J U D D L E A R S I L V E R M A N
834 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 ● 718-857-0398 ● 917-912-4243 ● juddls@sprynet.com ● www.juddlearsilverman.com
WRITING
FULL-LENGTH PLAYS:
AFTER TENNESSEE: THE UNSEEN CHARACTERS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
staged reading, Las Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK, June 2011
ALL COME RUNNING HOME
concert reading, Triangle Theater, November 2000
BINDINGS
production, Calico Productions, Courtyard Playhouse, NYC, Fall 1993
finalist, Wabash College National Playwriting Contest, Crawfordsville, IN
CREON’S CRISIS
semifinalist, Reverie Productions, NYC, Spring 2004
GAUGUIN AND THE SAVAGES
production, Provincetown Rep/NY, Oct-Nov 1994, NYC
staged reading, Theater Factory Fall Reading Series, 1989, NYC
HEART
production, ACT, Anchorage, AK, January 2010; (encore, LFTC, May 2010)
staged reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK, June 2009
staged reading, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest 2005, Dayton, OH July 2005
staged reading, Caldwell Theatre Company, FL December 2004
finalist, (staged reading) Stage 3 Theater Festival of New Plays 2002, Sonora, CA Sept 2002
staged reading, Ensemble Studio Theater, NY, July 1998
staged reading, Interact Theater, Los Angeles, May 1998
staged reading, 78th Street Theater Lab "Bagels and Plays" Series, June 1996
staged reading, Theater Factory "Summer in the City" series, July 1991
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
readings, Charles Maryan’s Playwrights/Directors Workshop, NYC. 2012-2015
LEAVING CHARLESTON
readings, Charles Maryan’s Playwrights/Directors Workshop, NYC Oct 2015, 2016
PERSONAL AFFAIRS (SETTLING ACCOUNTS & CORRECT ADDRESS double bill)
production, International Edinburgh Festival Fringe - August 1994
production, Etc. Theatre, London, September 1994
production, Actors Attic, Hotel Macklowe, NYC - July 1994
PROUD
public reading, Permafrost Theatre Collective, NYC, May 2019
reading, Charles Maryan’s Playwrights/Directors Workshop, NYC, Oct 2018
SUPERHERO BLUES
production, Gallery Players, NYC, June 2012
staged reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK, May 2010
THE RESURRECTION OF DAVID
reading, CAST Theater, Los Angeles
TODAY'S SPECIAL
production, CAST Theatre, Los Angeles - Nov - Dec 1988
production, Theater West, Los Angeles - April/May 1987
ONE-ACTS & SHORT PIECES:
A LITTLE RED PILL
production, Theatre Southwest, Festival of Originals, Houston, TX Summer 2005
production, Samuel French One Act Festival, NYC, July 2005
staged reading, Barefoot Theater Productions, Producers Club, NYC, Fall 2001
A LOOSE INTERPRETATION
production, DTX for American Theatre Nexus, BRIC Studio, May 2003
production, Art Under the Bridge Festival, Dumbo Theater Exchange, October 2000
A PROMISE
public reading, The Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC, November 2005
A REASON FOR ALL THINGS
production, “Act Three: One Act – Long Island City One Act Festival 2008,” NYC Winter 2008
reading, Gallery Players, Brooklyn NYC, February 2005
A SHOT AT THE BIG TIME
reading, The Actors Studio of Newburyport, MA, June 2019
production, West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL, July 2015
production, Carrollwood Players, Tampa, FL, June 2015
production, Gallery Players, NYC, June 2015
A TEMPORARY LAPSE
production, Gallery Players, NYC, June 2007
A TRAGIC TAIL (inspired by Poe)
production, Connecticut Heritage Productions, Middletown, CT, Fall 2001
staged reading, Ensemble Studio Theater Winterfest, LA, March 2000
A VIEW TO THE FUTURE
public reading, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO, May 2019
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME
production, Queens Players, Long Island City, NY (Summer 2008)
public reading, FURRY, FEATHERED & FISH TALES – Benefit for Animal Care & Control of New York City, Feb 2005
production, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NYC, June 2004
ALONG CAME A SPIDER
production, Explora Theater Short Science Play Festival, Albuquerque, NM, November 2014
production, Georgia Military College, Fall, 2011
production, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY, June 2011
ANCESTORS OF TELEMARKETING
staged reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK June 2009
ANXIETY & GRANDMA
production, Paw Paw Village Players, MI, February 2009
production, Gallery Players 8th Annual Black Box Festival, June 2005
reading, Gallery Players, Brooklyn NYC, October 2004
BEST LAID PLANS
winner, Pirandello Society of America, March 2016
CAPTURED MOMENT
Itinerant Theatre’s 2018 New Plays – “Making a Difference,” Louisiana, June 2018
CHANGE OF VENUE
production, Lion’s Paw Theatre Co, St. Louis, MO, May 2019
production, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI, January 2019
production, Theatre at Hollywood and Vine, Plymouth, MA January 2018
published, Best American Short Plays 2011-2012, Applause Books, 2013
radio broadcast, Spokane Radio Theatre, WA, January 2014
production, Full Circle Theatre Company, March 2012
public reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference Fringe, June 2011
CHOCOLATE
production Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, July 2019
CLOSET CASE
staged reading, Best of Play-Makers HIT & RUN Festival, Spokane, WA, October 2017
radio broadcast, Spokane Radio Theatre, WA, January 2012
production, UnitingNC, community outreach program, Raleigh, NC, Fall 2011
production, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AJ, June 2011
production, Curan Rep, NYC, May, 2011
production (radio), Spokane Radio Theater, WA, April 2015 (new production)
production (radio), Spokane Radio Theater, WA, January 2012
staged reading, Sage Players, Spokane, WA, June 2011
staged reading, Play-Makers HIT & RUN , Spokane, WA, October 2010
production, 10 By 10 Festival, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC, July 2010
reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference Fringe, May, 2010
CONQUERING THE FEAR
production, Queens Players, Long Island City, NY (Summer 2008)
public reading, Herring Run ArtsFest 2005, Middleboro, MA Oct 2005
CORRECT ADDRESS
production, Royal Canadian Theatre, Langley, BC, Spring 2018
concert reading, Playwrights for Pets Benefit for Animal Care & Control of New York City, Feb 2005
production, Actors Alliance of San Diego, June 2005
winner, Samuel French 17th Annual Off-Off-B'way Play Festival
production, Theater Geo, Los Angeles - Sept-Oct 1994
production, Hudson Theater Artist Guild, NYC - August 1992
production, Theater Factory, NYC - June 1992
production, Love Creek Productions, Westbeth Theater Center, NYC - April 1991
numerous regional productions since 1992
CONSEQUENCES
production, Articulate Theatre Company, THE ART OF PROTEST, April 2019
CRACKERS
Production, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY, June 2014
public reading, TheatreOne Productions, Middleboro, MA, June 2012
public reading, Blue Roses Productions, NYC, May 2012
DEATH BY MISADVENTURE
production (radio), Spokane Radio Theater, WA, January 2015
production (radio), Spokane Radio Theater, WA, November 2012
staged reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference Fringe, Valdez, AK 2009
production, Brooklyn Lyceum, July 2003
production, Pace University, May 2001
production, Barefoot Theater Productions, DTX, December 2000
production, Neighborhood Playhouse, May 2000
DECORUM
Staged, Bonita Arts Center, June 2018
Published, StageIt! Festival, Bonita Arts Center, April 2018
ELENA
public reading, Playwrights for Pets, NYC, January 2006
public reading, The Turnip Theater, NYC - Fall 1997
FAMILY BUSINESS
commission, American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), January 2001
FEATHERS
production, WAKE-UP CALLS, Du-Al Productions, St. Paul, MN, Nov 2018
published, BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS 2015-2016, Applause Books, 2016
public reading, The Puzzle Play Festival, Marble Collegiate Church, NYC, June 2015
production, Gallery Players, May 2015
public reading, Piney Fork Press Theatre, July 2014
FINAL FRONTIER
production, Mind the Gap, Chicao, IL, January 2010
production, Two Chairs Theater Company, Grand Junction, CO, May 2009
staged reading, Playwrights for Pets, NYC, Fall 2007
FOREVER YOURS
production, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY 2017
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
production, LowellArts!, Lowell, MI, Oct 2015
public reading, Magnolia Arts Center, Greenville, NC, July 2014
public reading, Atlantic Stages, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 2014
production, Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, AR October 2012 (Honorable Mention Natl Competition)(postponed)
FRACTURED TALES: adaptations of NAME OF THE TREE, ROMEO & JULIET REDUX, and ANDROCLES & THE LION
production, PA56, The Calhoun School, Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center, NYC, May 2005
FURRY, FEATHERED & FISH TALES – Benefit for Animal Care & Control of New York City, Feb 2005
included ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME, A ROYAL BITCH, FISH STORY, RESTLESS BIRDS & CONQUERING THE FEAR
GALLERY AFTERNOON
production, 11:11 Theatre Company, Boston, May 2009
public reading, Playwrights for Pets, NYC, May 2006
HANDIWORK
production, Between Us Productions, NYC, April 2019
IN THE WONDROUS WOODS
production, Bonita Arts Center, Fall 2019
LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS
