Jonathan Josephson

Librettist Playwright
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Fifty of Jonathan's plays have been produced at site-specific locations, schools, and theatres around the world including Actors Theatre of Louisville (Humana Festival), Milwaukee Rep (RepLab), Samuel French OOB (Festival Winner), Atlantic Theatre Company (Atlantic School), Alternative Theatre Company (Off-Broadway), Chance Theater, Perform Australia, Stage Door Performing Arts Academy (New Zealand), Mountain View Mausoleum, Pasadena Museum of History, and the LA County Arboretum. He has won awards from Short+Sweet Dublin (Best Playwright), Short+Sweet Los Angeles (Judge’s Award), PlayGround-LA (Best of PlayGround-LA), and is a five-time Finalist for the ATL Heideman Award. He has also been included in four Smith and Kraus Best Of collections, three Stage It! anthologies, and has also been named a Finalist for the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and the City Theatre National Short Play Award. Jonathan’s plays have been developed at the Great Plains Theatre Conference, Little Candle Productions, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, and many others. Twenty-six of his plays are published by Concord Theatricals, Stage Rights, Playscripts, YouthPLAYS, Original Works Publishing, and other publishers. He’s also a co-founder of Unbound Productions (Wicked Lit, History Lit, Mystery Lit), a multi-Ovation-award winning immersive theatre company. B.A. Theatre: Playwriting, UCSD. DG, ALAP. [jonathanjosephson.com]

Highlights

JONATHAN JOSEPHSON has had 50 plays produced around the world including Actors Theatre of Louisville (Humana Festival), Milwaukee Rep (RepLab), and the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Theatre Festival (Festival Winner). He is also Artistic Director of Unbound Productions and a creator of Wicked Lit, History Lit and Mystery Lit. BA - UCSD. ALAP, DGA. [jonathanjosephson.com]