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Ken Wolf

KEN WOLF

  
Nationality:    USA
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KEN WOLF is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Manhattan Repertory Theatre and the author of over 20 plays including The Eyes of Love, The Match Game, and Conversations with Dog. As a director, he has directed over 35 productions including Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream set in a mental institution and The Tempest, as a tribute to the late, great Jack (The King) Kirby. Recently, he wrote and performed in The People in My Hips, his one man show, the true story of how he developed severe PTSD and "People" in his hips from training in Yoga and how, over three years, he cured himself. The People in my Hips was hailed by Martin Denton of nytheatre.com as being "unlike any theatre piece I have ever seen before." At Manhattan Repertory Theatre, since 2005, he has produced over 700 plays. He lives in Manhattan with Jennifer Pierro, Co-Founder of Manhattan Rep, and the Amazing Roma, the Wonder Dog.

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

         Conversations With Dog         Dad and the Dog         Eyes Of Love, The         Match Game, The         Men         Mr Cupcake         My Father, My Son         People in My Hips         Sleeping With God         Zen And the Art Of Marathon Running

Conversations With Dog

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The story of angry playwright Jeff Fox who meets a giant, wise-cracking, sex-obsessed dog named Jesus who is sent down from Heaven to save him.

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Play/Drama 75 min

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Dad and the Dog

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From author Ken Wolf: "It is the story of the Summer of 1969 when my mother ran away with my four brothers and sisters and me to her parents in Willow Grove PA, and left my Dad for 6 weeks with our dog Missy in our 4 bedroom house in Yorktown Heights, NY. When we finally returned, my Father was very different, (and so was Missy.) This is the story of my father's miraculous transformation over those 6 weeks."
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Manhattan Repertory theatre
303 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    10 Nov 2012

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1 act 70 min

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Eyes Of Love, The

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A beautiful addicted woman, her sociopath boyfriend, and two therapists square off in the Eyes of Love, a dramedy about therapy and love addiction. Based on real life experiences.

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Manhattan Repertory Theatre

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Play/Drama 120 min

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Match Game, The

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Men

Synopsis:
illustrates the often bizarre, silly, and just plain ridiculous behaviors of the male creature. It's described as "playful male bashing," performed by ten women. the press release says the show is ideal for bachelorette parties.

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Comedy

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Mr Cupcake

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The story of a young woman who meets a homeless man who she believes to be her late father, and through her relationship with this homeless man, she heals her relationship with her mother, brother and boyfriend.

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Independent Theatre, New York City    Jun 2004

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Play/Drama 105 min

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My Father, My Son

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written by Ken Wolf And Henry E Wolf

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Off Broadway, NY    1990

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People in My Hips

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the People in My Hips documents the amazing true story of Ken Wolf's three year battle with severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Split-Personality which manifested while he was enrolled in Yoga Teacher Training five years ago. Narrated and performed by Wolf, who filmed himself for over three years, the People in My Hips is interspersed with real video footage of his often bizarre somatic physical reactions (his body often being thrown around the room), actual psychotherapy, and at-home sessions where he communicates with his other personality, and personal video diary clips. From breakdown to breakthrough, Ken recounts and relives this inspirational story, with passion, curiousity and humor. While training in Yoga, as he stretched and relaxed his hip flexors, Ken started to remember experiences from his early childhood, unbelievably dark things he had long since forgotten, tucked away deep in his unconscious, and as he delved further into these memories to understand the mystery of his past, the memories soon took over his body and his life. Developing a condition which he and his therapist diagnosed as Conversion Reaction coupled with severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Ken sought multiple physical and psychotherapies coupled with intensive one-on-one Yoga Training in his attempt to cure himself. This play explores his journey as he manifests a split personality in his left hip dubbed 'Baby Ken' who then leads Ken on a quest to discover an unknown childhood abuser and to heal himself, all chronicled with amazing real life video clips of his experience
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Sleeping With God

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Zen And the Art Of Marathon Running

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