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Edward Einhorn

EDWARD EINHORN

  (1970 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Edward einhorn has been the artistic Director of Untitled Theater Company 61 since he founded it in 1992. He curated the recent Vaclav Havel Festival, the Ionesco Festival, the 24/7 Festival, and the NeUROfest (plays about neurological conditions), among other events. Perhaps most prominently, he wrote and directed the Off-Broadway production, Fairy Tales of the absurd, which the New York Times called "almost unbearably funny." He is also the author of the modern Oz novels Paradox in Oz and the Living House of Oz (both from Hungry Tiger Press), the Golem, Methuselah and Shylock: Plays (Theater 61 Press) and the upcoming picture book on probability, a Very Improbable Story (Charlesbridge Publishing). Other plays of his include Unauthorized Magic ("exquisitely ingenious"-the New York Times), Strangers and Linguish ("inspired absurdist comedy"-the Village Voice), Golem Stories ("original, provocative, and, above all, humorous" - New Jersey Jewish News), and a Shylock ("the play moves with wit and madness from absurdity to absurdity"-all about Jewish Theatre). as a director, he has worked in such venues as St. ann's Warehouse, the Ohio Theatre, HeRe, the Connelly Theater and the John Houseman Studio.

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         Boy Who Wanted To Be A Robot, The         Cat's Cradle         Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?         Doctors Jane And Alexander         Golem Stories         I Am Not I         Iphigenia at Aulis         Lathe Of Heaven, The         Linguish         Living Methuselah, The         Lysistrata         One Head Too Many         One-eyed Moses And the Churning Red Sea         Pig, The, Or Vaclav Havel's Hunt For A Pig         Playing Dreidel With Judah Maccabee         Possessed By A Rebellious Spirit         Rudolf II         Shylock, A         Strangers         To Prepare A Hard Boiled Egg         Unauthorized Magic In Oz         Velvet Oratorio, The

Boy Who Wanted To Be A Robot, The

Synopsis:
a Pinocchio tale in reverse, presented as a fairy tale from a foreign culture-the culture of people with asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism).

Notes:
Runs 35 minutes. Produced As part of the NeUROfest, A festival of plays About neurological conditions.

1st Produced:
Theater Five     2005

Organisations:
evolve Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Cat's Cradle

Synopsis:
a new calypso musical, based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1963 novel Cat's Cradle. This adaptation is set in the Church of Bokononism, a mythical religion created by Vonnegut. the musical is presented as a Passion Play for Bokononism, and the choir members of this church will sing, play instruments, and enact Vonnegut's story about a man called Jonah, a new invention called ice-nine, and the havoc this seemingly innocuous invention wreaks on the world. as the play is performed a video feed will project models, manipulated live in the theater, as the scenic backdrop. Bokononism, a religion "based on shameless lies," embodied many of Vonnegut's philosophic ideas. Ice-nine is a fictional creation that could change the freezing point of water -a change that would cause a quick chain reaction leading to the end of the world. Many of the lyrics for the musical are taken straight from Vonnegut, who wrote numerous "calypsos," prayers of Bokononism, in his book. these calypsos comment on the action, much in the manner of a Greek chorus. Bokonon himself remains onstage throughout, as the lead singer and commentator. the musical travels from Ilium, New York to the mythical Carribean island of San Lorenzo, Bokonon's home.
- press release

Notes:
book And lyrics by edward einhorn music by Henry Akona from novel by Kurt Vonnegut

1st Produced:
Walkerspace     2008

Organisations:
Untitled Theatre Company 61

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Synopsis:
an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci fi noir classic about androids and a bounty hunter, Rick Deckard, who loves them/loves to kill them. the book inspired the film Blade Runner, but this adaptation returns to the original novel's ideas about a post-apocalyptic world seeking resurrection through the rediscovery of empathy. the production uses innovative video techniques to blur the lines between humanity and technology, finding the soul within the machine.

Notes:
From the novel by Philip K. Dick

1st Produced:
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006     18 Nov 2010

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Doctors Jane And Alexander

Synopsis:
Using found, fabricated, and occasionally finagled text, Edward einhorn explores the life of his grandFather alexander Wiener, the co-discoverer of the Rh factor in blood, through interviews with his mother Jane einhorn, a PhD psychologist who recently retired due to a debilitating stroke. In the course of these interviews his grandfather's ambitions and achievements are contrasted with his mother's and ultimately with his own.

Notes:
Runs 90 minutes. Winner of A Sloan Grant. Produced As A staged reading As part of the First Light Festival, plays About science.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
ensemble Studio Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Golem Stories

Synopsis:
retells the legend of a clay man in 16th century Prague. Rabbi Loew creates a Golem to defend the Jews, but this Golem seems more interested in listening to the Rebbetsin's stories and falling in love with the Rabbi's daughter. Is he the reincarnated spirit of her murdered lover? Or does his childlike facade hide the face of a demon?

