John Susman

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John Susman is an American playwright, screenwriter and a director/producer of film.

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In the 1980s, he worked at Steppenwolf Theatre as literary manager, dramaturg, and assistant director on many Steppenwolf productions. [1]

Playwright

In 1990, his play Tiger Treadwell Takes Tinseltown was produced at the Ventura Court Theatre by the L.A. Theater Unit in Los Angeles. [2] In 2003, his play Cafe Society was staged in Oak Park, Illinois at The Circle Theatre Chicago's New Plays Festival. [3]

Susman's play Nelson and Simone, about the decades-long relationship between Nelson Algren and Simone de Beauvoir, is based on material Susman drew from de Beauvoir's 1998 book, A transatlantic love affair : letters to Nelson Algren. [4] It had several staged readings, [5] and was first produced in 1999 as a featured play at Prop Theatre's New Play Festival. [6] [7] [8] It was produced again in 2000 at Chicago's Live Bait Theater directed by Richard Cotovsky starring Gary Houston and Rebecca Covey. The play dramatizes the love affair between Chicago literary giant Nelson Algren and French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [6] [14] [15] [16]

Film

In 2007, he wrote, directed, and produced the comedy short Making the Man which has screened at over twenty film festivals in the US, Europe and Japan and had its commercial release on the DVD Best Of 16th Raindance Film Festival Shorts. [17]

Susman's first feature-length motion picture Game Day, starring Romeo Miller and Lisa Zane with Chris J. Johnson and Fyvush Finkel, [18] is scheduled for release in 2016. [19] [20] Original music by composer William Susman. [21] John Susman is author of the original screen play and co-producer. [1]

Awards and honors

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  2. ↑ "Los Angeles Times" Stage Review, February 22, 1990, Robert Koehler
  3. ↑ "Oak Park Journal" Circle Theatre New Plays Festival Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Christiansen, Richard (October 25, 2000). "Famed Affair Finds Way To Stage". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ Christiansen, Richard (21 July 2000). "Nelson Sees the Light". Chicago Tribune.
  6. 1 2 Houlihan, Mary (20 October 2000). "Algren's alter ego Play sheds light on 'odd couple'". Chicago Sun Times.
  7. ↑ Houlihan, Mary (30 April 1999). "Proving ground Festival hones writers' skills". Chicago Sun Times.
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  9. ↑ "Live Bait Theater" Production History
  10. ↑ Bommer, Lawrence (October 20, 2000). "Fighting A Duel, Russian Style". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
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  14. ↑ Kleiman, Kelly (November 2, 2000). "Life, Love, And Nothing in Between (review)". Chicago Reader . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ "An International Love Affair Unfolds in 'Nelson and Simone' (theatre Review)". The Beacon News. 29 October 2000.
  16. ↑ Goddu, Jenn (27 October 2000). "'Nelson & Simone' tells of cross-Atlantic love". Post-Tribune Gary, Indiana.
  17. ↑ "The Internet Movie Database" IMDb Making the Man (2007)
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  21. ↑ IMDB pro
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