Aaron Leventman

Aaron Leventman

Aaron Leventman attended Columbia University’s Graduate School for film where his thesis screenplay was given a professional reading at the Union Square Theatre in Manhattan. He moved to Santa Fe from Provincetown after his involvement as a writer/director/actor with the Provincetown Theatre Company. When living in Santa Fe, he performed with most of the local theatre companies and has also appeared in...
Aaron Leventman attended Columbia University’s Graduate School for film where his thesis screenplay was given a professional reading at the Union Square Theatre in Manhattan. He moved to Santa Fe from Provincetown after his involvement as a writer/director/actor with the Provincetown Theatre Company. When living in Santa Fe, he performed with most of the local theatre companies and has also appeared in industrials, commercials, short films, and features. Aaron’s plays have been performed all over the country, many of which are published and available on Amazon.com. He co-produced an evening of his own short works titled Almost Adults that met with tremendous acclaim including the Mayor declaring LGBT Theatre Day in Santa Fe, NM on opening night. His recent play Blanche in a Wheelchair was a finalist for the Samuel French One-Act Off-Off Broadway Festival. Aaron is also a film and acting instructor at Santa Fe Community College, a film festival curator, and has a private writing coach practice. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild in New Mexico.

Plays

  • Blanche in a Wheelchair by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: disability, LGBTQ + 6 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: disability, LGBTQ, gay marriage, disabled persons, physical therapy, physical comedy, bathroom, elderly gay
    Ted is bitter from his recent physical disability, Guillain Barre. Danny, his partner, tries to cheer him up by proposing on their anniversary at Ted’s physical rehab. Chaos ensues. But can love heal all wounds?
  • Confessions of a Character Actor by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: coming out, Gay and Jewish + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: coming out, Gay and Jewish, Jewish humor, Jewish Mother and Son, 1960s, casting
    It's Brooklyn in 1968. A young male Jewish character actor must tell his mother that his big break is to star in the first X-rated Hollywood movie, but his confession about his part in the film reveals more about his personal life than the character he must portray.
  • The Boy by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: aids, infidelity + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: aids, infidelity, open relationship, caregiving, 1990's new york
    Can a 30-year-old gay slacker grow up in enough time to play caregiver to his older partner who is dying of AIDS?
  • Girls Mature Faster Than Boys by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: gay teen, Profanity + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: gay teen, Profanity, teenage identity, LGBTQ
    Fraternal twins, brother and sister, struggle to find their individuality as the sister seeks more independence but the brother wants to hold on.
  • The Transformative Nature of Love by Aaron Leventman
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: LGBTQ+, old movies references + 2 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ+, old movies references, gay men, old movie star references
    In this first person monologue, a wayward young gay male artist meets a stranger at a party and suddenly his life changes in just every way possible.
  • The Value of Empty Boxes by Aaron Leventman
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: romantic comedy
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    Keyword: romantic comedy, phone sex + 4 more
    Genre: romantic comedy
    Keyword: romantic comedy, phone sex, moving, career change, adult relationships, female friendship
    Veronica, an undiscovered artist who works as an office manager in New York City, attends a party with her best friend Barbara, a middle-aged administrative assistant, for what turns out to be an unsuccessful blind date. However, at the party she meets Bernie, a wealthy roamer and real estate investor. Despite his slightly reclusive existence, she falls for his eccentric charm. Soon, at the chagrin of Barbara,...
    Veronica, an undiscovered artist who works as an office manager in New York City, attends a party with her best friend Barbara, a middle-aged administrative assistant, for what turns out to be an unsuccessful blind date. However, at the party she meets Bernie, a wealthy roamer and real estate investor. Despite his slightly reclusive existence, she falls for his eccentric charm. Soon, at the chagrin of Barbara, Veronica leaves her job to move in Bernie in his new loft in San Francisco within months of their first date. Barbara is still trying to find what makes her happy in life when she feels time is running out for her. Little does Veronica know about Bernie's shaky relationship history and propensity for moving once boredom sets in or his relationships become problematic. Once they've been living together for a while, Veronica's art career takes off just as Bernie wants to move again back to New York. She is then forced to decide whether or not to move back to New York with Bernie to continue his nomadic existence with him and possibly sacrificing her budding career as well as her independence. She decides on the former, with some regret, and separates from Bernie. It's time for Veronica's first art opening. Barbara attends where she announces to Veronica that she been cast in a regional musical, directed by Veronica's blind date from the party where she met Bernie, who Barbara has been seeing. Bernie himself makes an unexpected appearance at this important event to Veronica. They realize how much they care about each other and that many sacrifices will have to be made in order for them to stay together.
  • Lovers and Survivors by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: features LGBTQ+ characters, LGBTQ+ issues + 6 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: features LGBTQ+ characters, LGBTQ+ issues, LGBTQ+ playwright, campy dialogue, movie references, AIDS crisis, AIDS epidemic, disability
    Follow Bruce and Jeffrey's 50-year-friendship starting as awkward gay teenagers in a Boston junior high school, continuing through the AIDS crisis, then finally in assisted living. Even though lovers and family members have come and gone in their lives, their connection and support of each other will stand the test of time.
  • The Remediator by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, cancer + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, cancer, grief
    A gay widower develops an unlikely alliance with his exterminator who offers more than just pest repellent.
  • Late Reunion by Aaron Leventman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: high school reunion, false identity
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: high school reunion, false identity
    Jeffrey, a Wall Street couch potato, receives a call from an old high school friend; Rona, a chatty trust fund baby, who claims to have dated him when they were teenagers. A remote friendship ensues. But did they really know each other at all?