Artistic Statement
I am a playwright. I aim to craft plays where disbelief is suspended, minds are engaged and hearts are touched.
I craft plays using:
-My experiences as an outsider: as a tomboy, Jew, cancer patient, and immigrant.
-Visual Arts and Design Training: studio art, industrial and theater design.
-Performance Art Background: puppetry, movement (e.g., aerial dance), and music.
-Hard wired for social justice. I worked for many years as a civil rights paralegal.
-Found Sparks: on sidewalk, in books, overheard conversation, etc.
SPARKS
The creative sparks behind my pieces vary, from literature (DONKEY FACE, CAPTAIN NEMO, and MEDICAL MATRIMONIAL), to historical characters (MY RECOLLECT TIME and FRANKIE AND FRANCES), to semi-autobiographical (ELIJAH’S HOPE and FEMALE, ASHKENAZI WITH A SEWING MACHINE), to adaptive bikes at the waterfront (TEMPORAL COAST), to a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s ship arriving in San Francisco (FRANKIE), and African American children who raised trick pigeons in South Berkeley (PIGEON PROJECT).
MY VOICE / SHAPE OF MY WORK
I’m considered a poetic writer, often using magic realism and Brechtian techniques in my works. There can be time-travel in my plays (PIGEON PROJECT). In FEMALE, ASHKENAZI there is multi-dimensional travel. Some of my work is meant to be experienced outside of the theatre (TEMPORAL COAST is an immersive outdoor site-specific piece.)
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
My work addresses compelling issues. The site-specific TEMPORAL COAST, addresses climate change and the perception / treatment of refugees and people with disabilities. PIGEON PROJECT is about the crack cocaine epidemic and its impact on a community. ELIJAH’S HOPE is a personal view of the Israeli – Palestine conflict.
ON GENDER
The lead characters in my plays are usually women. If the lead characters aren’t women, they are feminists. MY RECOLLECT TIME is about the close relationship between two strong willed historical women, the nun Mother Amadeus, and Mary Fields, an emancipated slave, who at times passed as a man. FEMALE, ASHKENAZI is about what a woman inherits from her female ancestors, including cancer.
I craft plays using:
-My experiences as an outsider: as a tomboy, Jew, cancer patient, and immigrant.
-Visual Arts and Design Training: studio art, industrial and theater design.
-Performance Art Background: puppetry, movement (e.g., aerial dance), and music.
-Hard wired for social justice. I worked for many years as a civil rights paralegal.
-Found Sparks: on sidewalk, in books, overheard conversation, etc.
SPARKS
The creative sparks behind my pieces vary, from literature (DONKEY FACE, CAPTAIN NEMO, and MEDICAL MATRIMONIAL), to historical characters (MY RECOLLECT TIME and FRANKIE AND FRANCES), to semi-autobiographical (ELIJAH’S HOPE and FEMALE, ASHKENAZI WITH A SEWING MACHINE), to adaptive bikes at the waterfront (TEMPORAL COAST), to a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s ship arriving in San Francisco (FRANKIE), and African American children who raised trick pigeons in South Berkeley (PIGEON PROJECT).
MY VOICE / SHAPE OF MY WORK
I’m considered a poetic writer, often using magic realism and Brechtian techniques in my works. There can be time-travel in my plays (PIGEON PROJECT). In FEMALE, ASHKENAZI there is multi-dimensional travel. Some of my work is meant to be experienced outside of the theatre (TEMPORAL COAST is an immersive outdoor site-specific piece.)
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
My work addresses compelling issues. The site-specific TEMPORAL COAST, addresses climate change and the perception / treatment of refugees and people with disabilities. PIGEON PROJECT is about the crack cocaine epidemic and its impact on a community. ELIJAH’S HOPE is a personal view of the Israeli – Palestine conflict.
ON GENDER
The lead characters in my plays are usually women. If the lead characters aren’t women, they are feminists. MY RECOLLECT TIME is about the close relationship between two strong willed historical women, the nun Mother Amadeus, and Mary Fields, an emancipated slave, who at times passed as a man. FEMALE, ASHKENAZI is about what a woman inherits from her female ancestors, including cancer.
