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JASON ODELL WILLIAMS
Nationality: USA
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JASON ODELL WILLIAMS (Playwright) is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer whose plays have been produced at the DR2, the cell, the Kitchen Theatre Company, Gulfshore Playhouse, JCC Centerstage, the Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company, Theatre Jacksonville, Actors' Summit, and Teatron Toronto. His work has been developed at Primary Stages, The Lark, The Blank Theatre (L.A.), and the Hudson Valley Writers Workshop where he won first prize in their 2012 new play competition. Previous plays have starred Vincent Piazza and Anatol Yusef from HBO's Boardwalk Empire; readings have starred Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh, and film and TV star Matthew Lillard. In addition to having its West Coast Premiere at the Colony, Handle With Care recently premiered Off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre and ran for 112 performances starring Carol Lawrence, Charlotte Cohn and was directed by Karen Carpenter. The play will be produced at 4 other regional theatres this season and will soon be published by Dramatists Play Service. Jason is currently a writer and producer on the National Geographic Channel's hit TV series Brain Games. His first novel, Personal Statement, was published in August 2013 and has been optioned for a three-picture deal. Jason would like to thank the cast, Karen, Barbara and everyone at the Colony, for this production and especially his "girls" Charlotte & Immy for their love and support. This play is dedicated to Norma Fire, the original "Safta."
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Baltimore in Black and White Handle With Care Science of Guilt, TheBaltimore in Black and White
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Baltimore in Black and White follows a young woman who is about to marry an old friend of the family. the only problem: she's white and Jewish; he's black. . . and not. This laugh-out-loud ensemble comedy looks at how far we've come (and how far we haven't) over the past two decades by exploring two Baltimore family's relationships in 1987 and today.
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1st Produced:
Cell theatre
338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011 02 May 2011
338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011 02 May 2011
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Circumstances both hilarious and tragic bring together a young Israeli woman, who has little command of English, and a young American man, who has little command of romance. Is their inevitable love an accident. . .or is it destiny, generations in the making?
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Hebrew written by Charlotte Cohn
1st Produced:
Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, Florida 28 Nov 2011
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Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2014) 978-0-8222-3138-7
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comedy
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Synopsis:
John has created a little green pill that "cures guilt." He tells his older brother Kevin they can make billions off it. But does the pill really work? Or is it all a ruse on John's part to win back Marcy - who is now married to Kevin? Set in the throes of the 2008 economic crash, the Science of Guilt is a fast, funny and challenging play about family, deception, and prescription drugs.
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1st Produced:
DR2
103 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 19 Nov 2010
103 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 19 Nov 2010
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