C.J. EHRLICH


playwright



PLAYS - AWARDS & PRODUCTIONS


PUBLICATIONS:

  1. • CO-WORKERS - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2018, Smith & Kraus

  2. • NON-REFUNDABLE - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017, Smith & Kraus

  3. • THE LILAC TICKET - Best American Short Plays of 2014-15, Applause

  4. • 2 + 1 = MURDER - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2015, Smith & Kraus

  5. • INTERVENTION - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2014, Smith & Kraus

  6. • THE NINTH CIRCUS OF HELL - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2013, Smith & Kraus

  7. • NOIR IN SECOND CLASS - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2011, Smith & Kraus

  8. • HOME SWEET HOMELAND SECURITY - G-Men in G-Strings: The J. Edgar Hoover Follies anthology, Heuer Publishing, 2010

  9. • THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL US - One-Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre, Rutledge 2017



SELECTED AWARDS & RECOGNITION:

  1. THE CUPCAKE CONSPIRACY (full-length comedy, with Philip J. Kaplan),

  2. -    Winner, Rover Dramawerks national playwriting competition, Dallas, TX, 2014 

  3. -     Finalist, Charles Getchell Award, 2013 

  4. -     Finalist, Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting competition, 2012

  5. 2 + 1 = MURDER

  6. -  Overall Festival Winner, Audience Choice award, Bellarmine Univ International MADthematics Festival, Louisville, KY, 2012

  7. ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SCIENCE

  8. -    Audience Choice winner, Testogenius Fest, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC, 2011

  9. -  Piney Fork Press, Encores selection 2013

  10. THE LILAC TICKET

  11. -    Audience Choice award, 2nd Place Fest Winner, Paw Paw Village Players, Paw Paw MI. 2016

  12. -    First Place Winner (Audience Choice), West Coast Players, Clearwater, Fl. 2015

  13. -    Play of the Day, Short & Sweet 2013, Chennai (Madras), India. Jul 2013

  14. -    Best Production, Best Actor awards, Stage Door Productions OAPF, Fredericksburg, VA, 2011

  15. -    Finalist, Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2011

  16.      NON-REFUNDABLE, Finalist, Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2017

  17.      SECONDHAND GIFTS, Finalist, Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2010

  18. STANDING ROOM ONLY

  19. -    Finalist, Short & Sweet 2014, Chennai (Madras) India. June 2014

  20. -    Finalist, Short & Sweet 2014, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Aug 2014

  21. TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE

  22. -    Best Play, Best Ensemble Performance, 33rd Fringe of Marin, San Rafael, CA. Jun 2014


PRODUCTIONS & STAGED READINGS - BY YEAR:

  >>2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 -


PRODUCTIONS & STAGED READINGS - BY PLAY

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THE CUPCAKE CONSPIRACY

  1. (with Philip J. Kaplan)

    1. • Florentine Players, Omaha, NE. 2017

    2. • Rover Dramawerks, dir Carol Rice, Dallas, TX. 2015 (five-week run).

    3. • Readers Theatre Plus, Sequim, WA. 2015 (on-book production)

    4. • Aloha Performing Arts Company, Kealakekua, HI. 2014 (on-book production)

    5. • Finalist, Charles Getchell Award 2013

    6. • Finalist, Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting competition, 2012

    7. • Staged Readings:

    8.              Friends of the Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY

    9.             Incoming Tide Productions, New Rochelle, NY

    10.             Producers Club, New York, NY


THE MALTESE BABKA

    1. • Westchester Collaborative Theatre, 2017 Reading Series, Ossining, NY

    2. • Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK 2017 (SR)


    ZANE TO GATE 69 (time-travel comedy, long one-act)

  1.     - Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, TX. dir Edward Wise 2016 (five-week run)

  2.     - Last Frontier Conference, Valdez, Alaska, 2015 SR

  3.     - 4C Theatre, Play with Your Food, West Barnstable, MA, 2015 SR

  4.     - Westchester Collaborative Theatre, Ossining, NY 2014 SR

THIS TIME WE'LL MAKE IT WORK

    1. • Westchester Collaborative Theatre, Ossining, NY 2017 workshop

    2. • Rising Sun Performance Company, ART/NY, dir Mia Anderson, NYC 2015 SR

    3. • “Play With Your Food”, 4C Theatre, West Barnstable, MA 2014 SR

    4. • n.u.f.a.n. ensemble (scene - production), dir Ben Campana, Chicago, IL. 2011

