Ian August Playwright
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who is ian august?

Ian August is an award-winning, internationally-produced playwright and educator. His works have been developed with PlayPenn, the Powerhouse Theatre Season with NY Stage and Film, Ashland New Plays Festival, the Great Plains Theatre Conference, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre of Albany, NJ Repertory Company, Writers’ Theatre of New Jersey, Wordsmyth Theatre Company, City Theatre of Miami, the Garry Marshall Theatre, UC Davis Dept of Theatre and Dance, Passage Theatre Company, the Philadelphia Artists Collective, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the NY and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, and elsewhere. He lives in Lawrenceville, NJ with his husband, set designer and performing arts teacher Matthew R. Campbell, and his four (FOUR) cats, Lentils, Kimchi, Clementine, and Thomas’.

Contact: Susan Gurman, Gurman Agency LLC, Tel: 212 749 4618, Email: susan@gurmanagency.com

August [has] crafted a modestly scaled meditation on the devastation of despair and the power of hope; one that suggests we may have lost our cold and dusty moon, but we’ve regained the ability to wish upon a star.
— Asbury Park Press, on the 2011 NJ Rep production of Donna Orbits the Moon
This play’s strengths lie in its intricate, poetic language. Missing Celia Rose is a masterpiece.
— Bermuda Sun, on the 2009 BMDS production of Missing Celia Rose
Mad hijinks and crazy situations ensue in Ian August’s absolutely hysterical and outrageously unique new comedy.
— nytheatre.com on the 2011 Quorum Theatre production of Submitted by C. Randall McCloskey
 

D.Q.M. or DRAG QUEEN MAGIC

A New Comedy

Stay Safe!

A Science Fiction Play for Young Adults

Children and Art

A New Play


 

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If you’d like to read some of Ian August’s work, check out his profile on the New Play Exchange, where you can read full plays, see thorough casting breakdowns, and read reviews left by theatre artists.