Fred Gordon

Born in New York City, a member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre, he's had plays produced in New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Syracuse, etc. Published novels include BENJAMIN GRABBED HIS GLICKEN AND RAN and BLOOD NEVER DRIES. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, a one-act play, was a winner in the Warner International Play Festival and was produced there in October 2019.
Although he's had table reads, staged readings, and/or full productions of all of his plays, he's burned most of this work because these plays didn't achieve the drive and emotional impact he hoped for. The three full-length plays listed here with NPX, (I AM THE WOLF, A GLASS OF BLUE, and AMERICAN MU$CLE), approach the combination of passion and craft he wants in his work .
He's a recipient of a PEN Grant Award, a three time...

Born in New York City, a member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre, he's had plays produced in New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Syracuse, etc. Published novels include BENJAMIN GRABBED HIS GLICKEN AND RAN and BLOOD NEVER DRIES. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, a one-act play, was a winner in the Warner International Play Festival and was produced there in October 2019.
Although he's had table reads, staged readings, and/or full productions of all of his plays, he's burned most of this work because these plays didn't achieve the drive and emotional impact he hoped for. The three full-length plays listed here with NPX, (I AM THE WOLF, A GLASS OF BLUE, and AMERICAN MU$CLE), approach the combination of passion and craft he wants in his work .
He's a recipient of a PEN Grant Award, a three time Edward F. Albee Fellow, a graduate of UC Berkeley, an MFA in film from Columbia University, and a member of the Dramatist Guild.

Direct contact: fredjaygordon@gmail.com

Scripts

AMERICAN MU$CLE

by Fred Gordon

Cast Size

5

Genre

drama,

mystery/thriller

Hannah was born on the Upper East Side, her husband, Norman, escaped from the South Bronx with a scholarship to Cornell University where they met. Married for almost thirty years, they have two grown sons in a very successful vitamin supplement business Hannah and Norman started together. But recently Norman secretly took a chance on a revolutionary new business venture and borrowed $350,000 from a syndicate...

Hannah was born on the Upper East Side, her husband, Norman, escaped from the South Bronx with a scholarship to Cornell University where they met. Married for almost thirty years, they have two grown sons in a very successful vitamin supplement business Hannah and Norman started together. But recently Norman secretly took a chance on a revolutionary new business venture and borrowed $350,000 from a syndicate but now he can't pay it back. The loan shark suddenly shows up in their Park Avenue penthouse and demands the money from Hannah. Infuriated, frightened, Hannah wants Norman out of her life but he wants reconciliation. Threatened by gangsters, torn by personal conflicts, they are forced to the edge.

I AM THE WOLF

by Fred Gordon

Cast Size

5

Genre

drama,

mystery/thriller

A thriller in two acts using five actors, "I Am The Wolf" is set in the year 2000 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where Russian mobsters are planning to sell a submarine to the Chinese mob in Hong Kong. But Zev, the 22 year old son of one of these Russians, wants to live the American dream and escape the tightening hold of his father's criminal past. Balancing dreams of self-fulfillment with the realities of the...

A thriller in two acts using five actors, "I Am The Wolf" is set in the year 2000 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where Russian mobsters are planning to sell a submarine to the Chinese mob in Hong Kong. But Zev, the 22 year old son of one of these Russians, wants to live the American dream and escape the tightening hold of his father's criminal past. Balancing dreams of self-fulfillment with the realities of the world-wide criminal underground that wants to drag him in, Zev must, in order to survive, fight for his father and fight for the independence of his own life.

Direct contact: fredjaygordon@gmail.com

A GLASS OF BLUE-- a theatrical experience in one act

by Fred Gordon

Cast Size

5

Genre

drama,

experimental,

mystery/thriller

Nabil Kakon, 27, born in Morocco, is released from an Israeli prison and immediately flies to New York to meet his younger brother and their Uncle Daveed, an international money launderer who works with gangs in Russia, Israel, and Morocco. Nabil wants to join his uncle's business but, in order to be considered seriously within his uncle's organization, Nabil must be seen as fearless which means he has to...

Nabil Kakon, 27, born in Morocco, is released from an Israeli prison and immediately flies to New York to meet his younger brother and their Uncle Daveed, an international money launderer who works with gangs in Russia, Israel, and Morocco. Nabil wants to join his uncle's business but, in order to be considered seriously within his uncle's organization, Nabil must be seen as fearless which means he has to kill. But Nabil has only been a petty thief -- he has never taken someone’s life before. A GLASS OF BLUE follows Nabil as he realizes what he needs to do for his future with his uncle, is horrified because he’d rather be a lover than a killer, and yet he knows if he doesn’t do what his uncle and brother urge him to do, he may be trapped. A GLASS OF BLUE, a theatrical experience in one act, is a chilling story about how the possible moral corruption of a young man influences him as he seeks to win the love of his surrogate criminal father.
Direct contact: fredjaygordon@gmail.com