C.J. EHRLICH
playwright
COMING and NEW IN 2018:
ASK ZSUZSANNA, The Mother Lode, The Actors Temple,
NYC Oct 2018
THE LILAC TICKET, Aery 20/20 Festival, Garrison, NY 2018 (acc)
BLACK HOLE ENTERPRISES, Renegade Theatre Festival,
Lansing MI Aug 2018
LONG TRAIN RUNNING, Gann Academy, Waltham, MA May 2018
THE LILAC TICKET, Players Guild of Leonia, Leonia, NJ May 2018
HOMESPUN WEBS, Eden Prairie Players, Eden Prairie, MN. Apr 2018
THE THINGS THEY DON’T TELL US, 1:One UAE Theatre Fest, Dubai, UAE, Apr 2018 (sl)
THE LILAC TICKET, Nantucket Short Play Festival,
Nantucket, MA Mar 2018 (fin)
OCCUPY THIS, taught in “Current Issues/Current Plays”,
Webster Univ, spring semester 2018
MIT A FIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE
On a beautiful day in 1936 Poland, Molly Picon's on set for
co-sponsored by the NY Museum of Jewish Heritage,
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine, 365 Women a Year,
Women in the Arts & Media Coalition
Untold Stories of Jewish Women Festival, NYC Mar 20-22
THE BEES ARE WATCHING Westchester Collaborative Theatre and Ossining Arts Council 2018 Living Art Event @ the Firehouse, Ossining, NY Mar 2-24
A MURDER OF CROWS There's a name for every grouping - what about this couple's? Stage Left's Fast & Furious V Spokane, WA Feb 2-4
BLACK HOLE ENTERPRISES The Navigator's Theatre & NY Madness Kraine Theatre, NYC Jan 2018
HOMESPUN WEBS: Imagining Louise Bourgeois Madeline's given up on life after divorce, until she's interrupted by Eden Prairie Players
Eden Prairie, MN Apr 2018
THE NINTH CIRCUS OF HELL Normandale Community College Minneapolis MN Apr 2018
THE BEES ARE WATCHING Little Black Dress INK "Volume Control" International Women's Day Prescott, AZ and Bemidji, MN Jan 2018 (SR)
NOIR IN SECOND CLASS The Bobcat Players Beaver, PA and other locations, Feb 2018
SPARE SOME CHANGE text referenced in "Current Issues, Current Plays" seminar Webster University Webster Groves, MO
2017 Productions and Staged Readings:
THE LILAC TICKET South Street Players Tri-State Theatre Fest Spring Lake, NJ Oct 20-22
CO-WORKERS A strange job interview over a vat of molten steel. Little Black Dress INK "Hot Mess!" Sam French Bookshop, Los Angeles, CA Jan 2018
THE CUPCAKE CONSPIRACY
"Cupcakes are Easy. Marriage is Complicated."
with Philip J. Kaplan (full-length comedy)
Florentine Players, Omaha, NE. Aug 2017 THE MALTESE BABKA Westchester Collaborative Theatre (full-length noir comedy) Ossining, NY May 2017 dir. Chris Arena Selections: "A Taste of WCT", Westchester Collaborative Theater Budarz Theatre, Ossining, NY Jun 2017 ALSO Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez AK (SR) Jun 2017
CO-WORKERS Little Black Dress INK "Hot Mess" national winner Prescott, AZ Jul 2017 dir. Cason Murphy
A PACKAGE DEAL Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Summer One-act Play Festival Ridgefield, CT June 30-July 15
BUT I'M THE WEATHER GIRL! Fringe Festival Last Frontier Conference, Valdez AK Jun 2017
WAITING FOR HUGOT A wanna-be screenwriter stalks a minor celebrity. South of Broadway Theatre Co 2017 Playfest Charleston SC May 5,6
CO-WORKERS A strange job interview over a vat of molten steel. Little Black Dress INK "Hot Mess" dir. Kila Kitu Samuel French Bookshop, Hollywood CA May 2017 (SR)
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE & SCIENCE It's a high stakes game, the elementary school science fair. Cliffhanger Company "Mixed Doubles" The Coach House, Rottingdean England. Apr 18-22
COUNTING VOTES WITH PHILIP GLASS Two EMTs watch election returns, awaiting disaster. Navigators Theatre (navigatorstheater.com) A benefit at Lovecraft, NYC Apr 2017
2+1=MURDER Blaze Pascal solves this case by the numbers! A noir tribute to Math 101. Phillips Academy Drama Lab, dir. Emily Humphreys, Andover MA, Apr 14
BUT I'M THE WEATHER GIRL! Fury Theatre "Bad Plays: Reasons Why I Drink" Chicago IL Mar 2017
ASK ZSUZSANNA: Single Motherhood at 50 Forked Theatre "Motherlogues" London, England Mar 2017
2+1=MURDER The Bobcat Players Beaver, PA and other locales, Feb 2017.
