Ethan Lipton also writes plays:
Luther
LUTHER was developed in the Public Theatre’s Emerging Writers Group and presented in the Spotlight reading series, directed by Leigh Silverman. The play has been workshopped in the Lark’s Playwright’s Week (Kip Fagan dir) and has had readings by Rude Mechanicals, Gotham Stage and New Century.
The Barber + the Farmer
THE BARBER AND THE FARMER has been performed by a MacBook Pro laptop at 3LD Art & Technology Center, and by the laptop and illustrator Michael Arthur at Motherlodge in Louisville and at the U of Texas.
Goodbye April, Hello May
(3M, 2W) is a dystopic comedy set 100 years from today in an NYC where developers build hotels on Ellis Island, middle age is 78 and people subsist on hummus and bottled water.
GOODBYE APRIL, HELLO MAY premiered at HERE in NYC, directed by Patrick McNulty.
100 Aspects of the Moon
(4M, 2W) is a sad comedy inspired by the work of 19th-century woodblock-printmaker Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The play explores the place where East and West meet over deep-seeded resentment and lousy communication.
100 ASPECTS premiered at the Ohio Theatre in NYC as part of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks (Emma Griffin dir).
Meat
(2M, 4W) is an extra dark comedy based on the true story of a pair of dogs who broke into a Florida zoo and wiped out its gazelle population.
MEAT has been produced in LA by Buffalo Nights (Steve Chabon dir), NYC by Crackerjack Prod (Ken Schmoll dir), Edinburgh by Upstart (Tom Mansfield dir) and Berne, Austria (David Hefti dir).
Hope on the Range
(3M, 1W; one act), is a philosophical comedy about a man who lives in his car, his unlikely friendship with an Argentine rabbi and birdcrap.
HOPE ON THE RANGE premiered at the Complex in LA, produced by Buffalo Nights (Brian Kite dir).
Here is Ethan’s full theater bio.
For script inquiries contact:
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