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Fred Gordon
Born in the Bronx, a founding member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York; served on the Members Council and led the weekly Playwrights Unit at EST Los Angeles for five years.  Taught Playwriting, UCLA Extension, 3 years.  Plays produced in NY, LA, Baltimore, Syracuse, etc.  Published novels include: BENJAMIN GRABBED HIS GLICKEN AND RAN and BLOOD NEVER DRIES.  BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, a one act play, won and was produced at the Warner International Play Festival, October 2019.  I AM THE WOLF, a full length play, was produced as a staged reading at EST NY'S Memberfest, November 2019 and was being scheduled at The Queens Theatre, NY, for 2020, when COVID shut down the world.  A GLASS OF BLUE, full length play, developed in Playwrights Unit, 2021.  AMERICAN MU$CLE, full length play, developed in the Unit and produced at The New York Theater Festival, November 2022. A recipient of a PEN Grant Award; a three time Edward F. Albee Fellow; a graduate of UC Berkeley; an MFA in film from Columbia University.  Member of The Dramatists Guild and the National New Play Network (newplayexchange.org/users/17098/fred-gordon).  

Representation: Marta Praeger, Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency; fredjaygordon@gmail.com