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Jon Kern

JON KERN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  represented by Scott Chaloff

Jon Kern has had his worked produced locally and internationally. He's a member of eST/Youngblood, the Old Vic New Voices Network, and the Ma-Yi Writers Lab.

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

         Do Clones Dream Of Identical Sheep?         Do Not Disturb         Executioner, The         Gentrifusion         Hate the Loser Inside         Modern Terrorism, Or they Who Want To Kill Us And How We Learn to Love them         Scenery         Stupid: the Plays         Telefonesis: The Art Of Mental Murder         We In Silence Hear A Whisper         We Semi-Solids Melting Into Air

Do Clones Dream Of Identical Sheep?

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Do Not Disturb

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Executioner, The

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a brother and sister set out to avenge the judicial execution of their mother. the sheriff sent to capture them finds herself attracted to the sister

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Workshop Mainstage Theater, New York     2007

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Play/Drama. - - Lesbian, theme/character, full length

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Gentrifusion

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In Gentrifusion, playwrights Carla Ching, Joshua Conkel, Michael John Garces, Jon Kern, Janine Nabers and Crystal Skillman explore the different truths surrounding the gentrification of New York's neighborhoods. the playwrights were charged with breaking down the cliched idea of "gentrification." their pieces dig deeper to address the ways that change both improves and diminishes a community. all residents are given voice in this series, ultimately discovering that both long time residents and the new crop of gentrifiers benefit and suffer in different measures and different ways.
- nytheatre.com

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written by Carla Ching, Joshua Conkel, Michael John Garces, Jon Kern, Janine Nabers, Crystal Skillman

1st Produced:
Laba Theatre At The 14th Street Y     29 Jan 2011

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Red Fern Theatre Company

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Hate the Loser Inside

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34th Marathon of One Act Plays

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the Best 10-Minute Plays Of 2012. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.    

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Modern Terrorism, Or they Who Want To Kill Us And How We Learn to Love them

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In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove comes MODeRN TeRRORISM, OR theY WHO WANT TO KILL US AND HOW We LeARN TO LOVe theM, a provocative satire about a rogue group of 21st Century terrorists and their darkly comic misadventures. As a young bomber develops feelings for his beautiful, secretive conspirator, he is torn between his duty and his heart. When his hipster neighbor accidentally gets caught up in the plans, circumstances spiral out of control.
- nytheatre.com

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Author: Jon Kern; Adapted & Directed By: Peter DuBois

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Second Stage theatre
305 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036     21 Sep 2012

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Scenery

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Utilizing the same inventive format with new writers and new stories, this year's production boasts stories that feature: a personified Slurpee machine and a small-town girl dreaming of moving to the big city of Cincinnati, a convenience store owner and two of NYPD's finest who give advice to a love-struck loser, a sister and her run-away brother dealing with their parents' disappointment, a back room confessional Guru who yearns for his ex, a duo who host the hit reality show 'Convenience Store Makeover', a tribute to the working men, and an underage college student on a quest for his elixir of love-alcohol
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part of sixth Annual edition of Seven.11 Convenience theatre from Desipina & Co.

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Richmond Shepard Theatre, NY     2008

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Desipina & Co

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11 min play

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Stupid: the Plays

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This is a program of nine "smart plays about stupidity." It's presented by Columbia's School of the Arts Playwriting Class of '07. the playwrights are Rehana Mirza, Elizabeth emmons, Jeremy Basescu, Alex Beech, Daria Polatin, Jon Kern, Julian Camilo Pozzi, Christine Chambers, and Reuben Jackson. the directors are ali ayala, Michael Lew, and Shira Milikowsky. the plays are about "white kids analyzing hip-hop culture, a woman suing herself, a starship captain fending off space pirates, global politics rewritten as a bad breakup, artists incurring mass debt to earn an MFA, botched blind dates, sensitive robbers, teenage angst, and failed actors turned failed psychics."
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Magnet, NY     2007

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Telefonesis: The Art Of Mental Murder

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Columbia University Theatre Arts Division 2007   

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We In Silence Hear A Whisper

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To lay her brother's soul to rest, a young Darfuri refugee must escape the relentless Man on the Horse, chased through the wilds of Sudan down into the landscape of her own mind. With riveting action, surprising humor and elegant puppetry, We in Silence Hear a Whisper explores the redemptive power of connection and how the greatest tragedies only happen when we look away. For this production, the Red Fern theatre Company has chosen to partner with SaveDarfur.
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The Theater At The 14th Street Y, 344 East 14Th, NY     08 Oct 2011

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Play/Drama 90 min

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We Semi-Solids Melting Into Air

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Jon Kern's We Semi-Solids Melting Into air: Business Tip 17: When negotiating a severance package, it always helps to take a hostage.

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Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, NY     2009

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34th Off Off Broadway Samuel French Short Play Festival

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