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Jason Grote | |
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Occupation | playwright, screenwriter |
Alma mater | Montclair State University, New York University |
Jason Grote is an American playwright and television writer.
His work has been called "Dynamic and intellectually agile" by Adam Feldman (Time Out New York)[1], "riveting" by Charles Isherwood (New York Times)[2], and "restlessly cerebral"[3] and "picking up where Ionesco and Orwell left off," by Peter Marks (Washington Post)[4]
WORKS: His plays have been produced in New York City at The Brooklyn Academy of Music (https://www.bam.org/basetrack), [PS122]] (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/theater/reviews/david-levines-habit-at-the-essex-street-market.html), The Performing Garage (https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/07/21/radiohole-returns-to-gooey-form-with-tarzana/), Clubbed Thumb (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/theater/reviews/civilization-all-you-can-eat-at-here-review.html), Page 73 (https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/1001-3-1200554892/), and The Prospect Theater Company (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/theater/one-thousand-nights-and-one-day-review.html), and elsewhere by The Denver Center Theater Company (https://www.denverpost.com/2007/01/31/review-1001/), Woolly Mammoth Theater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria/Stuart), Theater @ Boston Court (xhttps://www.laweekly.com/arts/1001-jason-grote-and-his-arabian-nights-2153557), The Contemporary American Theater Festival (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_American_Theater_Festival), Chicago's Collaboraction (http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/theater-news/collaboraction-to-present-1001-by-jason-grote-sep9-oct9/), The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (https://cap.ucla.edu/blog/tag/basetrack/), and The Gammage Stage at Arizona State University (https://www.arizonahighways.com/blog/asu-gammage-celebrates-50th-anniversary). He wrote the script for David Levine's OBIE-winning HABIT in 2013 (http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/theater-review-habit.html https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/09/david-levines-habit-a-play-an-environment-a-social-commentary-067223 https://read.dukeupress.edu/theater/article-abstract/42/1/95/24360/The-Habit-of-Realism?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/choose-your-own-adventure https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/obie-awards-honor-detroit-and-grimly-handsome/) and En Garde Arts' Basetrack in 2014 (https://www.bam.org/basetrack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basetrack_Live https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/theater/charles-isherwoods-best-theater-of-2014-father-comes-home-from-the-wars-and-more.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/theater/lives-of-returning-marines-in-basetrack-live-at-bam.html?_r=0 https://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/basetrack-live-the-story-of-a-marines-deployment-and-his-return-home/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2014-11-12/basetrack-live-charlie-rose-1112).
Television
[edit]Grote co-wrote the Mad Men episode "The Crash" with creator/showrunner Matthew Weiner. This episode was included in lists of best "Mad Men" episodes by Entertainment Weekly[5], Indiewire[6], Business Insider[7], Newsday[8], and International Business Times[9].
Other television credits include:
(https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4960872/)
Plays: One Thousand Nights and One Day (libretto; music by Marisa Michelson), 2018 Tarzana (with Radiohole), 2015 Basetrack (with En Garde Arts), 2014 HABIT (with David Levine), 2013 Civilization (all you can eat), 2011 Hamilton Township, 2008 Maria/Stuart, 2008 This Storm is What we Call Progress, 2008 1001, 2007 Box Americana, 2006
He was co-host, with Karinne Keithley, of The Acousmatic Theater Hour on WFMU.[12], [13]
He has written for The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/opinion/we-write-your-favorite-shows-we-need-to-get-paid.html), The Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/12/entertainment/la-ca-smash-writer-20120212), American Theater (https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/02/22/what-was-the-wooster-group-thinking-with-pinters-the-room/), and The Brooklyn Rail (https://brooklynrail.org/2006/9/theater/revolution-at-the-gates-mac-wellman-and-).
Honors
[edit]New York Times "Best Theater of 2014" for Basetrack (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/theater/charles-isherwoods-best-theater-of-2014-father-comes-home-from-the-wars-and-more.html) Nomination, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series, 2013 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_Dramatic_Series http://awards.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-nominees-winners https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4960872/awards) Time Out New York, "Top Ten Plays of 2007," for 1001 (https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-best-and-worst-of-2007) Ovation Award for 1001, 2007 (https://www.denverpost.com/2009/12/08/denver-center-new-play-summit-to-bring-back-grote-lowe/) Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship, 2006 (http://www.page73.org/programs/p73-playwriting-fellowship/)
Other links
[edit]1001: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/theater/reviews/01baru.html https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/755/1001/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503148.html?noredirect=on https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Theater-review-1001-3262734.php
Maria/Stuart: https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/875/mariastuart https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/maria-stuart-1200471089/ https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater-schmeater-stages-the-dark-comedy-maria-stuart/ http://chicagocritic.com/mariastuart/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081500964.html
Civilization: http://www.laweekly.com/arts/jason-grotes-civilization-all-you-can-eat-is-a-chekhov-esque-comedy-about-societys-ills-4136966 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-full-plate-of-the-surreal-in-civilization-all-you-can-eat/2012/02/21/gIQAGG83RR_story.html https://variety.com/2010/legit/news/sundance-theater-lab-sets-sessions-1118015075/
TV in general: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-playwrights-tv-scenes-20171119-htmlstory.html http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-playwrights-on-tv-20171119-story.html
TV development: https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/watergate-john-dean-abc-limited-series-1201688063/ https://www.thewrap.com/writer-director-tom-dolby-forms-production-co-options-john-cheever-story-and-james-dean-script-exclusive/ https://deadline.com/2018/06/deborah-s-esquenazi-myth-of-monsters-southwest-of-salem-jason-grote-women-of-color-lgbtq-1202409073/
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/1001)
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/theater/lives-of-returning-marines-in-basetrack-live-at-bam.html
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503148.html
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-full-plate-of-the-surreal-in-civilization-all-you-can-eat/2012/02/21/gIQAGG83RR_story.html
- ^ http://ew.com/tv/mad-men-20-best-episodes/
- ^ https://www.indiewire.com/2014/04/the-10-best-episodes-of-mad-men-87041/
- ^ http://www.businessinsider.com/best-episodes-of-mad-men-ever-2013-6?op=1/#-season-3-episode-6-guy-walks-into-an-advertising-agency-1
- ^ https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/best-mad-men-episodes-verne-gay-s-favorites-1.10172202
- ^ http://www.ibtimes.com/mad-men-final-season-10-essential-episodes-fans-need-watch-again-series-finale-1863844
- ^ https://www.popoptiq.com/hannibal-season-2-episode-2-hassun/
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/12/entertainment/la-ca-smash-writer-20120212
- ^ https://wfmu.org/playlists/AM
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WFMU_Radio_Hosts
External links
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