Jonathan Josephson - Los Angeles Playwright

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Jonathan
Josephson

Playwright, librettist,

author, theatre producer

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Fifty of Jonathan's plays have been produced at schools, theatres, and site specific locations around the world. Many are published by Smith and Kraus, Concord Theatricals, PlayScripts, Stage Rights, YouthPLAYS, Stage It!, and Original Works Publishing.

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Production Photos from "Phone Friend" at Etcetera Theatre in Camden, UK

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Original Works Publishing

7 Deadly Tens

Seven sinful short comedies that traverse terrain ranging from cowboys having a tagline shootout to a horror curse gone totally batty to lovestruck Shakespeareian undead.

Smith and Kraus

Best 10-Minute
Plays: 2022

Phone Friend is included in this anthology which "represent the best in contemporary playwriting." This is my fifth inclusion in a Smith and Kraus collection.

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May 9, 2025 at 10:00:00 PM

Chubby Bunny

Part of "And Hilarity Ensued (Persued by a Bear)"

Owyhee High School
Meridian, ID

Prodcution #31

Chubby Bunny

April 24, 2025 at 9:30:00 PM

Chubby Bunny

Part of "And Hilarity Ensued (Persued by a Bear)"

Stoughton Center for the Arts
Stoughton, WI

Production #30

Chubby Bunny

April 6, 2025 at 11:00:00 PM

PlayCafe Workshop: THE ART OF THEATRICAL ADAPTATION

Techniques for bringing source material to life as stage experiences, an online workshop presented by Jonathan Josephson

4–5:30pm

PlayCafe Workshop: THE ART OF THEATRICAL ADAPTATION

February 16, 2025 at 6:00:00 PM

Life is Pain (Reading)

Reading of Act I

Ensemble Studio Theat/LA

"Sunday Best"

Los Angeles, CA

Life is Pain (Reading)

January 31, 2025 at 8:00:00 PM

Las Lloronas

January 31-February 2, 2025

FH Dortmund

Dortmund, Germany

Production #4

Las Lloronas

January 26, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM

Chubby Bunny

North Polk High School
Alleman, IA

Production #29

Chubby Bunny

December 8, 2024 at 3:00:00 AM

The Birds is Coming

December 7-8, 2024

The Birds is Coming (a "prequel" to The Birds)

Part of "A Very Hitchcock Christmas"

PlayGround

World Premiere

The Birds is Coming

November 16, 2024 at 1:00:00 AM

Chubby Bunny

Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Centerville, Ohio

Production #28

Chubby Bunny

November 2, 2024 at 2:00:00 AM

Las Lloronas

November 1-2, 2024

Forest Hills High School

Union, NC

Production #3

Las Lloronas

October 25, 2024 at 1:00:00 AM

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

October 25-26, 2024

John F Kennedy High School
Waterbury, CT

Prouction #14

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

October 24, 2024 at 2:00:00 AM

Phone Friend

October 24-November 3, 2024

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

Production #10

Phone Friend

October 17, 2024 at 9:30:00 PM

The New Catacomb

October 17-19

Vara Martin Daniel Performing Arts Center

Hills College

Hillsburough, TX

Production #2

The New Catacomb

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