Lissa Levin

Lissa Levin


LISSA LEVIN

Bio

LISSA LEVIN is a playwright and award-winning librettist/lyricist, garnering the prestigious Kleban Award for her libretto for TWIST OF FATE; composer, Ron Abel. The musical comedy also won L.A. Weekly’s Musical of the Year and two L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards, and was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musical. Levin’s play, SEX AND...

LISSA LEVIN

Bio

LISSA LEVIN is a playwright and award-winning librettist/lyricist, garnering the prestigious Kleban Award for her libretto for TWIST OF FATE; composer, Ron Abel. The musical comedy also won L.A. Weekly’s Musical of the Year and two L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards, and was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musical. Levin’s play, SEX AND EDUCATION, first presented at the Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage Festival, had its New York premiere at the Penguin Rep, summer of 2014. She is currently writing the libretto for the Broadway-bound HAZEL, A MUSICAL MAID IN AMERICA based on the iconic cartoon and tv character, with Ron Abel and lyricist, Chuck Stephen. Levin’s other stage works include the thoughtful comedy WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? , the Latin vampire musical, HOT BLOODED, the dysfunctional bar mitzvah, JEWSICAL, and a new musical take on THE NUTCRACKER.

Also a twenty-five year veteran of television as a writer-producer, Levin’s credits include the Emmy-nominated MAD ABOUT YOU and CHEERS; WKRP IN CINCINNATI, FAMILY TIES, BROTHERS, COMPLETE SAVAGES (with Keith Carradine), THUNDER ALLEY (with Ed Asner) and GLORIA (with Sally Struthers), amongst many others.

Levin’s essay, PISSER, a rant about insufficient bathroom stalls in women’s rest rooms in theaters, was published by Random House in a collection of contemporary
humor by noted women in the art from Gloria Steinem to Wendy Wasserstein. The collection was later transformed into a theatrical benefit co-produced by Levin, a breast cancer activist, suppporting the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation.

Levin is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Writers Guild of America, ASCAP, and the Society of Composers and Lyricists.









Plays

  • SEX AND EDUCATION by Lissa Levin
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Sex, education + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Sex, education, public high school, English Teachers, basketball, grammar, sports, cheerleading
    A jaded public high school English teacher intercepts a poorly-written note passed by a graduating basketball superstar to his cheerleader girlfriend, asking her for sex - and makes him turn it into a polished, persuasive essay. At stake is a passing grade and this phenom’s much-heralded college sports scholarship – and the teacher’s vindication for a career well-spent. A cheerleader is both the object of the...
    A jaded public high school English teacher intercepts a poorly-written note passed by a graduating basketball superstar to his cheerleader girlfriend, asking her for sex - and makes him turn it into a polished, persuasive essay. At stake is a passing grade and this phenom’s much-heralded college sports scholarship – and the teacher’s vindication for a career well-spent. A cheerleader is both the object of the boy's affection, his muse, and the alter-ego of the teacher who no longer commands a crowd. The play is a comedy that cries for education, a duel between an underpaid educator and an underachiever poised for fame and fortune, and a poignant coming of age story. With lessons in sports and grammar.