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Jay Koepke

JAY KOEPKE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Jay Koepke is a playwright and screenwriter from Georgia. His work has been produced/developed at Chicago Dramatists, Mile Square Theatre, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Future Tenant, Samuel French OOB Festival, Jameson Theatre, Well Theatre Group, Polarity Ensemble, Cold Basement Dramatics, Big Box Theatre Company, Brown Theatre, William Patterson University, Valley Repertory Company, and Between Us Productions. His screenplay AFTER OWEN was recently optioned by Tandem Pictures. He's been a finalist for the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and the New Jersey Playwrights Competition. He's been a semi-finalist with the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. BA: Ithaca College. MFA: Rutgers University.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Adrift         Chief's Last Day, The         Cost of Living, The         End is Far, The         Idyllic Life, The: A Bavarian Fairy Tale         New Relationship, A         Oak Tree, The         Pietra, or The Stone Baby         What Makes the Buddha Smile?

Adrift

Synopsis:
In the middle of the night at the tail end of a disastrous anniversary cruise, Deb refuses to face the reality of her failing marriage. When she meets a local friendly bartender named Jake, who is suppressing issues of his own, an unexpected love triangle reveals itself while Deb and Jake make a connection that changes the course of their lives.

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1st Produced:
Lion Theatre, Theatre Row, NY    Jul 2013

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Genre:
One act drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1

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Chief's Last Day, The

Synopsis:
Lines are blurred when two Atlanta Braves mascots are fired but refuse to leave their post.

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1st Produced:
Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, Nj    May 2013

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Genre:
10 minute comedy

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Cost of Living, The

Synopsis:
When Alma runs away from an abusive household only to end up in another she is forced to learn what it means to be self-reliant. When Marius sucks her in with a literal marriage contract, Alma finds herself in the middle of a life-threatening situation. Along with Marius' other employees, Alma must decide for herself how high a price she's willing to pay for a monetary comforts and how far she's able to let herself be pushed before she must grow strong enough to end the circle of abuse.

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Genre:
One act drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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End is Far, The

Synopsis:
A deeply autobiographical, kaleidoscopic play that visits the lives of dozens of characters over the course of decades. Bouncing from a bar to an elementary school classroom to an ER to an ex-girlfriend's apartment and beyond, The End is Far creates a vivid tapestry of life that isn't limited by time or location.

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Full length drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Idyllic Life, The: A Bavarian Fairy Tale

Synopsis:
In a modern take on a familiar fairy tale, tween siblings Agnes and Orvar discuss the moral implications of letting their adoptive grandmutter Grunhilda eat one of them in order for her to live forever. The Idyllic Life is a metaethical comedy complete with plenty of hat acting, or, hacting.

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1st Produced:
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, NYC    Aug 2014

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Genre:
10 minute comedy

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New Relationship, A

Synopsis:
Feeling marginalized, high schoolers Chris and Sandy decide to recruit the varsity football quarterback to their side of the homosexual lifestyle whether he wants to participate or not.

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1st Produced:
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Brown Theatre Company

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Genre:
10 minute comedy

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Oak Tree, The

Synopsis:
10-year-olds Daisy and Stu get more than they bargained for on their first date when they run into a curmudgeonly tree who sours their cherished memories of a much-beloved children's book.

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1st Produced:
Valley Repertory Company, Enfield, Ct    Feb 2013

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Genre:
10 minute comedy

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Pietra, or The Stone Baby

Synopsis:
Tate and Russell are a happily married couple; however, if Tate could complain about one thing in their relationship it would be that Russell has not left their home in two years, so when an opportunity presents itself for Tate to reintroduce Russell to society she does, even though it requires lying to her husband. Russell, meanwhile, has secrets of his own and reasons for not leaving the house that his wife would be unable to understand. When Russell finally does leave the comfort and seclusion of their living room, both past secrets and present lies arise and Tate and Russell's lives begin to unravel.

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Genre:
Full length drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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What Makes the Buddha Smile?

Synopsis:
Inez is a young woman separated from her partner unexpectedly when she is cut down in the prime of life. Disoriented and unsure of her circumstances post-death, Inez is forced to grapple with the confusion of death not being the end, the pain of watching her partner Lorraine begin to take steps to move on, and, ultimately, with navigating the hazards of reincarnation. Luckily (or not so) for Inez, she finds a guide in the fledgling bodhisattva Ferdinand and companionship in Tsong, a father who will do anything to be reunited with his daughter and escape this limbo.

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part of the 2010 Dionysos Cup for New Plays

1st Produced:
Josephinum Academy, 1500 N. Bell, Chicago    13 May 2010

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Polarity ensemble Theatre

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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