Daniel Holzman

Daniel Holzman is a playwright and artist from San Francisco. His work has been produced and supported by Clubbed Thumb, The Brick, The Tank, Fresh Ground Pepper, The Workshop Theater and more. Devious invitations to audiences and artists alike, his plays take the form of strange-intimate-epics, slippery in tone, often lonely, funny, and frightening in the same breath. Recent work includes: Berlindia! (The Tank), Middle School Play (Brick Aux), OLIVES (Clubbed Thumb ECWG), and Me & Who (O'Neill Finalist). He frequently collaborates with his sister Neena, who illustrates all his plays.
BFA: NYU
MFA Candidate: Brooklyn College

Daniel Holzman is a playwright and artist from San Francisco. His work has been produced and supported by Clubbed Thumb, The Brick, The Tank, Fresh Ground Pepper, The Workshop Theater and more. Devious invitations to audiences and artists alike, his plays take the form of strange-intimate-epics, slippery in tone, often lonely, funny, and frightening in the same breath. Recent work includes: Berlindia! (The Tank), Middle School Play (Brick Aux), OLIVES (Clubbed Thumb ECWG), and Me & Who (O'Neill Finalist). He frequently collaborates with his sister Neena, who illustrates all his plays.
BFA: NYU
MFA Candidate: Brooklyn College

Scripts

BERLINDIA!

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

Burger and her little brother (named Fuck) embark on an epic quest to find their mother, whose recent obsession with techno has taken her to an infinite nightclub city of dreams.

Burger and her little brother (named Fuck) embark on an epic quest to find their mother, whose recent obsession with techno has taken her to an infinite nightclub city of dreams.

Me and Who

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

Princess Cookie and Princess Vera live an 8th floor walkup apartment at the end of history.

Princess Cookie and Princess Vera live an 8th floor walkup apartment at the end of history.

O L I V E S

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

Miriam is afraid there isn't going to be a future.
David is afraid of everything.
Then the bodybuilder arrives.

Miriam is afraid there isn't going to be a future.
David is afraid of everything.
Then the bodybuilder arrives.

middle school play

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

The year is 2012. The end of the Mayan calendar approaches. Where did our teacher go? How long has she been in the bathroom? How far away is the future? Oh shit, here it is

The year is 2012. The end of the Mayan calendar approaches. Where did our teacher go? How long has she been in the bathroom? How far away is the future? Oh shit, here it is

Alifornia

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

Al drives the length of California in search of the last pair of jeans that will fit.
A one person show.

Al drives the length of California in search of the last pair of jeans that will fit.
A one person show.

Moviemaking

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

An actress disappears during an overnight film shoot in the New Mexico desert and the overworked crew is tasked with finding her. She couldn't have gone far. But why do things feel as if they're unraveling?

An actress disappears during an overnight film shoot in the New Mexico desert and the overworked crew is tasked with finding her. She couldn't have gone far. But why do things feel as if they're unraveling?

Adelia (or, the Nose Play)

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

A noseless woman searches for love across the Sea

A noseless woman searches for love across the Sea

There Will Always Be A Moon Over Marin

by Daniel Holzman

Synopsis

Christine loves San Francisco
Christine loves her realtor.
Christine loves her new house.
If only she could forget what she did to buy it.

Christine loves San Francisco
Christine loves her realtor.
Christine loves her new house.
If only she could forget what she did to buy it.