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Jamie Greenblatt
Artistic Statement
I am a playwright. I aim to craft plays where disbelief is suspended, minds are engaged and hearts are touched.
I craft plays using:
-My experiences as an outsider: as a tomboy, Jew, cancer patient, and immigrant.
-Visual Arts and Design Training: studio art, industrial and theater design.
-Performance Art Background: puppetry, movement (e.g., aerial dance), and music.
-Hard wired for social justice. I worked for many years as a civil rights paralegal.
-Found Sparks: on sidewalk, in books, overheard conversation, etc.
SPARKS
The creative sparks behind my pieces vary, from literature (DONKEY FACE, CAPTAIN NEMO, and MEDICAL MATRIMONIAL), to historical characters (MY RECOLLECT TIME and FRANKIE AND FRANCES), to semi-autobiographical (ELIJAH’S HOPE and FEMALE, ASHKENAZI WITH A SEWING MACHINE), to adaptive bikes at the waterfront (TEMPORAL COAST), to a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s ship arriving in San Francisco (FRANKIE), and African American children who raised trick pigeons in South Berkeley (PIGEON PROJECT).
MY VOICE / SHAPE OF MY WORK
I’m considered a poetic writer, often using magic realism and Brechtian techniques in my works. There can be time-travel in my plays (PIGEON PROJECT). In FEMALE, ASHKENAZI there is multi-dimensional travel. Some of my work is meant to be experienced outside of the theatre (TEMPORAL COAST is an immersive outdoor site-specific piece.)
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
My work addresses compelling issues. The site-specific TEMPORAL COAST, addresses climate change and the perception / treatment of refugees and people with disabilities. PIGEON PROJECT is about the crack cocaine epidemic and its impact on a community. ELIJAH’S HOPE is a personal view of the Israeli – Palestine conflict.
ON GENDER
The lead characters in my plays are usually women. If the lead characters aren’t women, they are feminists. MY RECOLLECT TIME is about the close relationship between two strong willed historical women, the nun Mother Amadeus, and Mary Fields, an emancipated slave, who at times passed as a man. FEMALE, ASHKENAZI is about what a woman inherits from her female ancestors, including cancer.
I craft plays using:
-My experiences as an outsider: as a tomboy, Jew, cancer patient, and immigrant.
-Visual Arts and Design Training: studio art, industrial and theater design.
-Performance Art Background: puppetry, movement (e.g., aerial dance), and music.
-Hard wired for social justice. I worked for many years as a civil rights paralegal.
-Found Sparks: on sidewalk, in books, overheard conversation, etc.
SPARKS
The creative sparks behind my pieces vary, from literature (DONKEY FACE, CAPTAIN NEMO, and MEDICAL MATRIMONIAL), to historical characters (MY RECOLLECT TIME and FRANKIE AND FRANCES), to semi-autobiographical (ELIJAH’S HOPE and FEMALE, ASHKENAZI WITH A SEWING MACHINE), to adaptive bikes at the waterfront (TEMPORAL COAST), to a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s ship arriving in San Francisco (FRANKIE), and African American children who raised trick pigeons in South Berkeley (PIGEON PROJECT).
MY VOICE / SHAPE OF MY WORK
I’m considered a poetic writer, often using magic realism and Brechtian techniques in my works. There can be time-travel in my plays (PIGEON PROJECT). In FEMALE, ASHKENAZI there is multi-dimensional travel. Some of my work is meant to be experienced outside of the theatre (TEMPORAL COAST is an immersive outdoor site-specific piece.)
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
My work addresses compelling issues. The site-specific TEMPORAL COAST, addresses climate change and the perception / treatment of refugees and people with disabilities. PIGEON PROJECT is about the crack cocaine epidemic and its impact on a community. ELIJAH’S HOPE is a personal view of the Israeli – Palestine conflict.
ON GENDER
The lead characters in my plays are usually women. If the lead characters aren’t women, they are feminists. MY RECOLLECT TIME is about the close relationship between two strong willed historical women, the nun Mother Amadeus, and Mary Fields, an emancipated slave, who at times passed as a man. FEMALE, ASHKENAZI is about what a woman inherits from her female ancestors, including cancer.