Edward Einhorn
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Edward Einhorn (born September 6, 1970) is an American playwright, theater director, and novelist.
Early life, education and career
A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Einhorn graduated from Westfield High School, where he was an editor of the student newspaper Hi's Eye. He attended Johns Hopkins University. In 1992, he cofounded the Untitled Theater Company #61 in New York with his older brother, David. While working in the company, he directed T. S. Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes, Eugène Ionesco's The Bald Soprano, and Richard Foreman's My Head Was a Sledgehammer, among other works. Off-Broadway, he directed Fairy Tales of the Absurd, a trilogy of one-act plays, two by Ionesco and one (One Head Too Many) by himself. Other adaptations include The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula Le Guin and City of Glass, by Paul Auster.
As a playwright
As a playwright, Einhorn became known for his absurd comic style. One of his best-known plays is The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein,[1] a farce set at a fantasy marriage between Stein and Toklas. The show received a Critic's Pick from Jesse Green, then co-chief reviewer of The New York Times. His other works include dramas on Jewish legends[2] and a series of plays on neurological and neuroscientific topics — The Neurology of the Soul (on neuromarketing),[3] The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot (on Asperger syndrome), The Taste of Blue, (on synesthesia), Strangers (on Korsakoff syndrome), and Linguish (on aphasia). He adapted Lysistrata and Iphigenia in Aulis for modern audiences.[4]
As a novelist
Einhorn has written two Oz novels, Paradox in Oz[5] and The Living House of Oz, both illustrated by Eric Shanower.[6] He has written two picture books on mathematical subjects for young readers: A Very Improbable Story,[7] on the subject of probability, and Fractions in Disguise, on the subject of fractions.[8] A number of his plays have also been published.[9]
In 2011, he authored the first English language translation of Václav Havel's final play, The Pig, or Václav Havel's Hunt for a Pig,[10][11] as well as Havel's one-act, Ela, Hela, and the Hitch.[12]
In 2014 and 2015, he created and produced the show Money Lab, an economic vaudeville, produced at HERE Arts Center in Manhattan and The Brick in Brooklyn.[13][14]
In 2020, his podcast The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley was released, a four-part audio drama about the quack doctor turned politician, hosted by Dan Butler.[15]
In 2021, his podcast The Iron Heel was released, a three-part audio drama adaptation of the book by Jack London.[16]
As a theater director
In 2022, he directed a film of The Last Cyclist written in Terezin by Karel Svenk and reconstructed by Naomi Patz, which was originally staged at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and was broadcast on WNET Channel 13, a PBS affiliate, as part of Theater Close Up. [17] [18]
References
- ^ New York Times review, The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
- ^ Edward Einhorn, The Golem, Methuselah, and Shylock: Plays by Edward Einhorn, New York, Theater 61 Press, 2005.
- ^ Scientific American review, The Neurology of the Soul, February 13, 2019
- ^ Script of Lysistrata
- ^ Edward Einhorn, Paradox in Oz, San Diego, Hungry Tiger Press, 1999.
- ^ Edward Einhorn, The Living House of Oz, San Diego, Hungry Tiger Press, 2005.
- ^ Edward Einhorn, A Very Improbable Story, Watertown, MA, Charlesbridge Press, 2008.
- ^ Kirkus review
- ^ Midwest book review, Playing Dreidel
- ^ Backstage review, The Pig
- ^ New York Times review, The Pig
- ^ Theater 61 Press
- ^ Village Voice review, Money Lab
- ^ blogcritics review, Money Lab
- ^ Set the Tape review, The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley
- ^ UTC61 website
- ^ The Last Cyclist website
- ^ Article about The Last Cyclist in The Times of Israel
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