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Josh Levine

JOSH LEVINE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc  

Josh's play, a MeRRY JeWISH CHRISTMaS, ran during the holiday seasons of 2003 & 2004 at the Bailiwick Rep. in Chicago where it was named 1 Holiday alternative from Chicago Magazine. Levine's STaRRY NIGHT was part of the 7th annual Blank Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Festival, where he was paired with mentor Terrence McNally, and STaRRY NIGHT went on to enjoy a six-week run at the SecondStage in Los Angeles. Josh has worked at Victory Gardens, Primary Stages, and the actors Fund of America, and is currently the Director of Membership at the Dramatists Guild of America. Josh Levine is a 2002 BFa Playwriting graduate from the Theatre School, DePaul University and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

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

         47GAYZ         Adult Children         Air         Anita Bryant Sees God For the First Time         Cage In the Weather, A         Deeper         Four Playbills         Game Over         Homemade         Hurricane Anita 1977         I Love You I Love You         Interrupted         Kids R Us         Listen         Lost Persons         Marvelous Party, A         Merry Jewish Christmas, A         Perfect         Sacred Text, or 64 Kisses         Splooge Said He         Starry Night         Surprise Make Over

47GAYZ

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1st Produced:
Empire Theatre, Santa Anna, California     05 Sep 2012

Organisations:
Briefs Third Annual Festival of Short Plays

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Genre:
Short play

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Adult Children

Synopsis:
Just when she is about to start of fresh a mother has her two adult children move back in

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Primary Stages, New York    

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Air

Synopsis:
When Steven finds out his twin sister is sleeping with his boyfriend he disguises himself as her to find out what she has he does not

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Anita Bryant Sees God For the First Time

Synopsis:
Back stage at the Miss World Pageant things change for anita Bryant

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Cage In the Weather, A

Synopsis:
at their weekly lunch meeting a married woman tries to get her married friend to run away with her

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Deeper

Synopsis:
An out teacher finds himself in trouble when he defends a student who is being bullied

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Playwrights Union, Silver Lake, LA    

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Genre:
Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Four Playbills

Synopsis:
Minda attempts a family reconciliation during the interval of a play

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Game Over

Synopsis:
Three friends - two just back from Iraq - try to make sense of their lives

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Organisations:
Red Stage Theatre Company

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Homemade

Synopsis:
Two gay men agree to help a lesbian couple conceive

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian full length comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hurricane Anita 1977

Synopsis:
Gary Wayne agrees to let his girlfriend Becky attend an interview he is doing of Anita Bryant for the local paper. Things go wrong when Gary Wayne's boyfriend Bucky shows up with anti-Bryant placards. Bucky had been a big secret

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Genre:
Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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I Love You I Love You

I Love You I Love You
Four friends gather to play Go Fish and to test their feelings for each other

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1st Published:
Contained in "Best Ten Minute Plays 2014" published by Smith and Kraus 2014   978-1575258867

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Genre:
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Interrupted

Synopsis:
a friend's death brings an estranged couple peace.

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Genre:
Ten minute play. - - Gay, one act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kids R Us

Synopsis:
andrew and Mattie are partners. andrew is Jewish- it is Christmas and Mattie wants to have a tree and all the trimmings. Mattie brings home a gift - an animatronic doll of a five year old girl.

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Genre:
Gay, one act

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Listen

Synopsis:
Leah and Jacob are Jewish. Leah is Orthodox Jacob is not

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lost Persons

Synopsis:
Tari receives a telegram asking her to pick up her mother from the Lost Persons area

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Marvelous Party, A

Synopsis:
Gay high society in 1930s Manhattan

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  8            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Merry Jewish Christmas, A

Synopsis:
Named 1 Holiday alternative from CHICaGO MaGaZINe. Named 3 in the CHICaGO SUN-TIMeS: 10 Really Cool Things To Do. CHICaGO TRIBUNe - "Josh Levine combines the best of two holidays into a gay-themed comedy that hopes to be family-friendly in a new way." CeNTeRSTaGe CHICaGO - "Lighthearted, witty and ever-moving forward to one antic after another, it has all the yummy humor of a screwball comedy without the overkill aftertaste of an excessively fried latke. Surely a treat for all, Goyim or not." MeTRa ONLINe - " It is a treasure of a great blend of family humor and the Drama that makes families so wonderful and complicated. Betty gives it a two thumbs up!" CHICaGO STaGe TaLK RaDIO/CHICaGO CRITIC - "Now in its second year, a Merry Jewish Christmas is a cute holiday show for those of us who are tired of all the sappy Christmas plays&When being Jewish is more important than being gay, playwright Levine presents enough screwball humor to melt away those extra pounds that holiday treats seem to produce on us. I enjoyed this well crafted show. Thank God it isn't another Dickens play! Recommended."

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1st Produced:
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago, Usa     2003

Organisations:
Bailiwick Rep.

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

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Perfect

Synopsis:
Julia cannot remember Rayna's name - Rayna does not want her to. Rayna teaches her how to peel a banana like a monkey

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sacred Text, or 64 Kisses

Synopsis:
There are rumours about Coirey - he comes out and kisses his best friend Robbie. Corey and Robbie are due to go to a video game convention but Tina the most popular girl in High School asks him out

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Genre:
Gay one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  chorus

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Splooge Said He

Synopsis:
Two High School Students take different paths

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Starry Night

Synopsis:
amidst hate crimes on campus two students fall in love

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Genre:
Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Surprise Make Over

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1st Produced:
Theater Garage, Orlando, Florida    

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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