Jeffrey Neuman - Playwright
Welcome! This website is set up to provide information about my plays, productions, and other writing activities. The primary purpose of this site is to give actors, directors and producers an introduction to my work and allow them to research the plays that interest them. I hope you find it fun, informative, and easy to use.
News & Events
April 2012
Assisted Living – Silver Springs, Maryland – The play-reading committee at Silver Springs Stage selected "Assisted Living" for inclusion in the company's 2012 Stage One-Act Festival. The exact dates of performance have not yet been set, but the weekends of the Festival include August 9-12; August 16-19; and August 23-26.
Award-Winning Entry – Salem, Massachusetts – Award-Winning Entry was selected for Salem Theatre Company's "Moments of Play" Ten-Minute Play Festival. The Festival received over 800 submissions this year and only ten were chosen for production. Moments of Play will take place July 11 through 15, with performances at 7:30 p.m. on July 11, 12 & 13 and at 5:00pm on July 14 & 15. For more information, please visit www.salemtheatre.com/index.htm.
At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, there will be a panel discussion, with playwrights Kate Snodgrass (playwright and Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights Theatre), Richard Dresser (book and story writer for Johnny Baseball, Rounding Third) and Ronan Noone (The Atheist, The Blowin of Baile Gall). The Discussion includes the 10-minute play as a genre, as well as discussion of the plays presented.
Rough Draught Playwrights – Denver, Colorado – I am proud to announce a new project I helped to create alongside Colorado playwrights Leslie C. Lewis and Nina Miller–Rough Draught Playwrights' Open Mic Theatrical Playground. What is RDP's Open Mic Theatrical Playground? Think of it as theater meets open mic meets rock n'roll dive bar, as playwrights perform their latest Pulitzers-in-progress in front of a live, drinking audience (that means YOU)! Anything from drama and musicals to monologues and performance art might be on tap for the night, so I think it'll be loads of fun! While I may be too busy helping "run the show," I do hope to read a scene from my newest play, Exit Strategies.
Where: Bender's Tavern, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver (Capitol Hill Neighborhood)
When: Saturday, June 9th
Award-Winning Entry – Salem, Massachusetts – Award-Winning Entry was selected for Salem Theatre Company's "Moments of Play" Ten-Minute Play Festival. The Festival received over 800 submissions this year and only ten were chosen for production. Moments of Play will take place July 11 through 15, with performances at 7:30 p.m. on July 11, 12 & 13 and at 5:00pm on July 14 & 15. For more information, please visit www.salemtheatre.com/index.htm.
At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, there will be a panel discussion, with playwrights Kate Snodgrass (playwright and Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights Theatre), Richard Dresser (book and story writer for Johnny Baseball, Rounding Third) and Ronan Noone (The Atheist, The Blowin of Baile Gall). The Discussion includes the 10-minute play as a genre, as well as discussion of the plays presented.
Rough Draught Playwrights – Denver, Colorado – I am proud to announce a new project I helped to create alongside Colorado playwrights Leslie C. Lewis and Nina Miller–Rough Draught Playwrights' Open Mic Theatrical Playground. What is RDP's Open Mic Theatrical Playground? Think of it as theater meets open mic meets rock n'roll dive bar, as playwrights perform their latest Pulitzers-in-progress in front of a live, drinking audience (that means YOU)! Anything from drama and musicals to monologues and performance art might be on tap for the night, so I think it'll be loads of fun! While I may be too busy helping "run the show," I do hope to read a scene from my newest play, Exit Strategies.
Where: Bender's Tavern, 314 E. 13th Ave., Denver (Capitol Hill Neighborhood)
When: Saturday, June 9th
- 7:15 p.m. sign-up for reading/performance slots
- 7:45 p.m. doors open to the general theater-loving public
- 8:00 p.m. readings/performances begin (along with drinking, reveling, and lots o’fun!)
- 10:00 p.m. - close: After party!
March 2012
Assisted Living – Winona, Minnesota – In May 2011, Assisted Living was selected as one of the winners of Theatre du Mississippi’s One-Act Playwriting Competition. It has just been announced that the play will receive a staged reading by TdM in mid-April at the company's home, the Historic Masonic Theater.
Assisted Living – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Minnesota has been doubly kind to Assisted Living! The Eat Street Players announced the line-up for their Fresh Bites One Act Festival and AL was selected for production. The show will be performed between May 30th and June 11th at the Howard Conn Theater.
February 2012
The Uses of Enchantment – The Edge Theatre – Lakewood, Colorado: The Uses of Enchantment has been named a semi-finalist in the Edge Theatre's first annual Festival of New Plays. The play, which was presented as part of Paragon Theatre Ensemble's Trench series last year, is in the process of being developed and will, hopefully, become even stronger as I rewrite the piece in conjunction with the Edge Theatre's ON YOUR FEET development workshop. More information to follow!