Notes:
Runs 90 minutes. Produced As part of the Spotlight On Festival, in which it won An Award for Best Play (Playwright's Award). Published As part of the book "the Golem, Methuselah, And Shylock"

1st Produced:

Organisations:
FHB Theatre

1st Published:
theater 61 Press, 2005
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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I Am Not I

Synopsis:
A monologue by a woman whose brain cannot recognize her own image.

Notes:
part of 3rd New York New Playwright Festival (NYNP)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Project Y Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Iphigenia at Aulis

Synopsis:
Featuring a chorus that doubles as a rock band, music by Aldo Perez of downtown indie rock band Renaldo the, and design based on the work of graphic novelist, Eric Shanower, author of the award-winning series Age of Bronze, Edward einhorn's new adaptation of euripides' play, focuses on democracy versus ochlocracy (mob rule) and the role of religion in popular uprisings, subjects made particularly relevant by Arab Spring.

Notes:
Original Playwright - euripides

1st Produced:
La MaMa First Floor theatre
74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003     14 Feb 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

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Lathe Of Heaven, The

Synopsis:
Untitled theater Company #61 (UTC61) presents the Lathe of Heaven, an original, authorized stage adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's sci-fi classic about a man whose dreams change reality. the play examines the human need for certainty and understanding in contrast with Taoist ideas of uncertainty and unknowing, and intersperses verses from the Tao Te Ching as operatic art songs for baritone, cello and piano. UTC61 has been once again granted a residency at 3LD art + Technology Center. 3LD's unmatched video technology will be used to make real the ever-changing landscape that emanates from the dreamer.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Music By: Henry Akona

1st Produced:
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006     06 Jun 2012

Organisations:
Untitled Theatre Company 61

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Linguish

Synopsis:
Linguish posits a disease which causes aphasia, the neurological disorder that takes away one's ability to use language. Four relative strangers are among the first to be affected, and are thrown together in quarantine. as the disease affects them, they are forced to try to find new ways to communicate.

Notes:
Run 70 minutes. Produced As part of the NeUROfest, A festival of plays About neurological conditions

1st Produced:
Theater Five     2006

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Living Methuselah, The

Synopsis:
In The Living Methuselah, the world's oldest man has lived through the Flood, the Plague, Sodom and Gomorrah, Pompeii, and his own extremely poor judgment, thanks to his wife Serach, the world's oldest woman. Now age and a poor health regimen have caught up with him, and the doctor tells him he won't make it past the end of the play. afflicted with every disease known to man, Methuselah fights on, flashing back in his delirium to former disasters and fantasizing about having handmaidens. Will he survive? It ain't necessarily so.

Notes:
Runs 90 minutes. Published As part of the book "the Golem, Methuselah, And Shylock."

1st Produced:
Theater 22, New York City     1997

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61

1st Published:
theater 61 Press, 2005
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Lysistrata

Lysistrata
This newest adaptation of Aristophanes' philosophical comedy focuses on three elements of the human condition that have not changed in nearly 2500 years: war, sex, and, most of all, laughter.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Aristophanes

1st Produced:
Original Playwright - Aristophanes1This Newest Adaptation Of Aristophanes' Philosophical Comedy Focuses On Three Elements Of The Human Condition That Have Not Changed In Nearly 2500 Years: War, Sex, And, Most Of All, Laughter.20041285Theater 61 Press 2004     2004

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61 and Parker Gainesville

1st Published:
theater 61 Press 2004
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   978-0977019724

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  chorus

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One Head Too Many

Synopsis:
a play about a Princess from a different planet, who falls in love with her second head

Notes:
Runs 40 minutes. Produced As part of the Off-Broadway show, "Fairy Tales of the Absurd"

1st Produced:
Theater 80, New York City     2004

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61 and Parker Gainesville

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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One-eyed Moses And the Churning Red Sea

Synopsis:
One-eyed Moses And the Churning Red Sea, Rabbi Tzipporah Finestein is having dreams that Moses is a pirate captain, battling Pharaoh on the high seas. are they nightmares, or more? Two congregants may be the key to an answer

Notes:
Runs 15 minutes. Produced As part of the 24/7 festival. Published As part of the book "the Golem, Methuselah, And Shylock"

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61 and Parker Gainesville

1st Published:
theater 61 Press, 2005   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act Youth audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pig, The, Or Vaclav Havel's Hunt For A Pig