    5. • Workshops: Brooklyn Playwrights, Manhattan Theatre Source, HB Studio, NYC

    THE HAPPINESS CURE (with Philip J. Kaplan), Art Effects Theatre, NYC SR


    MUSICAL MUSICAL workshop, Amadeus Musical School, Chappaqua NY



      1. ONE ACTS & TEN-MINUTE PLAYS

        C.J. Ehrlich is "one of the masters of the ten-minute play form" Lawrence Harbison


      2 + 1 = MURDER

        1. - Breschia University, Owensboro, KY 2017

        2. - The Bobcat Players, Beaver PA and other locations. 2017

        3. - Phillips Academy Drama Lab, dir Emily Humphreys, Andover MA 2017

        4. - South Walton High School Playfest, dir Gage McGoff, Santa Rosa Beach, FL. 2015.

        5. - Dewey Decimal Festival, Chappaqua, NY. 2014

        6. - Spokane Radio Theatre, Spokane, WA 2013

        7. -Bellarmine University MADthematics: International Festival, Louisville, KY 2012 (Overall Festival Winner; Audience Choice award)

        8. -Shortlist: Short&Sweet Sydney, Australia 2015

      ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND SCIENCE 

        1. - Cliffhanger Company, Mixed Doubles, Brighton, England 2017

        2. - Dewey 2016: Election Edition, Chappaqua NY (as THE FIX IS IN). 2016

        3. - Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Ridgefield, CT. 2016

        4. - South Street Players, Tri-Stage Festival, Spring Lake, NJ 2015

        5. - Eastbound Theatre, East/West Festival, Milford, CT 2015

        6. - Rover Dramawerks, Plano, TX, Finalist 2015

        7. - Acme Theatre Winter Shorts, Maynard, MA. Finalist. 2014

        8. - Core Artists Ensemble, Twisted Shorts, New York, NY. 2014

        9. - Core Artists Ensemble “Fresh Shorts” at the Barrow Group, New York, NY. 2014

        10. - Minnesota Shorts, Mankato, MN. 2013

        11. - Piney Fork Press Encore series, New York, NY. 2013

        12. - Piney Fork Theater festival, New York, NY. 2013

        13. - Testo-Twist Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY. 2011

        14. - TEstrogenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source. 2011

        15. -n.u.f.a.n. ensemble Theatre, “Table and Two Chairs”, Chicago, IL. 2010

      ANDY CARTER BECOMES A MAN

                    - Piper Theatre Productions, “The Living Series,” Brooklyn, NY. 2010

      ASK ZSUZSANNA: SINGLE MOTHERHOOD AT 50

        1. - Forked Theatre "Motherlogues" London, England. 2017

        2. - Westchester Collaborative Theatre, Evening of Monologues Event, AND A Taste of WCT, Ossining, NY. 2016-17

        3. - Luna Stage New Moon SPF, West Orange, NJ. 2016

        4. - International Women Artists' Salon, Broadway Comedy Club, NYC. 2015

        5. - Piney Fork Press Theatre, New York, NY. 2015

        6. - Boog City Poetry, Music and Theatre Festival, New York, NY. 2014

        7. - Pandora Theatre, “Vox Femina”, Houston, TX. 2014

      THE BLACK BOX Living Art Event, Westchester Collaborative Theatre/OAC, Ossining, NY 2013

      THE BEES ARE WATCHING

        1. - Westchester Collaborative Theatre and Ossining Arts Council, Living Art Event 2018

        2. - Little Black Dress INK "Volume Control", Prescott, AZ 2018, dir Micki Shelton

        3. - Little Black Dress INK, Mask and Rose Theatre & Bemidji State Univ, Bemidji, MN 2018 (SR)

    BLACK HOLE ENTERPRISES

      1. - The Navigators Theatre & NY Madness, NYC 2018

BUT I'M THE WEATHER GIRL!

