Simon Levy

Simon Levy (born May 12, 1949) is an award-winning theatre director and playwright, who has been the Producing Director/Dramaturg with The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles since 1993.

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Biography

Levy was born in Surrey, England and grew up in San Francisco. He graduated from City College of San Francisco with an AA and San Francisco State University with an MA in Theatre, and began his theatre career as an actor in San Francisco, primarily with the New Shakespeare Company and then the The Alley Theater in Houston, Texas. Prior to studying theatre, he was a music major, played the saxophone, and was a jazz and rock-and-roll musician. He made his debut as a professional stage director in 1980 at One Act Theatre Company in San Francisco, where he focused on the development of new work, directing many of the plays of Michael Lynch, among others, and at the Magic Theatre, directing the plays of Lynne Kaufman, among others. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and joined the staff of The Fountain Theatre in 1993.[1] He has taught Playwriting at UCLA Writer's Extension, been a site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council, and is a member of numerous organizations, including the Dramatists Guild, Society for Directors and Choreographers, and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

Current Projects

His stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby inaugurated the Guthrie Theater’s new theatre complex in July 2006,[2] is in preparation for a commercial run in London, and was a Finalist for the PEN Award in Drama.[3]

He has also adapted Fitzerald's Tender is the Night and The Last Tycoon.[4]

He is the recipient of the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Milton Katselas Career Achievement Award in Directing. [5]

In 2011 he directed the West Coast Premiere of Tennessee Williams' last play A House Not Meant to Stand.[6] And is the producer for the World Premiere of Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist. [7] [8]

In 2010 he directed the Los Angeles Premiere of Michael Hollinger's Opus[9]... and produced the U.S. Premiere of Athol Fugard's latest play The Train Driver.[10]

Playwright (Scripts and Awards)

Director (Projects and Awards)

Info prior to 2004 is available at www.simonlevy.com

Other Works

Screenwriting

Fiction

References

  1. ^ [1] The Fountain Theatre Staff Page
  2. ^ "Great Guthrie, it's 'Gatsby'" Minneapolis Star Tribune February 10, 2006
  3. ^ "Literary awards season" LAObserved.com July 31, 2007
  4. ^ "Simon Levy" [2] www.doollee.com 2010
  5. ^ [3] LADCC Awards
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  7. ^ [5]
  8. ^ [6]
  9. ^ [7] The Fountain Theatre Reviews
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  11. ^ "On Stage: Seattle Rep superbly mines the essence of Fitzgerald's 'Great Gatsby Seattle Post-Intelligencer November 14, 2006
  12. ^ "Literary awards season" LAObserved.com July 31, 2007
  13. ^ [9] The Fountain Theatre WhatIHeardAboutIraq Page
  14. ^ "Angeleno's play wows Edinburgh" Los Angeles Times August 27, 2006
  15. ^ [10] PEN Center USA
  16. ^ [11] The Fountain Theatre Reviews
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  18. ^ [13] The Fountain Theatre Reviews
  19. ^ [14] 2009/2010 Ovation Award Nominees
  20. ^ [15] 2010 LADCC Nominations
  21. ^ "20th Ovation Awards - Red Carpet with Simon Levy and Deborah Lawlor" YouTube January 16, 2010
  22. ^ "2004 L.A. Ovation Award Winners Announced" TheatreMania.com November 16, 2004

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