Synopsis:
This is part of Ice Factory 2011. Vaclav needs a pig for a party with his dissident friends. an American journalist arrives for an interview. the villagers have a pig to sell, but where is it? and why is everyone singing the Bartered Bride? Food, drink, song, video, politics and celebration collide in the english language Premiere of this theatrical-musical-technological-gastronomic extravaganza. Come hungry. Feast on pulled pork, Czech beer and live music
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel

1st Produced:
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006     29 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Untitled Theatre Company # 61

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

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Playing Dreidel With Judah Maccabee

Synopsis:
Playing Dreidel with Judah Maccabee is an original Hannukah play in which a contemporary boy meets the historical Judah Maccabee. the play features shadow puppets and live cello music among its storytelling techniques. the play is told in eight scenes, corresponding to the eight days of Hannukah. Judah and the boy find each other in an abandoned room that exists in both the ancient temple in Jerusalem and the boy's modern day temple, and the boy explains to Judah the odd modern practices that commemorate the ancient battles. at first Judah is horrified, but then he comes to learn why the boy needs those traditions. the play examines the concepts of ancient and modern perspectives on war and religion, but at the same time it is a celebration of perseverance during difficult times. It is filled with music and humor that transcends difficult circumstances
- press release

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Possessed By A Rebellious Spirit

Synopsis:
Possessed By A Rebellious Spirit follows a teen by the name of Casey as she gets a little "visit" from her recently deceased grandmother. In an effort to grab just one more taste of reality, grandma gets a chance to see the world out of the eyes of her teenage granddaughter. In the process, Casey learns a lot she didn't know about her family history and herself.

Notes:
Winner of TaDa's Award for plays written for teen Actors.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
TaDa

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
teen one act Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Rudolf II

Synopsis:
the Bohemian National Hall, a new Czech theater and cultural space once home to the original Manhattan theater Club, hosts its first-ever full run of a play: Rudolf II, the story of a bisexual, bipolar emperor in 1600 Prague obsessed with alchemy, astronomy, his longtime mistress, and his newest lover and valet, a converted Jew. the production uses the vast expanse of the hall to create an environmental production in the center of its ballroom, accompanied by live choral singing from the balconies. Set completely in Rudolf's bedroom, the play is a portrait of an emperor who was both extraordinarily visionary and self-destructive. as he confines himself within an increasingly suffocating atmosphere of paranoia and madness, those around him jockey for favor. Rudolf's unusual court is literally the stuff of legend, having spawned Goethe's Faust and the original Golem. the play features several historical figures, including Tycho Brahe, famed astronomer; Elizabeth Jane Weston, Latin poetess and daughter of the original Faust (Edward Kelley); and the spirit of Libuse, the prophetess who founded Prague. the performance is part of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' upcoming festival, Performing Revolution in Central and eastern europe.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd St., NY     05 Mar 2010

Organisations:
Untitled Theatre Company 61

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Shylock, A

Synopsis:
antonio says that Shylock was a capitalist. Jessica says that he was a Freudian nightmare. Tubal says he was a good Jew. Whom is Jacob Levy to believe? Perhaps Hamlet can guide him. although this Hamlet seems to be a woman. In a SHYLOCK a mild mannered professor is taken on a tour of Shakespeare's Venice, as he tries to find his own answer to Shylock's legacy.

Notes:
Runs 90 minutes. Published As part of the book "the Golem, Methuselah, And Shylock."

1st Produced:
Theater 22, New York City     1996

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61

1st Published:
theater 61 Press, 2005
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Strangers

Synopsis:
a man and a woman are in what seems to be a waiting room. Is it a doctor's waiting room? If so, what's wrong?

Notes:
Runs 40 minutes. Produced As part of the NeUROfest, A festival of plays About neurological conditions. the Addressed the condition of Amnesia.

1st Produced:
Theater Five     2005

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company 61

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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To Prepare A Hard Boiled Egg

Synopsis:
a poet on how to boil an egg

Notes:
Original Playwright - Eugene Ionesco

1st Produced:
Ionesco Festival, New York     2001

Organisations:
Untitled Theater Company #61

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

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Unauthorized Magic In Oz

Synopsis:
Based on the Oz novels of Edward einhorn, the play tells the story of a boy living in Munchkin Country, whose mother and friend are both sorcerers, although they know it is against the law. But when Glinda the Good discovers their activities, they have a lot of explaining to do.

Notes:
Produced As part of the Toy theater Festival

1st Produced:
St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York     2005

Organisations:
Great Small Works

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
puppet One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Velvet Oratorio, The

Synopsis:
the Velvet Revolution in words and music

Notes:
Music by Henry Akona

1st Produced:
New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York     19 Nov 2009

Organisations:
Untitled Theater # 61

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

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