production, Ampersand 2.0, Theater of St. Martin, Houston, TX, April 2017
public reading, Atlantic Stage, Myrtle Beach, SC – April 2013
public reading, Theater One Productions, Middleboro, MA – March 2013
LOTTO FEVER
production, ACTS Factory Players, Collinsville, CT, May 2007
production, Samuel French One Act Festival, NYC, July 2005
reading, LADIES’ NIGHT, benefit for Animal Have, May 2005
production, Expanded Arts, NYC, July 2000
production, 12 Miles West, Montclair, NJ, January 2000
production, Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC, May 1998
MACBETH AND OTHER MUMBO JUMBO
production, PA56, The Calhoun School, Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center, NYC, May 2006
MOTHER LIKED YOU BEST
production, Santa Monica Theatre Short Play Evening, CA, May 2017
NEVER WEAR A DEAD MAN’S SHOES
radio podcast, Onstage/Offstage (George Sapio, host), December 2015 (iTunes)
staged reading, Playwrights for Pets, NYC, March 2007
publication, ArtAge Publications, June 2004
film version, shot February 2002, New York, NY – Stonehenge Productions
production, Connecticut Heritage Productions, Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT
production, Turnip Festival Theatre, February 2000 (winner, Best Play & Audience Favorite)
staged reading, Ensemble Studio Theater Winterfest, Los Angeles, March 2000
public reading, Pace University, December 1999
OLD BUSINESS
staged reading, Ensemble Studio Theater Winterfest, LA, March 2000
production, Samuel French 20th Annual Off-off B'way Festival, Harold Clurman Theatre, May 1995
production, Love Creek Productions, Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC - March 1995
production, Polaris North, NYC - June 1993
ON A WING & A PRAYER
Published, StageIt! Festival, Bonita Arts Center, April 2018
finalist, Stray Kats Theatre, “Still Crazy After All These Years” Festival
reading, Pier One Theatre on the Spit in Homer, AK, August 2017
OTHER SIDE OF THE NEWS, a comedic news revue
production, PA56, The Calhoun School, Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center, NYC, December 2005
POINT OF DEPARTURE
public reading (revised version), Blue Roses Productions (Infusion Series), January 2013
production, EST West Winterfest, LA, March 1999
public reading, Pace University, NYC, Feb/March, 1998
RESTLESS BIRDS
production, Samuel French One Act Festival, NYC, July 2005
RECOVERY
Production, Summer Shorts Festival 2016, Owensboro, KY June 2016
production, Edmonds Driftwood Theater, Edmonds, WA, July 2015
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Production & Publication, StageIt! Festival, Bonita Arts Center, April 2019
Staged Reading, Plays and Pizza, NYC, May 2019
Staged Reading, Mid-America Theatre Conference, Cleveland, OH March 2019
SETTLING ACCOUNTS
production, Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC - October 1999
production, Artists Guild at the Hotel Macklowe, NYC - June 1993
production, Theater Factory, NYC - June 1992
production, Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC - May 1991
THE BOSS IS OUT
production, Onion Man Productions, Chamblee, GA, June 2017
THE CARNIVORES IN VENICE
public reading, Horse Trade Theatre Group (The Drafts), NYC, October 2009
THE LAST HOLDOUT
publication, ArtAge Publications, Oregon, 2018
production, Stage It! Festival, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, Feb 2017
public reading, Blue Roses Productions (Infusion Series), January 2013
public reading, TheatreOne Productions, Middleboro, MA, June 2011
THE LAST STRAW
reading, Blue Roses Productions, “Happy Birthday, Mr. Tennessee Williams!”, March 2010
THE MISTY GIRL
Reading, Hudson Warehouse Theatre, Wohl Center, NYC, Feb 2018
THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX
production, Gallery Players 16th Black Box Festival, Brooklyn, NY – June 2013
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
reading, Playwrights for Pets (Benefit for Animal Haven), NYC, Fall 2005
production, Short & NEAT Festival, New England Academy of Theatre, New Haven, CT, June 2005
production, Turnip/American Globe Theatre 15 Minute Play Festival, NYC, April 2004
UPDATES
production, Stray Kats Theatre, “Still Crazy After All These Years” Festival, Nay 2018
VIOLATING UNCLE PIGGY
production, Stage It! Festival, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL, Feb 2017
production, Banta Productions, 2nd Annual Midway 10-Minute Play Festival, Midway, KY, October 2010
staged reading, Boca Raton Theatre Guild, April 2010
production, Gallery Players, NYC, June 2007
production, ACTS Factory Players, Collinsville, CT, May 2007
production, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, January 2007
SCREENPLAYS & TELEPLAYS:
NEVER WEAR A DEAD MAN’S SHOES - adapted from my one-act, for Alan Steinfeld Producitons, shot February 2002
