Dennis Gersten American actor and director who helped create Stagewrights, Inc. in

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, a playwrights' theatre company. There, he wrote ''Mine'' and the one-acts ''Rhetoric'' and ''Puppy Chow'' and directed and performed in original works. Gersten attended the graduate program in acting at

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where he wrote ''Willie Said To'', a finalist with the LA Arts Council and other contests nationally and performed at Playwrights Arena and Unity Players; ''Desert - Morning'', performed at the Gene Dynarski Theatre; and ''Dirty Slut''. Primarily an actor, Gersten performed with

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in the world premiere of ''Worse Than Murder:

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'' at the Ventura Court Theatre and the west coast premiere of ''David and Goliath in America'' with the Road Theatre Company, for which he received an ADA Award. He is a founding member of Theatre Unlimited, where he was seen in ''Shoe Man'' and ''Move Over, Mrs. Markham'', and where he directed ''The Author’s Thumb'', his own adaptation of the works of

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, for which Gersten received three ADA Awards, as a director, writer and producer. He was also nominated for an

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for his performance in ''Dirk'' at the Road Theatre.

External links

Official Website of Road Theatre

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