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AARON LEVY
Nationality: USA
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Aaron Levy's Pizza With Shrimp on Top received the Nevada Council of the Arts special grant in education award in 1999 to tour the play in Las Vegas-area high schools. It's since enjoyed over three dozen productions in several states, earning an award production for the International thespian Society's annual Conference in 2000. the original production of Pizza earned the Scottie award for Best Original Play at Arizona State University. Levy's One Man's Dance has garnered the Dorothy Silvers Play writing award, Ari-Zoni Best Original Play award, an American College Theatre Festival selection, and a scene and monologue published selection in Smith and Kraus' the Best Stage Scenes of 1994 and the Best Women's Stage Monologues of 1994 respectively. His ten-minute plays, I Don't Want to Live on the Moon and Bolt-Cutter Man were selected for the Ten-Minute Play Showcase at Actors Theatre of Phoenix. While he continues to write plays, especially about the teen experience, Levy recently completed a young adult novel. a former high-school English and Theatre teacher, Levy earned his Ph.D. and now trains future English teachers and is the playwright-in-residence at Kennesaw State University, a growing campus 20 miles north of Atlanta, GeorgiA. as a writer and a professor, Levy has focused on creating classrooms to develop student-written producible and publishable material. Besides his own writing endeavors, Levy's passion is conducting writing workshops for teachers and students at area schools, training teachers in pedagogy and methodology, and most recently, promoting young adult Dramas, Pizza and many others, in the English classroom.
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Bolt Cutter Man I Don't Want To Live On The Moon One Man's Dance Pizza With Shrimp On TopBolt Cutter Man
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Part of "Pumpkins, Poisons and Plays&Oh My"
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Joria Mainstage Theater, New York
16 Oct 2014
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This funny and poignant play takes place in the mind, memory and imagination of Stuart, a 17-year-old high-school senior who has recently attempted to "off" himself by taking too many vitamins and chugging down a bottle of cough medicine. the audience enters a world of limbo through Stuart's altered state: a land where people who attempt suicide have to go before their time to "really" die arrives. the rules here are that you can't eat, sleep, cry, love or be loved, but all of these yearnings seem to intensify during your stay in this "world." In addition, all wounds associated with the suicidal act never heal. Stuart is greeted by Daniel, B.J. and Muggy, who take great joy in being the welcoming committee. But what really gets Stuart thinking is when he runs into Lisa, an old crush and former prom queen at his school who committed suicide shortly before his attempt. Through their humorous and honest interactions, we begin to understand and realize a better appreciation for life. When Stuart's little sister comes to visit him at the hospital, Stuart discovers that the time has come for him to decide whether he wants to live or die. Pizza With Shrimp on Top is about many things besides the obvious message of, "Hey, don't kill yourself." It stresses the importance of not taking yourself too seriously and emphasizes the value of communication, appreciating loved ones, and a teenager's belief in himself or herself during this difficult developmental period in life. Pizza has been seen by several thousand teenagers, parents, and other community members who have been deeply affected by this powerful piece of theater
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comedy Drama 50 min
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