Aaron Leventman

Aaron Leventman attended Columbia University’s Graduate School for film where his thesis screenplay was given a professional reading at the Union Square Theatre in Manhattan. He moved to Santa Fe from Provincetown after his involvement as a writer/director/actor with the Provincetown Theatre Company. When living in Santa Fe, he performed with most of the local theatre companies and has also appeared in industrials, commercials, short films, and features. Aaron’s plays have been performed all over the country, many of which are published and available on Amazon.com. He co-produced an evening of his own short works titled Almost Adults that met with tremendous acclaim including the Mayor declaring LGBT Theatre Day in Santa Fe, NM on opening night. His recent play Blanche in a Wheelchair...

Aaron Leventman attended Columbia University’s Graduate School for film where his thesis screenplay was given a professional reading at the Union Square Theatre in Manhattan. He moved to Santa Fe from Provincetown after his involvement as a writer/director/actor with the Provincetown Theatre Company. When living in Santa Fe, he performed with most of the local theatre companies and has also appeared in industrials, commercials, short films, and features. Aaron’s plays have been performed all over the country, many of which are published and available on Amazon.com. He co-produced an evening of his own short works titled Almost Adults that met with tremendous acclaim including the Mayor declaring LGBT Theatre Day in Santa Fe, NM on opening night. His recent play Blanche in a Wheelchair was a finalist for the Samuel French One-Act Off-Off Broadway Festival. Aaron is also a film and acting instructor at Santa Fe Community College, a film festival curator, and has a private writing coach practice. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild in New Mexico.

Scripts

The Last Show of the Night

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

It’s 1981 in an art movie house in Boston, MA. Ricky and Claudia are two best friends, queer teenagers, and wannabe actors who work the concession stand. The theatre is owned by David, a mysterious 20-something and managed by Donald, same age as David, who is deeply religious and won’t watch the R-rated films shown inside the cinema. Claudia has an unusual relationship with David who has promised her an...

It’s 1981 in an art movie house in Boston, MA. Ricky and Claudia are two best friends, queer teenagers, and wannabe actors who work the concession stand. The theatre is owned by David, a mysterious 20-something and managed by Donald, same age as David, who is deeply religious and won’t watch the R-rated films shown inside the cinema. Claudia has an unusual relationship with David who has promised her an interview with a casting agent if she continuously stays after hours with him. She suddenly seems disillusioned after she botches her audition for a major acting academy and starts to wonder if her life is going to go in the direction that she dreams of. Her final tragic action reveals the depiction going on inside the management of the theatre that only Ricky will understand.

Why Don't You Stay?

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Peter meets Dan on a hook-up app for gay men, but Dan doesn’t remember that him and Peter have met before. What starts out as a prelude to a sexual encounter leads to darker revelations about the loss of deep personal connections and the inherent need for human contact.

Peter meets Dan on a hook-up app for gay men, but Dan doesn’t remember that him and Peter have met before. What starts out as a prelude to a sexual encounter leads to darker revelations about the loss of deep personal connections and the inherent need for human contact.

The Transformative Nature of Love

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

In this first person monologue, a wayward young gay male artist meets a stranger at a party and suddenly his life changes in just about every way possible.

In this first person monologue, a wayward young gay male artist meets a stranger at a party and suddenly his life changes in just about every way possible.

The Value of Empty Boxes

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Veronica, an undiscovered artist who works as an office manager in New York City, attends a party with her best friend Barbara, a middle-aged administrative assistant, for what turns out to be an unsuccessful blind date. However, at the party she meets Bernie, a wealthy roamer and real estate investor. Despite his slightly reclusive existence, she falls for his eccentric charm. Soon, at the chagrin of Barbara...

Veronica, an undiscovered artist who works as an office manager in New York City, attends a party with her best friend Barbara, a middle-aged administrative assistant, for what turns out to be an unsuccessful blind date. However, at the party she meets Bernie, a wealthy roamer and real estate investor. Despite his slightly reclusive existence, she falls for his eccentric charm. Soon, at the chagrin of Barbara, Veronica leaves her job to move in Bernie in his new loft in San Francisco within months of their first date. Barbara is still trying to find what makes her happy in life when she feels time is running out for her. Little does Veronica know about Bernie's shaky relationship history and propensity for moving once boredom sets in or his relationships become problematic. Once they've been living together for a while, Veronica's art career takes off just as Bernie wants to move again back to New York. She is then forced to decide whether or not to move back to New York with Bernie to continue his nomadic existence with him and possibly sacrificing her budding career as well as her independence. She decides on the former, with some regret, and separates from Bernie. It's time for Veronica's first art opening. Barbara attends where she announces to Veronica that she been cast in a regional musical, directed by Veronica's blind date from the party where she met Bernie, who Barbara has been seeing. Bernie himself makes an unexpected appearance at this important event to Veronica. They realize how much they care about each other and that many sacrifices will have to be made in order for them to stay together.

Lovers and Survivors

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Follow Bruce and Jeffrey's 50-year-friendship starting as awkward gay teenagers in a Boston junior high school, continuing through the AIDS crisis, then finally in assisted living. Even though lovers and family members have come and gone in their lives, their connection and support of each other will stand the test of time.

Follow Bruce and Jeffrey's 50-year-friendship starting as awkward gay teenagers in a Boston junior high school, continuing through the AIDS crisis, then finally in assisted living. Even though lovers and family members have come and gone in their lives, their connection and support of each other will stand the test of time.

The Remediator

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

A gay widower develops an unlikely alliance with his exterminator who offers more than just pest repellent.

A gay widower develops an unlikely alliance with his exterminator who offers more than just pest repellent.

Late Reunion

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Jeffrey, a Wall Street couch potato, receives a call from an old high school friend; Rona, a chatty trust fund baby, who claims to have dated him when they were teenagers. A remote friendship ensues. But did they really know each other at all?

Jeffrey, a Wall Street couch potato, receives a call from an old high school friend; Rona, a chatty trust fund baby, who claims to have dated him when they were teenagers. A remote friendship ensues. But did they really know each other at all?

Blanche in a Wheelchair

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Ted is bitter from his recent physical disability, Guillain Barre. Danny, his partner, tries to cheer him up by proposing on their anniversary at Ted’s physical rehab. Chaos ensues. But can love heal all wounds?

Ted is bitter from his recent physical disability, Guillain Barre. Danny, his partner, tries to cheer him up by proposing on their anniversary at Ted’s physical rehab. Chaos ensues. But can love heal all wounds?

Confessions of a Character Actor

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

It's Brooklyn in 1968. A young male Jewish character actor must tell his mother that his big break is to star in the first X-rated Hollywood movie, but his confession about his part in the film reveals more about his personal life than the character he must portray.

It's Brooklyn in 1968. A young male Jewish character actor must tell his mother that his big break is to star in the first X-rated Hollywood movie, but his confession about his part in the film reveals more about his personal life than the character he must portray.

The Boy

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Can a 30-year-old gay slacker grow up in enough time to play caregiver to his older partner who is dying of AIDS?

Can a 30-year-old gay slacker grow up in enough time to play caregiver to his older partner who is dying of AIDS?

Maturity

by Aaron Leventman

Synopsis

Fraternal twins, brother and sister, struggle to find their individuality as the sister seeks more independence but the brother wants to hold on.

Fraternal twins, brother and sister, struggle to find their individuality as the sister seeks more independence but the brother wants to hold on.