BLISS, a screenplay based on a novel by Peter Carey - developed for Film & General Productions, Ltd., London
AARDVARK DREAMS, a screenplay
HAM: AN ACTOR'S TALE, a teleplay
Publishing:
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, “Stage It!’ Bonita Springs Arts Center Publication (April 2019)
ON A WING AND A PRAYER and DECORUM, “Stage It!’ Bonita Springs Arts Center Publication (Spring 2018)
THE LAST HOLDOUT, ArtAge Publications, 2018
FEATHERS, Best American Short Plays 2014-2015, August 2016 (Applause Books)
THE LAST HOLDOUT and VIOLATING UNCLE PIGGY, Bonita Springs Arts Center Publication (Fall 2017)
BEST LAID PLANS, Pirandello Society of America Journal, 2017
CHANGE OF VENUE, Best American Short Plays 2011-2012, August 2013 (Applause Books)
FAITH (monologue), Monologues from the Last Frontier Theater Conference, March 2013
EDDIE HAS ALLERGIES, children’s fantasy, Ernest Silliman Books/Lulu, 2006
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING, ArtAge Publication, 2008
NEVER WEAR A DEAD MAN’S SHOES, ArtAge Publications, 2004
CORRECT ADDRESS, Samuel French, Best of the XVII Annual Off-Off- Broadway One-Act Festival, 1992
Various articles in THE CUNY STAGE, theater newsletter for City University of New York
Affiliations:
Member, Mid-Atlantic Theatre Conference (2019)
Member (Associate), Dramatists Guild of America
Member, Charles Maryan's Playwrights/Directors Workshop, NYC
Member, Actors’ Studio Process Unit (Playwrights & Directors)
Awards:
Winner, Playwriting Prize, Pirandello Society of American, March 2016
Winner, 2nd Place, Driftwood Theater, July 2015 (for RECOVERY)
Winner, 3rd Place, The Puzzle Festival, Marble Collegiate Church, NYC, June 2015
Winner, Audience Favorite, Theatre One Productions, March 2013
Finalist, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest 2005 (voted Audience Favorite)
Winning Finalist, Stage 3 Theater Company Festival of New Plays, 2002
Winner, 2000 Turnip Theater Festival, NYC (Best Play & Audience Favorite)
Winner, Berrilla Kerr Foundation, for Playwriting, NYC, 1997
Winner, Best of the XVII Annual Off-Off- Broadway One-Act Festival, NYC, 1992
Wilson Lehr Award, Brooklyn College, 1992
Susan Colver Rosenberger Award, Brown University, 1979
Resumes in Writing, Directing, Administration, and Acting are available upon request.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION & HONORS
Teaching:
Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty, Pace University (NYC Campus), English Dept, 2010-present
English 223C, 396 C. 315, 322D – Creative Writing: Playwriting
English 110 and English 120 (Freshman writing courses)
English 201 – Writing in the Disciplines
Lit 211 – Individual v. Society: Shakespeare
Lit 211D – American Family in American Drama (online and live versions)
Lit 211T – LGBTQ Drama – Summer 2019
Lit 348 – Literature & Film – Adapatation
After-School Theater Program Coordinator, Harlem Children’s Zone (Employment & Technology Center) 2009-2010
Acting, Writing, Tech Training, Direction of Productions and Special Events
Teacher/Coordinator, The Calhoun School, Fall 2004-Spring 2006
Teacher, All 5th Grade Theater Classes
After School Theater Program 5th & 6th Graders
Teaching & Workshops: playwriting, directing, acting, stage makeup
Instructor, Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Arts Center, Winter 1999-Spring 2008
Introduction to Playwriting (Adults) (1999-2008)
Urban Youth Theater Playwrights Workshop
Audition Workshop and Coaching (Teens)
Intermediate Acting (Adults)(Substitute)
Intermediate & Advanced Acting (Teens)(Substitute)
Asst. Professor (Substitute) (Adj. Lecturer and Subst. Full Time Instructor), Brooklyn College (CUNY),Fall 1992 to June 1999
Scene Study, Intro to Acting, Intro to Theatre Arts, Stage Makeup, Computer Technology for Theater Artists, Student Crew Course
Adjunct Lecturer, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, Spring 1994
The College Experience, (a college prep/student development course)
(adapted by instructor for Russian immigrant population at Brooklyn site)
Instructor, Church Avenue Merchants Block Association, March 1992 to December 1992
Intro Level Computer (Word Perfect 5.1); Secondary Level Computer (Word Perfect 5.1, Lotus 123, Database Program)
Education:
MFA, Brooklyn College, Department of Theatre (Directing)
Brooklyn College, NYC, September 1993
AB, Theatre Arts and Semiotics, Brown University, Providence, RI
Class of 1979 (magna cum laude)
Casting:
Casting Director, YOU CONNECT THE DOTS (dir. Bill Beirne)
video installation, Whitney Museum, Fall 1991 - 24 actors to play in recreations in and around the Whitney
Resumes in Writing, Directing, Administration, and Acting are available upon request.