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David L Epstein

DAVID L EPSTEIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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David is a writer, director, producer and actor originally from Chicago. Recent collaborations include writing and directing the Broadway musical in development, Go West, about the life and times of The Village People, Executive Producer: Moritz Borman (Exec. Prod. of W, Terminator Salvation, Alexander); Henri Belolo (multi-platinum record producer of The Village People); and Onda Entertainment, LLC. In 2005-2006, he directed and co-produced the Off-Broadway premiere of Coronado in collaboration with its writer Dennis Lehane (author of Mystic River, Shutter Island and winner of the National Book Award). David is a four-time published playwright with Smith Kraus Books and his plays are produced across the country from Venice Playhouse, Madison Tech, NCSA, NYU, Niagara University, to the late, great, Manhattan Theatre Source. He is recipient of a 2008 Panavision New Film Maker's Grant; a 2006 Independent Theatre Award Nomination (producer, Best New Play); and named "People of the Year, 2004," by nytheatre.com. He graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University with the award for Best Actor in the short film he associate produced, Ground Level B, written and directed by Andres Heinz (screenwriter, Black Swan). David teaches acting and writing in New York and Los Angeles at www.actorclass.com. He has been a guest speaker at The Network as well as the MFA program for acting at NYU, Tisch. Since 2002, he resides as Artistic Director of Invisible City Theater Company which puts the focus on original work. ICTC produced all of David's original plays, plus the premiere productions of Dennis Lehane's, Coronado, Anthony Jaswinski's, Airport Hilton, and Rebecca Louise Miller's west coast hit, Fault Lines. He sends endless gratitude to the Denton's, who continue to champion artists who would otherwise never get the exposure they need to progress in their career.

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below is a list of David L Epstein's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Drinking and Diving         Midnight         Strange Attractions         Top Floor

Drinking and Diving

Synopsis:
Two unlikely pairs meet on opposite sides of the world. We find that their private pain is born of a history that weaves them all together.

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Organisations:
Invisible City Theater Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/drinking-and-diving   -

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Genre:
play 80 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Midnight

Synopsis:
Every good play becomes a mediocre movie. -- It is the winter of 1954. Neurotic Hollywood director James Halloway checks into the Ritz to try and salvage his career at a meeting with a powerful producer. Bumbling bellboys, out-of-work actors, drunken lawyers, loudmouth floozies and street-smart thugs, all converge at a mile a minute in this door slamming period farce.

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Organisations:
Invisible City Theater Company

1st Published:
Contained in "New Playwrights: the Best Plays of 2003" published by Smith and Kraus
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Genre:
Comedy 120 min

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Strange Attractions

Synopsis:
Some things should remain secret. Or should they? Three sisters from the Chicago suburbs reunite only to be reminded of the reasons they became estranged.

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Genre:
Play/Drama 105 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Top Floor

Synopsis:
A play about gentrification in New York City that weaves together the result the recent bailout had on people from vastly different economic backgrounds.

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/top-floor   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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