drama on shows like American Idol is often happening. . . when the cameras aren't rolling. Harnessing the incredible energy and enthusiasm worldwide for television contest shows, PHENOMENON is a new American musical that gives an ireverant, behind the scenes look at the absolute chaos and contradictions that make up the backstage reality of producing these shows. a cross between a Chorus Line and Noises Off. . . the musical follows five contestants, three questionable judges, one host and one very stressed-out executive producer through one harrowing finale episode. From the writer of the hit off-Broadway show BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS and the upcoming Broadway software geek musical NERDS, PHENOMENON is a hilarious take on a pop culture phenomenon, while at the same time lending a much needed third dimension to the characters we've only ever seen from two dimensions on our television sets.

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We The People: America Rocks

Synopsis:
Rock out with America's original "boy band"-The Founding Fathers! Join George Washington, John adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin as they trade in their powdered wigs for power chords to help an ambitious teen. On a quest to win her school election, Dawn cares more about padding her college applications than making her school a better place. With the help of these Fab Four, she discovers that "We the People" have the power to raise a patriotic ruckus and make a difference! This new musical is recommended for kids age 8 and up, and their families.
- nytheatre.com

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book by Joe Iconis; music And lyrics by Brad Alexander And Kevin Del Aguila; Sam Forman And Eli Bolin; Joe Iconis; Tommy Newman; Ryan Scott Oliver; Adam Overett; Erik Weiner, Mark Weiner And Jordan Allen-Dutton

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Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014    14 Jul 2010

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Theatreworks USA

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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