    1. - LFTC Fringe, Valdez, AK 2017

    2. - Fury Theatre, "Reasons Why I Drink", Chicago, IL 2017

      3. COUNTING VOTES WITH PHILIP GLASS

        1. - Navigators Theatre, NYC 2017

        2. - Little Black Dress INK "We're Not Playing" (online), 2017

        CO-WORKERS

          1. - Little Black Dress INK "Hot Mess", Prescott, AZ (national winner) 2017

          2. - Little Black Dress INK, Hollywood CA SR 2017

            3. THE ENTIRE PUNCH BOWL

                        - Shortlist, Short&Sweet Sydney, Australia 2016

                        - Semi-Finalist, Minnesota Shorts, Mankato, MN 2016

            FLASH DATE

                         - Chattanooga State Community College, Chatanooga, TN. 2014

            HOME SWEET HOMELAND SECURITY

              1. - Thistle Dew Dessert/ Political Action Comedy theatre, Sacramento CA. 2012

              2. - LTC of Colorado, “G-Men in G-Strings: The J. Edgar Hoover Follies,” Lafayette, CO. 2010

            HOMESPUN WEBS: Imagining Louise Bourgeois

                        - Eden Prairie Players, Eden Prairie, MN 2018

                        - 365 Women Project, Rover Dramawerks, Plano, TX 2016

                        - Women’s History Month, Actors Studio of Newburyport, Newburyport, MA 2015

                        - “The Woman Artist’s Journey,” Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY. 2009

              1. - Semifinalist, Stone Soup Double XX Festival, WA 2012

              2. - Finalist, Warner International Theatre Festival, Torrington, CT.  2012

            INTERVENTION

              1. - Maryville College, dir Branden Johnson, Maryville TN. 2014

              2. - Touch Me Philly, “Normal?” Philadelphia, PA. 2013

            I AM THE EGG MAN, Philly Primary Stages, Philadelphia PA. 2013

            IT SKIPS A GENERATION

              1. - Eastbound Theatre and Milford Arts Council, East-West Fest, Milford and Westport CT 2016

              2. - Short & Sweet Sydney, Australia, Shortlist. 2016

              3. - Short & Sweet Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, Shortlist. 2016

              4. - The Greenhouse Ensemble, Ten-Minute Play Soiree, NYC 2016

              5. - Little Black Dress INK, ONSTAGE, at Acting Out NY, Ithaca, NY. SR 2014

              6. - Falcon Rep Company, Becoming American, Fairfield, CT. (blizzard) 2012

              7. - Ariel Theatre Salon Series, Philadelphia, PA. SR 2012

              8. - Ariel Theatre “The Stranger in Our Midst,” Philadelphia, PA. SR 2011

              9. - Brockport Festival of Ten, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY, dir P. Gibson Ralph. 2011

            THE LILAC TICKET

              1. - South Street Players Tri-State Theatre Fest, Spring Lake, NJ 2017

              2. - Jewish Women's Theatre at The Braid, Los Angeles, CA. 2016

              3. - Little Black Dress INK, Brooklyn NY. 2016

              4. - Little Black Dress INK, Prescott, AZ. 2016

              5. - Acadiana Repertory Theatre & Little Black Dress INK, Lafayette, LA. 2016 (National Tour)

              6. - LA Female Playwrights Initiative (FPI) & Little Black Dress INK, Hollywood, CA. 2016 (National Finalist SR)

              7. - Red Earth Theatre-Little Black Dress INK, “Curves Ahead”, Sedona AZ. 2016, SR

              8. - Paw Paw Village Players, XIX OAPF, Paw Paw, MI. 2016 (Audience Choice Award, 2nd Place Festival Winner)

              9. - Readers Theatre Rep, "...for Penninsula Seniors", Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. 2016

              10. - West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL. 2015, Festival Winner (Audience Choice Award)

              11. - OnStage Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 2015

              12. - BolderLife Festival, Denver, CO 2014

              13. - Diez Minutos Festival, San Miguel de Allende Theatre, Mexico. 2014

              14. - Atlanta Theater-to-Go, touring production, Atlanta, GA. 2014- 2015

              15. - Short & Sweet Melbourne 2013, Melbourne, Australia (Finalist). 2013

              16. - Short & Sweet Sydney 2013, Sydney, Australia (Finalist). 2013

              17. - Women in Theatre (WIT), Kauai Shorts 2013, Kauai Hawaii. 2013

              18. - Short & Sweet Chennai 2013, Chennai (Madras), India. 2013

              19. - Flying Cat Productions, Heart Throbs 2, New York, NY. (Finalist)  2013

              20. - Boquete Players, Benchwarmers 2013, Boquete Panama. 2013

              21. - Jewish Women’s Theatre of Los Angeles at AJU, Los Angeles, CA. 2013

              22. - SETC-Southeast Theatre Conference, Stage Door Productions “Trilogy”, Louisville, KY. 2013

