Larry Atlas (born 1948
Cleveland, Ohio
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) is the author of eight produced plays, and the novel ''South Eight''. He is best known for the award-winning play ''Yield of the Long Bond'', which premiered at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles starring
Ian McShane
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and
Byron Jennings. He directed the second production of this play at NY Stage and Film with Jennings,
David Strathairn
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, and
Kyra Sedgwick. Also noteworthy is ''Total Abandon'', which was produced on Broadway starring
Richard Dreyfuss
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and
John Heard.
The other produced plays are ''Sonnetteer'', ''Sweet Talker'', ''Subject Animal'' and ''Permanent''.
Education
Atlas attended Bennington College, and has taught at Vassar, Hunter and Bennington.
Book author and screenwriter
He is the author of the novel ''South Eight'' (Webatuck Press, 2022). As a screenwriter Atlas has worked on almost two dozen Hollywood studio projects, including ''Sleepless in Seattle''.
Actor and television appearances
A former actor, he appeared in numerous plays in New York and regionally, and in principal or lead roles in such films as ''King of America'', ''Cruising'', ''Firstborn'', ''The Children's War'', and ''Indio''. Appearances on television included ''Kate and Allie'', ''Another World'', ''Out of the Darkness'', ''Police Brass'' and many others.
Video
Atlas was instrumental in inventing the first method for creating fully hyperlinked video, and wrote and directed the first movie employing this technology, "The
Onyx Project," starring David Strathairn, released in Fall of 2006.
Personal life
He lives in upstate New York with his wife, Ann.
References
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Living people
Bennington College alumni
Vassar College faculty
Hunter College faculty
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
American male dramatists and playwrights
1948 births
20th-century American male writers