Izzy Salant

Izzy Salant is a bicostal playwright, actor, and magician, who initially left the east coast for Los Angeles after 21 years of freezing and being allergic to going outside. He is a proud member of the Alliance of Jewish Theater, the Playwrights Center, and the Dramatists Guild. He currently serves on the Alliance of Jewish Theater Outreach Committee, as an Abby Freeman Artist-in-Residence at the Braid in Los Angeles, and on the artist panel for the Jewish Plays Project. As of October 2025, he is in Israel on a Fulbright scholarship for playwriting.

Selected works: Rite of Passage [BROADWAY WORLD BOSTON NOMINEE: BEST NEW PLAY] (Bema Productions, Punctuate4, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater), Peace Talks (Bema...

Izzy Salant is a bicostal playwright, actor, and magician, who initially left the east coast for Los Angeles after 21 years of freezing and being allergic to going outside. He is a proud member of the Alliance of Jewish Theater, the Playwrights Center, and the Dramatists Guild. He currently serves on the Alliance of Jewish Theater Outreach Committee, as an Abby Freeman Artist-in-Residence at the Braid in Los Angeles, and on the artist panel for the Jewish Plays Project. As of October 2025, he is in Israel on a Fulbright scholarship for playwriting.

Selected works: Rite of Passage [BROADWAY WORLD BOSTON NOMINEE: BEST NEW PLAY] (Bema Productions, Punctuate4, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater), Peace Talks (Bema Productions, Arena Civic Theater), Maryland is the F#CKING South (The Braid). Selected acting credits: Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show), Mr. Applegate (Damn Yankees), Hamlet (Hamlet). History: Theater, B.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Journalism, B.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive (Class of 2019, 2021), NEXT at the Braid Fellow (2019, 2021), AJT Theatermacher (2022-2024).

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Scripts

Rite of Passage

by Izzy Salant

9
Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

FULL LENGTH: A tragic secret haunts Harold while he is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. Why did his mother suddenly die and what are others not telling him? His father, David, finds himself in the throws of moral battle over whether or not to reveal the truth to his autistic son. Written with a mixture of love and humor, ‘Rite of Passage’ is a story of a young man and his father coping with loss as they rebuild...

FULL LENGTH: A tragic secret haunts Harold while he is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. Why did his mother suddenly die and what are others not telling him? His father, David, finds himself in the throws of moral battle over whether or not to reveal the truth to his autistic son. Written with a mixture of love and humor, ‘Rite of Passage’ is a story of a young man and his father coping with loss as they rebuild their family and hope for the future.

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Catatonic (Part 1)

by Izzy Salant

1
Cast Size
10—100
Genre
drama,
political

FULL LENGTH: To condense the plot of this play, which is just part 1, to a short synopsis is asking to condense its topic, October 7, into a short synopsis. So… it’s a play about October 7, and how the world was never the same.

FULL LENGTH: To condense the plot of this play, which is just part 1, to a short synopsis is asking to condense its topic, October 7, into a short synopsis. So… it’s a play about October 7, and how the world was never the same.

Unrequited

by Izzy Salant

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

FULL LENGTH: It’s four weeks before the end of the semester. Jake is heading to law school, Alice is harboring a secret, Jackie has unfinished business, and Michael’s just along for the ride. Follow these four through a real-life soap opera that I legally cannot say is based on real events.

FULL LENGTH: It’s four weeks before the end of the semester. Jake is heading to law school, Alice is harboring a secret, Jackie has unfinished business, and Michael’s just along for the ride. Follow these four through a real-life soap opera that I legally cannot say is based on real events.

Peace Talks

by Izzy Salant

2
Cast Size
2—3
Genre
comedy,
drama,
political

Co-written by Ryan Michael Dunn

*MOST PROTESTED SHOW at the Victoria Fringe Festival*

ONE ACT: After Andrew’s death, his bereaved brother James sets out on a revenge plot against Israel and
Noam, the man he believes is responsible for Andrew’s death. Noam, believing himself to also
be responsible, sets out on revenge against himself.

Co-written by Ryan Michael Dunn

*MOST PROTESTED SHOW at the Victoria Fringe Festival*

ONE ACT: After Andrew’s death, his bereaved brother James sets out on a revenge plot against Israel and
Noam, the man he believes is responsible for Andrew’s death. Noam, believing himself to also
be responsible, sets out on revenge against himself.

Maryland is the F#CKING South

by Izzy Salant

2
Cast Size
1—2
Genre
comedy,
drama

MONOLOGUE: A thought provoking case on why Maryland is in fact located in the South, thanks to some good ole Southern Hospitality.

MONOLOGUE: A thought provoking case on why Maryland is in fact located in the South, thanks to some good ole Southern Hospitality.

Why the Hell is it so Hard to Write a Recommendation on NPX? A Monologue

by Izzy Salant

19
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
parody/spoof,
satire

MONOLOGUE: Someone fed up with being stuck on writing recommendations on NPX writes a letter

MONOLOGUE: Someone fed up with being stuck on writing recommendations on NPX writes a letter

Used Time

by Izzy Salant

5
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
tragedy

10 MINUTE: A time traveler speaks on the phone with his love, who's in a hurricane, realizing he cannot save her.

10 MINUTE: A time traveler speaks on the phone with his love, who's in a hurricane, realizing he cannot save her.

2082

by Izzy Salant

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
drama

ONE ACT: Pat's not doing so hot. He went through a devastating break up with Amy... seven months ago, so to cheer him up, his best friend Andrew takes him on a road trip. While on the road, Pat begins to have flashbacks to his relationship as his guilt eats away more and more. Will the duo make it to their destination?

ONE ACT: Pat's not doing so hot. He went through a devastating break up with Amy... seven months ago, so to cheer him up, his best friend Andrew takes him on a road trip. While on the road, Pat begins to have flashbacks to his relationship as his guilt eats away more and more. Will the duo make it to their destination?

P. Lay

by Izzy Salant

5
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
farce,
parody/spoof,
satire

10 MINUTE: Peter Nisman is unhappy with Franklin Ewe's coverage of him in the local paper.

10 MINUTE: Peter Nisman is unhappy with Franklin Ewe's coverage of him in the local paper.

The Scenic View

by Izzy Salant

3
Cast Size
6—7
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental

FULL LENGTH: Mike will tell you

FULL LENGTH: Mike will tell you

The Sodom and Gomorrah Play

by Izzy Salant

2
Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
satire

ONE ACT: What if we took the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, and instead of them being places of sin, they were places that a higher power considered sinful, but the people in it weren't. This play re-imagines the story in Nazi Germany in Camp Sodom; with Lot being a Jew in the camp, Abraham being an escaped Jew posing as a Nazi, and the three visitors being three gay men. PLEASE read playwright's note in the...

ONE ACT: What if we took the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, and instead of them being places of sin, they were places that a higher power considered sinful, but the people in it weren't. This play re-imagines the story in Nazi Germany in Camp Sodom; with Lot being a Jew in the camp, Abraham being an escaped Jew posing as a Nazi, and the three visitors being three gay men. PLEASE read playwright's note in the script.

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