Jacob Zack

Jacob Zack

Jacob T. Zack is a playwright from Washington, D.C. Jacob’s written 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 (...
Jacob T. Zack is a playwright from Washington, D.C. Jacob’s written 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). Jacob’s published works include Verisimilitude (Smith & Kraus), Zoo Theory (Smith & Kraus, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books), and Proclivity for Kiting (B-Street Theater). Jacob’s absurdist comedy, Proclivity for Kiting, won the 2019 B-Street New Comedy 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.
  • 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 + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: climate change, absurdist, comedy, 15 minute play
    An actress is welcomed to a different kind of Theatre Company.