              23. - VA Theatre Assn Community Theatre fest by Stage Door Productions, Culpepper VA. 2012 (*State Winners)

              24. - Boston Theatre Marathon, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, MA. 2012

              25. - Jewish Women’s Theatre of LA Salon Series, Los Angeles, CA. 2012

              26. - Stage Door Productions, 4th AOAPF, Fredericksburg, VA, Charlotte Fields dir. 2011

              27. - Kaleidoscope Theatre LOVE fest, New York, NY. 2010

              28. - Little Fish “Pick of the Vine 2010,” San Pedro, CA, Jan-2010

            LONG TRAIN RUNNING, WCT and Ossining Arts Council “Living Art Event,” 2014

            MAFIANCE WARS, Finalist, Stonington Players “Table & Chairs” Stonington, CT. 2012

        MIT A FIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE

                    - Untold Stories of Jewish Women Fest, produced by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine, NY Museum of Jewish Heritage, 365 Women a Year, Women in the Arts and Media, NYC. 2018 (SR)

        THE NINTH CIRCUS OF HELL

                   - Quirky Productions, “Hell is Other People”, NYC 2015

          1. - The Pulp Stage, “Crimedy Night” at The Jack London. Portland, OR. Jan/2014, 2013

          2. - The Pulp Stage, “In Concert,” Portland OR. 2013

          3. - The Pulp Stage, “Crimedy Night” Portland, OR, 2013

          4. - Pulp Stage, “Pulp Diction IV” Fertile Ground Festival 2013 Portland, OR. 2013

          5. - Brooklyn PC “Dramatizing Dante”, Manhattan Theatre Source. Michael Bordwell dir. 2010

        NOIR IN SECOND CLASS

          1. - Bobcat Players, Beaver, PA and other locales 2018

          2. - Hayman Theatre Upstairs, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. 2015

          3. - Magnetic Theatre, Brief Encounters, Ashville, NC. Finalist. 2015

          4. - Echo Theatre, Echo 10 Festival, Provo UT. 2014

          5. - Appetite Theatre “Bruschetta Fest,” Chicago, IL. 2010

          6. - Flush Ink Productions, “She Speaks 2010,” Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 2010

        NON-FLUORIDATED WATER, Incoming Tide Productions, New Rochelle, NY, 2010

        NON-REFUNDABLE, StageQ, Madison WI 2017; Dewey 2016: Election Edition, Chappaqua, NY

        OCCUPY THIS! (View from the Occupy Bridge and Spare Some Change) 

          1. - Republican Theatre Festival, Forearmed Productions, Philadelphia PA. 2012

        A PACKAGE DEAL

                  - Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Ridgefield, CT, 2017

                  - Seoul Players, Seoul, South Korea, 2016

      2. - Carte Blanche Studios North American New Plays Festival, Milwaukee, WI 2012

          1. -Flush Ink Productions, “She Speaks,” Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, dir David Antscheri 2011

        PICNIC ON THE LAKE

          1. - CulturalDC Source DC Festival, Washington DC. 6-30 2014

          2. - Spokane Radio Theatre, WA 2014

          3. - La Petite Morgue “My Bloody Valentine,” New York, NY. 2014

          4. - Philly Primary Stages, 4x4 Staged Readings, dir. Chelsea Sans, Philly, 2013

          5. -Finalist, Red Bull Theatre New Plays at Playwrights Horizons, NYC. 2013

        THE RED & GREEN ROOM

                   - Ingenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY. 2012

          1. - Finalist, Carte Blanche Studios New Play Festival 2012

        ROOM CIRCUS

          1. - Grin Theatre “Queertet,” (half-hour version), Liverpool, UK 2014

        2.             - Staged readings: Girl Play Lesbian Theatre Fest, Ft. Lauderdale FL. 2012

          1. -Flush Ink Productions “She Speaks” Kitchener Ontario Canada. 2012

        SECONDHAND GIFTS

          1. -Little Black Dress INK, 2015 Female Playwrights ONSTAGE, multiple US locations 2015

          2. -Rising Sun Performance Company, “Parenthood”, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY. 2014

          3. -The Barrow Group Actors School graduate showcase, New York, NY. 2010

          4. -Lebanon Community Theatre 11th Annual 10-minute Play Festival, Lebanon, PA 2009

          5. -Rapscallion Theatre “Salute UR Shorts” festival, Access Theatre, New York, NY. 2009

