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DRAMATURGY
Jonathan Kalb
Since 2010, Kalb has worked as Literary Advisor and Resident Dramaturg at Theatre for a New Audience, serving as production dramaturg on 24 TFANA productions. He also curated the theater's speaker series Open Books from 2013-2017--an annual program of public events with the authors of outstanding new books on theater.
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JK with John Lahr, Open Books, 2015.
Photo copyright Gerry Goodstein
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JK with Jeffrey Horowitz and Trevor Nunn, first rehearsal for Pericles.
Photo: copyright Gerry Goodstein
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JK with Simon Godwin, opening of Measure for Measure
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JK with John Douglas Thompson,
opening of Doll's'House/Father
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JK with Evan Yionoulis, opening of He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box
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JK with Peter Brook, Bartlett Sher and Erika Alexander, discussing The Mahabharata and Why?
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Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2023.
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Fuente Ovejuna, by Lope de Vega, directed by Flordelino Lagundino, Theatre for a New Audience, 2023.
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Henry IV, Parts 1&2 and Richard II, by William Shakespeare, adapted by Dakin Matthews, directed by Eric Tucker, Theatre for a New Audience, 2023.
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Des Moines, by Denis Johnson, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2022.
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Wedding Band, by Alice Childress, directed by Awoye Timpo, Theatre for a New Audience, 2022.
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The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2022.
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Gnit, by Will Eno, directed by Oliver Butler, Theatre for a New Audience, 2021.
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Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare, directed by Simon Godwin, Theatre for a New Audience, 2020.
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Fefu and Her Friends, by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, Theatre for a New Audience, 2019.
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Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, directed by Shana Cooper, Theatre for a New Audience, 2019.
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The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2018.
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He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Evan Yionoulis, Theatre for a New Audience, 2018.
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Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, directed by Simon Godwin, Theatre for a New Audience, 2017.
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A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, in repertory with The Father, by August Strindberg, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2016.
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Pericles, by William Shakespeare, directed by Trevor Nunn, Theatre for a New Audience, 2016.
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Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Michael Boyd, Theatre for a New Audience, 2014.
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King Lear, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2014.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor, Theatre for a New Audience, 2013.
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Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2013.
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The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2012.
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The Broken Heart, by John Ford, directed by Selina Cartmell, Theatre for a New Audience, 2012.
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Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2011.
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Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience, 2010.