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Meron Langsner

MERON LANGSNER

  
Nationality:    Israeli-American
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Meron Langsner was one of three writers in the US selected for the pilot year of the National New Play Network emerging Playwright Residences. His work has been performed around the US and overseas, and developed at the Lark New Play Development Center, New Repertory Theatre, the Last Frontier Theatre Conference (where he later returned as a featured artist), and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. His Drama publishers include Smith & Kraus, applause, YouthPLaYS, NorthNorthwest, Lamia Ink, and JaC. Meron's scholarly publishers include McFarland, Oxford University Press, and Puppetry International. He has also been published as a poet, journalist, and humorist. Meron is also active as a professional fight director and director, as well as a Theatre educator. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from Brandeis and an Ma in Performance Studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Meron is currently a doctoral candidate in Theatre History at Tufts University, where he received the award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate education.

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

         After the Hill         Best Intentions, The         B'shalom         Burning Up the Dictionary         Bystander 9/11         Culty-Mates Of Frisbee (A Ritual)         Devil's Own Game, The         Final Appointment         For Art's Sake         Godot Variations, The         Herd Immunity         Jimmy Jim Jim And the M.F.M.         Legacies         Masquerade         Name Of the Horse         Open Book, The         Over Here         Rain Of Seagulls, A         Sacred Cow Slaughterhouse         Shoes         They're Playing Your Song

After the Hill

Synopsis:
Having found themselves once more at the bottom of a steep and seemingly endless hill, Jack and Jill begin to ask themselves how they got there, and what their alternatives might be. the stakes rise when Mother Goose arrives and attempts to reassert the status quo. their next choices will decide their fate forever.

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Workshopped At Polaris North Writer's Group (New York, NY), And A semifinalist for Youth education on Stage's Summer Shorts 5 Festival, Williston North Dakota.

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YouthPLaYS.com, 2010   -

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Genre:
theatre For Young audiences

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1

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Best Intentions, The

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B'shalom

Synopsis:
One year after the September 11th attacks, the growing friendship between an Israeli immigrant and a Palestinian-American in NYC is brought to crisis by events overseas and local prejudices.

Notes:
Region I Kennedy Center/American College theatre Festival One Act Award, Voted An Audience Favorite At the Last Frontier theatre Festival, Finalist for Athe Playworks. excerpt published in Duo!: Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century

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1st Published:
Applause (excerpt), 2009   978-1557837028

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Burning Up the Dictionary

Synopsis:
Language, lust and loss

Notes:
nominated for the IRNe Award (Independent Reviewers of New england) for Best New Play

1st Produced:
Vagabond Theatre Group At The Boston Center For The Arts     01 Nov 2012

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/burning-up-the-dictionary   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama 120 min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bystander 9/11

Synopsis:
a documentary Drama drawn from the experiences of New Yorkers during the September 11th attacks and their immediate aftermath. the story begins in the subways underneath the towers and continues in a changed world.

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1st Produced:
Episcopal Actor's Guild, NYC    

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1st Published:
JaC   1605130834

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Genre:
Documentary

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1

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Culty-Mates Of Frisbee (A Ritual)

Synopsis:
Included in the anthology NorthNorthwest 2010

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1st Produced:
Brooklyn College, NY     2009

Organisations:
Gi60

1st Published:
Northwest Playwrights alliance, 2010   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  3 or more

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Devil's Own Game, The

Synopsis:
The damned soul of Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles find themselves in the laboratory of a physicist. She can either save the world or redeem it - depending on the interference from Faustus and Mephistopheles

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1st Produced:
developed at the Lark Play Development Center (NYC)    

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-devils-own-game   -

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Genre:
Drama 130 min

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Final Appointment

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For Art's Sake

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Godot Variations, The

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Ten Min

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  or more

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Herd Immunity

Synopsis:
Two young mothers come to realize that their worldviews are not compatible with their friendship.

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

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Project Y Theatre Company

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Genre:
short play

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Jimmy Jim Jim And the M.F.M.

Synopsis:
Jimmy Jim Jim explains to his incarcerated friend just what happened during his blackout.

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Included in the Anthology ONe ON ONe: BeST MeN's MONOLOGUeS FOR the 21st CeNTURY

1st Produced:
Brandeis University     2003

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1st Published:
Applause 2008   978-1557837011

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Legacies

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1st Produced:
Workshop Reading By The Open Theatre Project In Brookline, Ma     14 Feb 2013

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Masquerade

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Name Of the Horse

Synopsis:
an exploration of what the horse was in fact named in the famous song by America.

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1st Produced:
Lamia Ink     1999

Organisations:
Lamia Ink

1st Published:
Lamia Ink, 1999   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Open Book, The

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1st Produced:
Fly On The Wall Festival     24 Apr 2013

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Bostonia Bohemia

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Over Here

Synopsis:
Hired to work together amidst the rubble where the Towers stood, a Palestinian-American and Israeli immigrant bond over their shared outsider status, despite their differences. When a deadly incident occurs back home, can their growing friendship survive?

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1st Produced:
Venue #11: 64E4 Mainstage     01 Aug 2014

Organisations:
Mortal Folly Theatre with Jaki Silver

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/over-here   -

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Genre:
1h 0m L Drama Multi-Media

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rain Of Seagulls, A

Synopsis:
A parody of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, condensed into 45 minutes.

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1st Produced:
Ministry of Cultural Warfare for the Twin Cities Chekhov Festival in Minneapolis, MN at the Bryant Lake Bowl     01 Feb 2008

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/a-rain-of-seagulls   -

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Genre:
One act 45 min

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sacred Cow Slaughterhouse

Synopsis:
A collection of parodies of major plays and pop-culture moments.

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Whining For Godot; Waiters For Godot; Call waiting For Godot; The Hotel Huis Clos; Name Of the Horse; The case Against Vampirism

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-sacred-cow-slaughterhouse   -

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Genre:
One act 45 min

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Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  6

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Shoes

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They're Playing Your Song

Synopsis:
a close woman friend tells a boxer the secret of success in the ring

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1st Produced:
Theatre @ First, Somerville, Ma     2006

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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