Paul Hoan Zeidler

Paul Hoan Zeidler

Paul Hoan Zeidler is a graduate of the USC's Professional Writing Masters Program where he studied with Hubert Selby, Jr. (LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN), John Rechy (CITY OF NIGHT), Paul Zindel (THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS), and Jerome Lawrence (INHERIT THE WIND) who taught him Eleventh Commandment: “Thou shalt not commit television on a theater stage.” It's something he's...
Paul Hoan Zeidler is a graduate of the USC's Professional Writing Masters Program where he studied with Hubert Selby, Jr. (LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN), John Rechy (CITY OF NIGHT), Paul Zindel (THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS), and Jerome Lawrence (INHERIT THE WIND) who taught him Eleventh Commandment: “Thou shalt not commit television on a theater stage.” It's something he's taken to heart ever since. His full length plays include: TIME'S SCREAM AND HURRY, produced by Lightning Rod Theater at the New York International Fringe Festival at the Cherry Lane Theatre. NUDE/NAKED, a 2011 Stanley Drama Awards honoree and a 2009 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist. WOOF-WOOF, a 2014 Hollywood Fringe Encore Producers Award Winner and "Spirit of the Fringe" Award nominee. THE MOON IS A STONE THAT WENT INSANE, staged readings at L.A.'s Skylight and Elephant Theatre companies. Los Angeles productions of his work also include: “The Enchanter Disappears” with the Jerome Lawrence Quintet, and “Your Mind Breathes Water” at the Elephant. He has contributed to the group-written THE BOX at Sacred Fools Theatre in July 2015 and March 2017. For Lightning Rod Theater, he produced and sound designed the productions of CRAFTSMAN (Hollywood Fringe 2016) and THIS SIDE OF SWEETWATER (Hollywood Fringe 2017). He also directed the Lightning Rod production of NUDE/NAKED that premiered in January 2019 at the McCadden Place Theater on Hollywood's Theatre Row.

Plays

  • The New Fuck You by Paul Hoan Zeidler
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: girl power, punk + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: girl power, punk, female rockstars, euthanasia, sexual assault, Bechdel Test, psychiatry, In-Yer-Face, punk rock, fuck the patriarchy
    Jomarie travels to Europe, seeking euthanasia. Allyn, her friend since childhood, embarks on the first east coast club tour with her punk band the New Fuck You. Jomarie copes with severe panic attacks and warily navigates her relationship with Dr. Isa Sansvort, the therapist who must evaluate her request for death. Allyn manages a problematic boyfriend/bandmate and sets the course of the increasingly chaotic...
    Jomarie travels to Europe, seeking euthanasia. Allyn, her friend since childhood, embarks on the first east coast club tour with her punk band the New Fuck You. Jomarie copes with severe panic attacks and warily navigates her relationship with Dr. Isa Sansvort, the therapist who must evaluate her request for death. Allyn manages a problematic boyfriend/bandmate and sets the course of the increasingly chaotic tour. When Allyn keeps her promise and flies to meet Jomarie will they conclude that their lives aren't as restricted and inevitable as they thought?
  • NUDE/NAKED by Paul Hoan Zeidler
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, empowerment + 7 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, empowerment, art, award winners, photography, Controversial, In-Yer-Face, Royal Court, cancel culture
    Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Bennett Duquesne and his daughter Addy have had their controversial work collected by major art museums all over the world. After Addy's trust funder boyfriend shoots one of Duquesne's students in their living room, photos meant to be viewed on gallery walls or in coffee table books catapult into every angry corner on the internet. The Duquesnes struggle to hold...
    Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Bennett Duquesne and his daughter Addy have had their controversial work collected by major art museums all over the world. After Addy's trust funder boyfriend shoots one of Duquesne's students in their living room, photos meant to be viewed on gallery walls or in coffee table books catapult into every angry corner on the internet. The Duquesnes struggle to hold onto their intuitive creativity while the local District Attorney pressures them to reveal more about their personal lives, and the mainstream and social media launch brutal attacks. Honored at the Stanley Drama Awards and a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, the Royal Court Theatre has called NUDE/NAKED, "mesmerizing."
  • WOOF-WOOF by Paul Hoan Zeidler
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Disabled Veterans + 6 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Disabled Veterans, traumatic brain injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, coming home, trauma and recovery, In-Yer-Face, New York City
    An Iraq war vet grappling with a traumatic brain injury and PTSD is discharged from a Warrior Transition Unit at a U.S. Army hospital in Washington, D.C. Instead of returning to his family in Philadelphia, he hitchhikes to New York and arrives at the apartment door of his childhood friend. Chuck is surprised by his visit--he hasn't seen Jimmy in almost 10 years--but when he learns it's his first day...
    An Iraq war vet grappling with a traumatic brain injury and PTSD is discharged from a Warrior Transition Unit at a U.S. Army hospital in Washington, D.C. Instead of returning to his family in Philadelphia, he hitchhikes to New York and arrives at the apartment door of his childhood friend. Chuck is surprised by his visit--he hasn't seen Jimmy in almost 10 years--but when he learns it's his first day out of the Army he convinces his hard-partying roommate to bring him along on a wild night of clubbing. When a long forgotten incident involving Chuck and Jimmy is revealed, conflicts escalate before the three can get out the door.


    "Paul Hoan Zeidler has written an impressive script that is truly brought to life by his brilliant direction and an amazing cast. This play moves you, and leaves you in a different place than when you first entered the theater." -- L.A. Examiner

    "Riveting. The way the thing unfolds, the patience, the ferocity, the relentless, bent masculinity, I almost felt like I couldn’t keep up. Just masterful. Feeling like the action onstage just might sweep out into the audience and suck us in. I wish this were a regular run so I could see it again. I could go and on. Jesus. What a show." -- Fringe Reviewer
  • TIME'S SCREAM AND HURRY by Paul Hoan Zeidler
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: trauma and recovery, sexual assault + 3 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: trauma and recovery, sexual assault, Latinx, awkward romance, special needs
    Three searing single actor dramas linked through the themes of anger, violence, assault and recovery. In the first, "So-So's Sister," an East L.A. Latinx teen, forced to care for her mentally disabled sister since childhood, is tempted to steal something very precious from her in order to regain control of her life. In “Match Girl,” a young nurse, who burned herself with matches as a girl to...
    Three searing single actor dramas linked through the themes of anger, violence, assault and recovery. In the first, "So-So's Sister," an East L.A. Latinx teen, forced to care for her mentally disabled sister since childhood, is tempted to steal something very precious from her in order to regain control of her life. In “Match Girl,” a young nurse, who burned herself with matches as a girl to relieve her depression and anger, wanders through a series of nice-guy relationships while she struggles for a way to express her peculiar urge. And in “The Good Boyfriend,” a Milwaukee man with an angry streak dates a mysterious girl as attracted to him as she is terrified. Through her, he discovers the price and reward for being good.

    "Highly charged and well-crafted ... Zeidler shows a command of language and a strength in storytelling that pulls us in." - Back Stage

    "Paul Hoan Zeidler's script is strong, with three sharply delineated (and very differently voiced) characters." -- nytheatre.com