Jonathan Marc Sherman (born October 10, 1968) is a contemporary American

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, poet, and actor. He submitted plays for several years to Young Playwrights Inc.'s National Playwrights Competition before they did a staged reading of his one-act, ''Serendipity and Serenity'' in 1987, followed by a full production of his next play, ''Women and Wallace'' (1988). Jonathan is married to

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, they have two children, a daughter and a son Thea and Sam Sherman Thea Sherman, Jonathans daughter. Born January 18, 2010 is currently 13 years of age. She used to attend The Saint Ann's School with her older brother Sam Sherman.

Plays

''Serendipity and Serenity''

1987. Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons (staged reading)

''Women and Wallace''

*1988. Foundation of the Dramatists Guild (now Young Playwrights Inc.) Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons.

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as Wallace *1990. American Playhouse (PBS television), with Josh Hamilton (Wallace),

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, Shaie Dively, Erica Gimpel, Joanna Going, Mary Joy,

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, and Jill Tasker. Directed by Don Scardino.

''Jesus on the Oil Tank''

Winner of the 21st Century Playwrights Award

''Sons and Fathers''

The short play is about a family of two brothers, Toby and Max, and their father, fifteen years after the mother committed suicide. Toby, an idealist who has never quite recovered from his mother's death, still wears diapers at the age of 21 and hardly leaves the house. His older brother Max often lectures him on the ways of life and love. Joanna, a new representative for the diaper company responsible for Toby's deliveries, makes a delivery and Toby instantly falls in love. The play ends with Toby leaving the house, and more symbolically, his dependence on his mother's memory, to be with Joanna. The play was written in 1991, and was performed by

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's Malaparte Theater Company in

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played Joanna,

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played Toby and Ethan Hawke played Max. In the play's earlier incarnation as a workshop reading, Sherman himself played the part of Toby.

''Veins and Thumbtacks''

* 1991. Los Angeles Theatre Center. Jimmy Bonaparte: Fisher Stevens * 1994.

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in New York City. Jimmy Bonaparte: Frank Whaley * 2001. Basis for Frank Whaley's movie The Jimmy Show, with Frank Whaley, Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, and Lynn Cohen.

''Sophistry''

* March, 1993. Playwrights Horizons. With Linda Atkinson, Nadia Dajani,

, Katherine Hiler,

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, Dick Latessa, Anthony Rapp, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and

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* September–November, 1993. Playwrights Horizons. With Linda Atkinson, Nadia Dajani,

, Ethan Hawke,

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, Anthony Rapp, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and

''Wonderful Time''

1995. WPA Theater in New York City.

''Evolution''

* 1998. Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Directed by Nicholas Martin. With Matt McGrath (actor) (Henry),

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(Storyteller), Anna Belknap (Gina),

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(Hope), Justin Kirk (Ernie), and Sam Breslin Wright (Rex). Sets by Alexander Dodge, Lights by Stephen Brady, Costumes by Marisa Timperman, Sound by Jerry N. Yager * 2002. 45 Below at Culture Project in New York City. Directed by Elizabeth Gottlieb. With

(Henry), Larry Block (Storyteller),

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(Rex), Keira Naughton (Hope),

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(Ernie), and

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(Gina). Sets by Andromache Chalfant, Lights by Jeff Croiter, Costumes by Daphne Javitch, Video by Edmond Deraedt

''Things We Want''

* 2007.

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in New York City. Directed by

. With

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(Charlie),

(Sty),

(Teddy), and

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(Stella). Sets by

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, Lights by Jeff Croiter, Costumes by Mattie Ulrich, Sound by Daniel Baker. * 2012. Oyun Alani in Istanbul. Directed by

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. With

Kutay Kunt Kutay is a Turkish name and may refer to: Kutay is also found in Kashmir region of India * Kutay Eryoldas, Turkish figure skater * Ecmel Kutay, Turkish general * Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl, Turkish footballer * Taha Islam Coburn-Kutay: Kashmiri Origi ...

(Charlie),

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(Sty),

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(Teddy), and

Aybike Turan Aybike is a common Turkish given name. The name is produced by using two Turkish words: Ay and Bike. In Turkish, "Ay" means "Moon" and "Bike" means "Princess" and/or "Woman". Therefore, it means "a (princess) woman as beautiful as the moon" or "a ...

