Jacob Zack

Jacob Zack

Jacob T. Zack is a playwright from New Jersey. Jacob’s work includes Proclivity for Kiting (B-Street Theater), Geronimo (The Slate Theater), Verisimilitude (NJ Repertory Company), Playtime (Inge Festival, Alternate), The Roast (The Slate Theater, Sylvia Center for the Arts, Artists’ Exchange, B-Street Theater), Zoo Theory (NJ Repertory Company), Willard (Inge Festival, Alternate), The Break Room (Stage Left...
Jacob T. Zack is a playwright from New Jersey. Jacob’s work includes Proclivity for Kiting (B-Street Theater), Geronimo (The Slate Theater), Verisimilitude (NJ Repertory Company), Playtime (Inge Festival, Alternate), The Roast (The Slate Theater, Sylvia Center for the Arts, Artists’ Exchange, B-Street Theater), Zoo Theory (NJ Repertory Company), Willard (Inge Festival, Alternate), The Break Room (Stage Left Theater), To The Beat! (Funhouse VI), and The World is Sand (Spooky Action Theater, Open Roads Film Festival Honorable Mention). Jacob’s published works include Verisimilitude (Smith & Kraus), Zoo Theory (Smith & Kraus, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books). Jacob’s absurdist comedy, Proclivity for Kiting, won the 2019 B-Street New Comedies Festival. See more of Jacob’s work at: www.jacobtzack.com.

Plays

  • Proclivity for Kiting by Jacob Zack
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: absurdist, dark comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, political, satire
    Keyword: absurdist, dark comedy, Farce, totalitarianism, political, satire, kiting
    Imagine, for a moment, a city under siege. Government prohibitions are multiplying (for the good of the people). Strawberry pie is illegal. All bicycle tires: confiscated. The word effervescent has been outlawed. Kite Flying – once a popular pastime – is now a capital offense. David and Julia are making the best of things when a mysterious tapping starts to emanate from their apartment wall. As their suspicions...
    Imagine, for a moment, a city under siege. Government prohibitions are multiplying (for the good of the people). Strawberry pie is illegal. All bicycle tires: confiscated. The word effervescent has been outlawed. Kite Flying – once a popular pastime – is now a capital offense. David and Julia are making the best of things when a mysterious tapping starts to emanate from their apartment wall. As their suspicions proliferate, their world unravels.
  • Merryborough by Jacob Zack
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: absurd comedy, bureaucracy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, science fiction
    Keyword: absurd comedy, bureaucracy, sci-fi
    Merryborough was a quiet town. The City Council had never dealt with anything more serious than administrative issues: noise complaints, landscaping questions, zoning matters. Until now. With crime on the rise and mysterious neighbors incoming, the Council must adjust. Local bureaucracy takes a worrisome shape as dark forces threaten the town. Ready or not, change is coming to Merryborough.
  • Zoo Theory by Jacob Zack
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: climate change, absurdist + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: climate change, absurdist, comedy
    An actress is welcomed to a different kind of Theatre Company.
  • Verisimilitude by Jacob Zack
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: absurdist comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: absurdist comedy, dark comedy, circus
    Two vagrants gear up for the performance of a lifetime.
  • The World is Sand by Jacob Zack
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental
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    Keyword: absurdist, dark
    Genre: drama, experimental
    Keyword: absurdist, dark
    Two women enjoy tea in a mass grave.