NON-REFUNDABLE A lesbian couple struggles on a tour of the Eastern Block. StageQ, Queer Shorts 2.1, Madison, WI, Feb 2017
SPARE SOME CHANGE An entrepreneurial homeless man tries to convince a businesswoman to invest in his lunch. The Conservative Theatre Fest Stage Right Theatrics, Columbus OH. Jan 2017
COUNTING VOTES WITH PHILIP GLASS Little Black Dress INK, "We're Not Playing", online publication Jan 2017
NON-REFUNDABLE AlphaNYC Rainbow Fest New York, NY TBD, 2017
2016 Productions A PACKAGE DEAL Seoul Players, Seoul, South Korea. Nov 2016 NON-REFUNDABLE Dewey 2016: Election Edition, Chappaqua NY Oct 2016 THE FIX IS IN Dewey 2016: Election Edition, Chappaqua NY Oct 2016 IT SKIPS A GENERATION East/West Fest, Eastbound Theatre, Westport CT & Milford Arts Council, Milford, CT dir. Nancy Halpern Jul 2016 &-- The Greenhouse Ensemble, NYC. dir. Daniel Capalbo, Jr. Jun 2016 &-- shortlist, Short & Sweet Sydney, Australia 2017, Short & Sweet Hollywood, CA 2016 THE LILAC TICKET (Productions Feb-Aug 2016) Little Black Dress INK "Curves Ahead" (National Tour): * Acadiana Rep Theatre, Lafayette, LA * Prescott, AZ * Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY * Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, dir. Ann Hu * Red Earth Theatre, Sedona, AZ &-- Jewish Women's Theatre at the Braid, Los Angeles &-- Readers Theatre Rep at San Pedro "An Entertainment for Penninsula Seniors" Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. &-- Paw Paw Village Players XIX One Act Fest Paw Paw, MI (Audience Choice Winner) TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE Odenbear Theatre: Bench Plays, Taos, NM Jun 2016 SECONDHAND GIFTS AlphaNYC Thalia Fest, Roebuck Theatre, NYC. Jul 2016 ASK ZSUZSANNA: Single Motherhood at 50 Village Arts Council and Westchester Collaborative Theatre Ossining, NY dir. Alan Lutwin Jun 2016 &-- Luna Stage, New Moon Short Play Festival W. Orange NJ dir. Elaine Molinaro May 2016 STANDING ROOM ONLY Tomo Suru Players, "About Love" Vancouver, BC Canada. June 2016 HOMESPUN WEBS: Imagining Louise Bourgeois Rover Dramawerks 365 Women Project Plano, TX. June 2016 ZANE TO GATE 69 A bumbling spy shapes future disasters. (one-act time-travel comedy) San Antonio, TX. dir. Edward E. Wise, Jan-Feb 2016. “Daffy, loopy fun.
2+1 = MURDER South Walton HS Theatre 7th Annual Student Directed One Act Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL dir. Gage McGoff, Feb 2016 ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SCIENCE Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Ridgefield, CT Jan-Feb 2016 Winter 2015: THIS TIME WE’LL MAKE IT WORK Rising Sun Performance Company Laboratorium: Full-length Staged Reading ART/NY, Manhattan NY. Dec 2015 SNOW DOWN AT THE NORTH POLE AlphaNYC Theatre Company, "Naughty Festival of R-Rated Holiday Shorts" New York, NY. Dec 2015 FOUR EPICS AND A CRITIC Cone Man Running “Five Minute Mile”, Houston TX. Dec 2015 NOIR IN SECOND CLASS Hayman Theatre Upstairs, Curtin University Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Nov 2015 ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SCIENCE Tri-State Theatre Festival, Spring Lake, NJ. Oct 2015
The show is as entertaining as Zane is clueless. Don’t miss it.”
