Jeff Weiss
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Jeffrey Weiss (born 1938) is an American playwright, impresario and actor both on Broadway and a theater he ran with his partner Richard Martinez in the East Village, in New York City. His work was presented in La Mama and Cafe Cino.[1][2]
Life
Weiss grew up in Allentown, PA, with his parents, two brothers and a sister. His surviving brother Steven lives in California. His father was a salesman for Pennsylvania cement companies.[3][4][5] He wrote and acted in plays produced by his partner Richard Martinez, a New Mexican artist. In 1992, Weiss' play Hot Keys won an Obie award.[6] His nephew is actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Weiss lives with Richard Martinez in Allentown.[citation needed]
He won a Robert Chesley Award in 2000.
References
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- ↑ Gehman, Geoff (December 21, 1984). "Playwright Jeff Weiss: He pays the rent by mirroring the chaos, the unlikely but true unions, the deceptions of life", The Morning Call, p. D1.
- ↑ http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/search
External links
- 1984 profile in The Morning Call
- STAGE: JEFF WEISS'S 'RENT GETS PAID' Gussow, NYTimes 1984
- STAGE VIEW; A HEROIC HAMLET THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING
- Success Catches up With Weiss in Hamlet, NY Times (March 24, 1986)
- BOMB Magazine Interview with Jeff Weiss by Bill Rice (Fall, 1984)
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