Eugene Pack
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Eugene Pack is a writer, producer, actor, and playwright. He created the long-running Off-Broadway comedy show "Celebrity Autobiography", in which he also performs. For producing "Celebrity Autobiography," Pack won the 2009 Drama Desk Award and the Bistro Award for Comedy. A graduate of New York University
, Pack studied with David Mamet
, the Practical Aesthetics
Workshop, and Playwrights Horizons
.
, was eventually filmed as a television special on Bravo in 2005, which he also executive produced and appeared in. Since then, the show has enjoyed a successful Off-Broadway
run, winning the Drama Desk Award. The show now plays in cities throughout the United States and recently headlined at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to sold out audiences and rave reviews. The comedy show features readings from celebrity autobiographies with a rotating cast of participating celebrities http://www.celebrityautobiography.com/.
," which won the Emmy for Outstanding Special. He also created and is the Executive Producer for the popular CMT
series "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
," now in its 5th season, TV Land
's "Back to the Grind," and Style's "What I Hate About Me" http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655438/. As a playwright, Pack wrote and acted in the critically acclaimed one-man shows "The Senior" and "Something Flexible With Meaning." His plays include "Elinor Adjusting" and "Stan the Man." The latter, developed at Theatre West
, was optioned for the screen http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-24/entertainment/17834920_1_celebrity-autobiography-zsa-zsa-gabor-broadway-stars/ and his most recent work, "Columbus and Amsterdam" was workshopped with the Naked Angels
at Vassar College
's NY Stage and Film Company. Pack also recently collaborated with Motown founder Berry Gordy
on his autobiographical musical "To Be Loved".
," and "The War at Home
" http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655438/.
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, Pack studied with David Mamet
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...
, the Practical Aesthetics
Practical Aesthetics
Practical Aesthetics is an acting technique originally conceived by David Mamet and William H. Macy, based on the teachings of Stanislavsky, Sanford Meisner, and the Stoic Philosopher Epictetus. An in-depth description of the technique may be found in A Practical Handbook for the Actor and also...
Workshop, and Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work....
.
"Celebrity Autobiography"
"Celebrity Autobiography," created and developed by Pack and Dale Rehfeld in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, was eventually filmed as a television special on Bravo in 2005, which he also executive produced and appeared in. Since then, the show has enjoyed a successful Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
run, winning the Drama Desk Award. The show now plays in cities throughout the United States and recently headlined at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to sold out audiences and rave reviews. The comedy show features readings from celebrity autobiographies with a rotating cast of participating celebrities http://www.celebrityautobiography.com/.
Television and Plays
As a writer and producer, Pack has worked extensively in television. He was nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Writing for Variety, Comedy, or Music for the special "America: A Tribute to HeroesAmerica: A Tribute to Heroes
America: A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four broadcast networks. Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show Joel Gallen. Actor George Clooney wrangled the celebrities to performed and to man the telephone bank . The marketing and public...
," which won the Emmy for Outstanding Special. He also created and is the Executive Producer for the popular CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
series "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team is an American reality television series that premiered in 2006 on Country Music Television. The series follows the auditioning process and the making of the annual Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad...
," now in its 5th season, TV Land
TV Land
TV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...
's "Back to the Grind," and Style's "What I Hate About Me" http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655438/. As a playwright, Pack wrote and acted in the critically acclaimed one-man shows "The Senior" and "Something Flexible With Meaning." His plays include "Elinor Adjusting" and "Stan the Man." The latter, developed at Theatre West
Theatre West
Theatre West is a theatre company in Hollywood, California, the oldest continually-operating theatre company in Los Angeles, established in 1962....
, was optioned for the screen http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-24/entertainment/17834920_1_celebrity-autobiography-zsa-zsa-gabor-broadway-stars/ and his most recent work, "Columbus and Amsterdam" was workshopped with the Naked Angels
Naked Angels (theater company)
Naked Angels is an American theater company founded in 1986 and based in New York City. It was named after John Tytell’s book about the Beat Generation, Naked Angels...
at Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
's NY Stage and Film Company. Pack also recently collaborated with Motown founder Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...
on his autobiographical musical "To Be Loved".
Acting Work
As an actor, Pack has appeared on such shows as "Doogie Howser, MD," "RelativityRelativity (TV series)
Relativity is an American drama television series which followed a twenty-something couple, Isabel Lukens and Leo Roth , and the lives and loves of their friends and siblings...
," and "The War at Home
The War at Home
The War at Home may refer to:* The War at Home , a 1996 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates and Martin Sheen* The War at Home , a 1979 documentary film about Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam War...
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