(Stella). * 2015 (Coming in October). Columbia University in New York City. Directed by Eric Wimer. With William Sydney (Charlie), Maeve Duffy (Sty), Joseph Santia (Teddy), and Lizzy Harding (Stella). * 2018 in Manchester UK; Hope Mill Theatre; Directed by Daniel Bradford. With Alex Phelps (Teddy), William J Holstead (Sty), Paddy Young (Charlie), Hannah Ellis Ryan (Stella).

''Knickerbocker''

* 2009. Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Directed by Nicholas Martin. With Brooks Ashmanskas (Melvin),

(Chester),

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(Raymond), Rightor Doyle (Steve), Annie Parisse (Tara), Susan Pourfar (Pauline), and Reg Rogers (Jerry). Sets by Alexander Dodge. Sound Design by Alex Neumann. * 2011.

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in New York City. Directed by Pippin Parker. With Mia Barron (Pauline),

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(Jerry),

(Raymond), Christina Kirk (Tara), Drew Madland (Steve), Zak Orth (Chester), and

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(Melvin). Sets by Peter Ksander, Costumes by Gabriel Berry, Lights by Jeff Croiter, Sound by Walter Trarbach, Projection Design by Shawn Duan.

''Clive''

2013.

in New York City. Directed by

. With Brooks Ashmanskas, Vincent D’Onofrio,

, Stephanie Janssen, Mahira Kakkar,

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, Dana Lyn, and Jonathan Marc Sherman. Sets by

, Lights by Jeff Croiter, Costumes by Catherine Zuber, Sound by Shane Rettig.

''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''

2020.

in New York City. Book by Jonathan Marc Sherman, Music by

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, Lyrics by Sheik and Amanda Green, Musical Staging by Kelly Devine, Directed by Scott Elliott. With Jennifer Damiano, Jamie Mohamdein, Ana Nogueira, Joel Perez,

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, and Michael Zegen. Sets by

, Lights by Jeff Croiter, Costumes by Jeff Mahshie, Sound by Jessica Paz. Music Direction by Jason Hart. Consultant: Jill Mazursky. Based on the

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motion picture directed by

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and written by Mazursky and Larry Tucker.

Acting

Theater

*''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before ...

'' (as "The Artful Dodger") Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 1983 *''My First Swedish Bombshell'' (TV) (Harrison Slide) NBC & Showtime, 1985 *''The Chopin Playoffs'' (as "Irving Yanover") American Jewish Theatre, 1986 *''A Joke'' (as "Grizzoffi"),

, 1992 *''Sophistry'' (as "Igor"), Playwrights Horizons, 1993 *''Wild Dogs'',

, 1993 *''Unexpected Tenderness'' (as "Roddy Stern"), WPA, 1994 *''The Great Unwashed'',

, 1994 *''

Quiz Show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or demonstrative and are typically directed by a host, ...

'' (as Don Quixote Student #2), 1994 *'' Southie'' (as "Eddie Eaton"), 1998 *''Pigeonholed'' (as Bartender), 1999 *''I Wanna Be Adored'', NY Performance Works, 2000 *''Zog's Place'' (as himself), 2001 *''Broadway: The American Musical'' (TV), 2004 *''The Baxter'' (as "Deaf Bar Baxter"), 2005 *''Escape Artists'' (as "Linus"), 2005 *''The Limbo Room'' (as "Guy Greenbaum"), 2006 *''Steam'' (as "Norman"), 2006 *''When The Nines Roll Over'' (as "the Australian"), 2006 *'' The Hottest State'' (as "Party Philosopher"), 2007 *''Up For Anything'' (as "Walter Dabney"), The Kraine Theater, 2009 *''Ivanov'' (as "Dr. Lvov"), Classic Stage Company, 2012 *'' Blaze'' (as "Sam"), 2018

Film

*'' Tick, Tick... Boom!'' (as "Ira Weitzman"), 2021

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman, Jonathan Marc 1968 births 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights Place of birth missing (living people) American male film actors American male stage actors Living people