        SHREW MAN vs. SHREWMAN,

          1. - 39th Annual Samuel French OOB Festival, New York, NY. 2014 

          2. - Artists Exchange, Cranston RI. 2013

          3. - Philly Primary Stages, “The End?”, dir. Brittany Holdahl, Philadelphia PA. 2013

          4. - FACT Words & Wine (staged reading), New York, NY. 2013

        SNOW DOWN AT THE NORTH POLE

          1. - The AlphaNYC Theatre Co, Naughty Fest, New York, NY 2015

          2. - Love Creek Productions Holiday Shorts, New York, NY. 2014

          3. - FACT, Words & Wine Holiday Fest, New York, NY. 2013

        SPARE SOME CHANGE

                   - Conservative Theater Festival, Columbus, OH 2017 (R. Cooperman, Stage Right Theatrics)

                   - Excerpts performed on Stage Right blogcast, 2015

                   - Forearmed Productions, Republican Theatre Fest, Philadelphia PA 2012

                   - Finalist: The Decision 2012, New York, NY. 2012

        STANDING ROOM ONLY

          1. - Tomo Suru Players, "About Love", Vancouver BC, Canada. 2016

          2. - Irlam Fringe, Irlam England, 2016 Finalist.

          3. - Short & Sweet 2014, Sydney, Australia. 2014 Finalist.

          4. - Short & Sweet, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 2014 Finalist.

          5. - Short & Sweet Chennai (Madras), India.  2014 Finalist.

          6. - Heartland Theatre “Parcel, Package, Present,” dir. Ron Emmons, Normal, IL. 2013 

          7. - Between Us Productions, New York, NY. 2012 (staged reading).

        TAKE A LEFT AT THE WAR ZONE, n.u.f.a.n. ensemble Theatre,  Chicago, IL. 2010

        THREE’S A CLOUD

                  - Flush Ink Productions, “She Speaks 2012,” Kitchener, ON, Canada, 2012

                  - Girl Play Lesbian Theatre Fest, Women’s Theatre Project, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 2011

        TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE

                   - Odenbear Theatre, Taos, NM 2016

          1. - Actors Studio of Newburyport, Newburyport, MA 2015

          2. - Fringe of Marin 2014, San Rafael, CA. 2014 Best Play, Best Ensemble awards.

          3. - Hudson Guild Thtr - NY Ladies: Celebrating Women who Write with Wit, NYC 2013 (extrct)

          4. - American Globe Thtr 15th Annual 15-Min Play Fest, New York, NY, Lori Kee dir, 2009

        WAITING FOR HUGOT

                   - South of Broadway Theatre, Charleston, SC 2017

                   - Finalist, Acme Theatre Winter Shorts 2017, Maynard MA

          WHOM DEATH DOTH S/EEEk: A Comedy of Sex, Death & Shoes, UNT, Denton, TX, 2009


        SHORT SHORTS


        FOUR EPICS AND A CRITIC (in One Page)

          1. - Cone Man Running Five-Minute Mile Fest, Houston, TX. 2015

          2. - Gi60 Seconds International Play Fest, Brooklyn, NY, 2012

          3. - Where Eagles Dare “Zero to Sixty Festival.” New York, NY, 2009

        A MURDER OF CROWS, Stage Left Theatre, Fast & Furious V, Spokane, WA 2018

    ONE SMART COOKIE, Spare Change Theatre “In a New York Minute” fest, New York, NY. April 2011

    OOH BABY, LET’S GO FOR IT

               - Driven Theatre, Fragmentation IV festival, Houston, TX. 2013

    THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL US

      1. -Fast & Furious, Spokane WA. 2014

      2. -Gi60 International One-minute Play Festival, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. 2013

      3. -Mind the Gap Productions, World Theatre Day, New York, NY. 2013

      4. -Driven Theatre, Fragmentation IV festival, Houston, TX. 2013

      5. - Spare Change Theatre, “In a New York Minute,” New York, NY. 2010

      6. - Flush Ink Productions, “Asphalt Jungle Shorts,” Kitchener, Ontario. 2010

      7. - Where Eagles Dare One-Act Festival, New York, NY, 2009



    FILM


    HERE BOY (screenplay - comic farce with dognappers)

    PREVENTIVE CUSTODY (screenplay - sci fi, action)

    Vendor Gifts, Confidentially Speaking, Harassment or Not? Employee training films, produced by Arqule Inc, Woburn, MA




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