Arnold Margolin

Arnold Margolin

As a tv writer, I co created "Love, American Style" and "A Family for Joe" starring Robert Mitchum. I have written over 40 pilot scripts and numerous episodic scripts. I produced four tv movies and four major studio films. I won a Primetime Emmy.
As a playwright, I have written six full length plays, including two original musicals. I have had one play produced at Elephant Asylum...
As a tv writer, I co created "Love, American Style" and "A Family for Joe" starring Robert Mitchum. I have written over 40 pilot scripts and numerous episodic scripts. I produced four tv movies and four major studio films. I won a Primetime Emmy.
As a playwright, I have written six full length plays, including two original musicals. I have had one play produced at Elephant Asylum Theatre and Falcon Theatre in L.A. I co-wrote a play that was produced in L.A by Interact Theatre Co. My musical had a workshop productions, by the South Bay Civic Light Opera in Southern California. My other musical was produced by the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in West Virginia.
I currently reside in New York City.

Plays

  • Leap by Arnold Margolin
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: afterlife, life + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental, fantasy
    Keyword: afterlife, life, death, suicide, comedy, Farce, three actors, under 90 minutes
    A man, Bob Kanicki, has no idea what to do with his life, so he decides to make a perilous leap out the window. Bub, a young man, saves him, but not to truly save him...he wants to buy his soul. A young woman, Anna, tries to convince Bob not to sell his soul. A farce in one room that muses on life, death, and our moral obligations to ourselves.
  • Brice Bogard, DDS by Arnold Margolin
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    When Brice’s best friend, Mike, dies suddenly, and Mike’s family and his poker game move on, Brice realizes that when he dies, he, too, will soon be forgotten. Brice’s worrying over ways he can achieve immortality becomes an obsession. With no artistic talent or skills, Brice searches for a way to become unforgettable. What he finds is love, tragedy, despair and hope, and that the best part of immortality is...
    When Brice’s best friend, Mike, dies suddenly, and Mike’s family and his poker game move on, Brice realizes that when he dies, he, too, will soon be forgotten. Brice’s worrying over ways he can achieve immortality becomes an obsession. With no artistic talent or skills, Brice searches for a way to become unforgettable. What he finds is love, tragedy, despair and hope, and that the best part of immortality is that one can live without it.