Jacob Punturi

Jacob (he/him/his) is a writer and arts administrator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he currently covers the National Football League (NFL) for Pittsburgh Steelers OnSI and the National Hockey League for Breakaway OnSI. As an arts administrator, he's served as the Assistant Manager of Patron Services at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), the Group Sales and Audience Development Manager at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, and the Box Office Manager at Little Lake Theater.

As a playwright, his one acts have been workshopped and performed in venues across Pittsburgh, including FRIENDSHIP (University of Pittsburgh, reading) WAITING ROOM (University of Pittsburgh, production) and THE SUPERHERO GROUP THERAPY PLAY (The Collective, reading). He was...

Jacob (he/him/his) is a writer and arts administrator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he currently covers the National Football League (NFL) for Pittsburgh Steelers OnSI and the National Hockey League for Breakaway OnSI. As an arts administrator, he's served as the Assistant Manager of Patron Services at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), the Group Sales and Audience Development Manager at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, and the Box Office Manager at Little Lake Theater.

As a playwright, his one acts have been workshopped and performed in venues across Pittsburgh, including FRIENDSHIP (University of Pittsburgh, reading) WAITING ROOM (University of Pittsburgh, production) and THE SUPERHERO GROUP THERAPY PLAY (The Collective, reading). He was the first place winner of the 2018 University of Pittsburgh Playwriting Festival and was a 2020 micro grant recipient from the LMDA.

His most recent full length play is titled Funny Books and/or How to Take the Next Step.

Jacob spends his time happily living life with his best friend and wife, Tory, and their golden retrievers, Eleanor and Loretta. He loves working on new pieces of theater and literature while constantly trying to improve his craft. In his spare time, he loves laying on his couch and reading comic books, the Sams (Beckett and Shepard), August Wilson, and Lynn Nottage plays (not in that order).

Scripts

The Superhero Group Therapy Play

by Jacob Punturi

Synopsis

A team of superheroes meet for their regularly scheduled therapy session, but an old secret is revealed and causes trouble amongst the group.

A team of superheroes meet for their regularly scheduled therapy session, but an old secret is revealed and causes trouble amongst the group.

Funny Books and/or How to Take the Next Step

by Jacob Punturi

Synopsis

Wayne is a comic book and graphic novel lover extraordinaire. His comic and game shop, Funny Books, has a devoted, yet small customer base keeping them afloat. After learning that his best and only employee at the shop, Jess, an aspiring illustrator and artist, just got into grad school, Wayne's hit with terrible news: a real estate developer is purchasing the building the comic shop is located in and forcing...

Wayne is a comic book and graphic novel lover extraordinaire. His comic and game shop, Funny Books, has a devoted, yet small customer base keeping them afloat. After learning that his best and only employee at the shop, Jess, an aspiring illustrator and artist, just got into grad school, Wayne's hit with terrible news: a real estate developer is purchasing the building the comic shop is located in and forcing Wayne out of business. With his back against the wall and the shop facing certain doom, Wayne, along with Jess, and two customers from the shop, Barry and Henderson, resolve to save the shop through whatever means necessary.

The Wind is Blowin', But I Don't See the Answer

by Jacob Punturi

Synopsis

Matt and Maggie's lives and relationship are changed forever when a new career opportunity for Maggie opens up.

Matt and Maggie's lives and relationship are changed forever when a new career opportunity for Maggie opens up.

Waiting Room

by Jacob Punturi

Synopsis

Maria and Graham try to pass the time and figure out what to do while they wait in an ICU waiting room for news about their Grandmother

Maria and Graham try to pass the time and figure out what to do while they wait in an ICU waiting room for news about their Grandmother

Shippin' Out

by Jacob Punturi

Synopsis

Mateo, Robyn, and their best friend, John, come to terms with life as Mateo is called to active duty

Mateo, Robyn, and their best friend, John, come to terms with life as Mateo is called to active duty

Friendship

by Jacob Punturi

Synopsis

A group of high school friends struggle to re-connect during a night of hanging out in college

A group of high school friends struggle to re-connect during a night of hanging out in college