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Jason Jacobs

JASON JACOBS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Jason Jacobs was raised in Culver City, California and now lives in New York City. He is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and teaching artist who was identified as a Person of the Year by NYTheatre.com in 2007. Jason went to Yale College, where he majored in English (with a specialty on Victorian novels). He received an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia, where he studied with Anne Bogart. As the co-founder and former co-Artistic Director of Theatre Askew, he conceived and directed Bald Diva! (GLAAD Media Nomination and published by New York Theatre Experience in Playing With Cannons), and directed The Tempest, i google myself, and co-directed I Claudius, Live. He also co-founded and directed projects for the LGBTQ youth theatre program, TAYPE. Jason wrote and performed the solo play, Poor Sport. In addition to presenting the show at New York's Miranda Theatre and Highways Performance Space in L.A., he performed in schools and youth organizations in New York and a juvenile detention center in Florida. As a director, he has collaborated with playwrights Richard Sheinmel, David Koteles, Jason Schafer, Kathryn Blume, and Jeremy Lawrence. He also loves directing classic plays - some favorites include Oliver Twist, As You Like It, and Mario and the Magician. He currently balances his theatrical projects while working as teaching artist and project coordinator for Education at Roundabout Theatre Company. He has taught at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Columbia's High School Summer Institute and worked as a guest artist at Long Island University/CW Post Campus, NYU Department of Dramatic Writing, Bay Shore High School, and Beacon High School.

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

         Another Horatio Alger Story         Bald Diva!         F On My Chest, The         I, Claudius Live         Poor Sport

Another Horatio Alger Story

Synopsis:
An inner city high school teacher tries to save an at-risk student by exposing him to the work of 19th century rags-to-riches author Horatio Alger; but as he moves through Algers Ragged Dick, he must confront the authors complicated relationship with boys  and ultimately, his own.

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1st Produced:
workshop form as part of the Metropolitan Playhouses Horatio Alger Festival in New York    2012

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Genre:
LGBT full length 90 min

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bald Diva!

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F On My Chest, The

Synopsis:
the F on My Chest is the result of 5 months of intensive playwriting, acting and discussion exploring what it means to be a "hero". Who is a hero, who gets to assign the title of hero and do we even need heros anymore? the F on My Chest is a powerful, touching, and funny portrait of the lives of young heros and their answers to this question. theatre askew Youth Performance experience (TaYPe) empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and their allies in the New York area by nurturing and developing their unique theatrical voices.
- nytheatre.com

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Created By: Jason Jacobs, Winter Miller, And the Cast

1st Produced:
Hudson Guild, 441 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10035    08 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Theater askew

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Genre:
piece. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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I, Claudius Live

Synopsis:
This is a free adaptation of the BBC miniseries I, Claudius, created by theatre askew. It relates the sexual intrigues and imperial ambitions of the Julio-Claudian family in 1st century Rome (the emperors of Rome augustus Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius). the company provides this disclaimer: "This is a work of historical fiction. any resemblance to current events involving nepotism, cronyism, corruption, religious fanaticism, aggressive foreign policy, widening class divisions, sex scandals, and the dynastic ambitions of certain American families is purely coincidental. the presenters of this theatrical entertainment assume no responsibility for any parallels you may draw between imperial Rome and our time."
nytheatre.com

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written by Tim CUSAck & Jason Jacobs, Adapted by the company

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Theater askew

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Poor Sport

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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