Visiting Professor - Playwriting, Screenwriting M.F.A., University of California, San Diego kweitzma@indiana.edu Whom do I contact about what?

Ken Weitzman’s plays include, The As If Body Loop (Humana Festival ’07), Arrangements (Atlantic Theatre Company, Pavement Group), Spin Moves (Arielle Tepper's Summer Play Festival), Hominid (Theatre Emory and Out of Hand Theater), Stadium 360 (Out of Hand Theater), Memorabilia (Alliance Theatre), Fire in the Garden (Castillo Theatre). Ken’s plays have also been developed and presented at, among others, New York Stage and Film, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, the Geva Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dad’s Garage, Florida Stage, Page 73 Productions, and the New. The Catch, Ken's most recent play was developed at New Harmony and was recently read at Hartford Stage as part of the Brand:NEW Festival. 

(Brief synopses of plays available at:  www.kenweitzman.weebly.com)

Commissions include: Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory, the Alliance Theatre, Theatre Emory, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Currently, Ken is the Playwright-in-Residence for Out of Hand Theater Company. www.outofhandtheater.com

Awards: 2003 L. Arnold Weissberger award for Arrangements, the McDonald Playwriting Award for The As If Body Loop (best new play in San Diego), Mario Fratti/Fred Newman Political Playwriting Contest for Fire in the Garden, and the Elizabeth George Commission for an Outstanding Emerging Playwright (chosen and awarded by South Coast Repertory Theatre.)

Ken received his M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and has taught playwriting at, among others, Emory University, University of California San Diego, and currently at Indiana University.