Simon Levy
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Simon Levy is an award-winning theatre director and playwright, who has been the Producing Director/Dramaturg with The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles since 1993.
with an AA and San Francisco State University
with an MA in Theatre, and began his theatre career as an actor in San Francisco, primarily with the New Shakespeare Company and then the The Alley Theater in Houston, Texas. Prior to studying theatre, he was a music major, played the saxophone, and was a jazz and rock-and-roll musician. He made his debut as a professional stage director in 1980 at One Act Theatre Company in San Francisco, where he focused on the development of new work, directing many of the plays of Michael Lynch
, among others, and at the Magic Theatre
, directing the plays of Lynne Kaufman, among others. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and joined the staff of The Fountain Theatre
in 1993. He has taught Playwriting at UCLA Writer's Extension, been a site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts
and the California Arts Council
, and is a member of numerous organizations, including the Dramatists Guild, Society for Directors and Choreographers, and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.
inaugurated the Guthrie Theater
’s new theatre complex in July 2006, is in preparation for a commercial run in London, and was a Finalist for the PEN
Award in Drama.
He has also adapted Fitzerald's Tender is the Night
and The Last Tycoon.
He is the recipient of the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Milton Katselas Career Achievement Award in Directing.
In 2011 he directed the West Coast Premiere of Tennessee Williams
' last play A House Not Meant to Stand
. And is the producer for the World Premiere of Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist.
In 2010 he directed the Los Angeles Premiere of Michael Hollinger
's Opus
... and produced the U.S. Premiere of Athol Fugard
's latest play The Train Driver
.
Info prior to 2004 is available at www.simonlevy.com
Fiction
Biography
Levy was born in Surrey, England and grew up in San Francisco. He graduated from City College of San FranciscoCity College of San Francisco
City College of San Francisco, or CCSF, is a two-year community college in San Francisco, California. The Ocean Avenue campus, in the Ingleside neighborhood, is the college's primary location...
with an AA and San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
with an MA in Theatre, and began his theatre career as an actor in San Francisco, primarily with the New Shakespeare Company and then the The Alley Theater in Houston, Texas. Prior to studying theatre, he was a music major, played the saxophone, and was a jazz and rock-and-roll musician. He made his debut as a professional stage director in 1980 at One Act Theatre Company in San Francisco, where he focused on the development of new work, directing many of the plays of Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch
Michael or Mike Lynch may refer to:* Michael Francis Lynch, Australian arts administrator* Michael Lynch * Michael Lynch * Michael Lynch...
, among others, and at the Magic Theatre
Magic Theatre
The Magic Theatre is a theatre company founded in 1967, presently based at the historic Fort Mason Center on San Francisco's northern waterfront...
, directing the plays of Lynne Kaufman, among others. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and joined the staff of The Fountain Theatre
The Fountain Theatre
The Fountain Theatre is one of the premier intimate theatres in Los Angeles. Along with its programming of live theatre, it's also the foremost producer of Flamenco on the West Coast.-History:...
in 1993. He has taught Playwriting at UCLA Writer's Extension, been a site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
and the California Arts Council
California Arts Council
The California Arts Council is a state agency based in Sacramento. Its eleven council members are appointed by the Governor and the state Legislature...
, and is a member of numerous organizations, including the Dramatists Guild, Society for Directors and Choreographers, and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.
Current Projects
His stage adaptation of The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922....
inaugurated the Guthrie Theater
Guthrie Theater
The Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in...
’s new theatre complex in July 2006, is in preparation for a commercial run in London, and was a Finalist for the PEN
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
Award in Drama.
He has also adapted Fitzerald's Tender is the Night
Tender is the Night
Tender Is the Night is a novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was his fourth and final completed novel, and was first published in Scribner's Magazine between January-April, 1934 in four issues...
and The Last Tycoon.
He is the recipient of the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Milton Katselas Career Achievement Award in Directing.
In 2011 he directed the West Coast Premiere of Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
' last play A House Not Meant to Stand
A House Not Meant to Stand
A House Not Meant to Stand is the last play written by Tennessee Williams. It was produced during the 1981–82 season at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago by Gregory Mosher and published for the first time in 2008 by New Directions...
. And is the producer for the World Premiere of Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist.
In 2010 he directed the Los Angeles Premiere of Michael Hollinger
Michael Hollinger
Michael Hollinger is an American playwright who is currently an assistant professor of Theatre at Villanova University and a resident playwright at . He received a Bachelor of Music in viola performance from Oberlin Conservatory in 1984 and a Master of Arts in theatre from Villanova in 1989...
's Opus
Opus (play)
Opus is a 2006 play written by Michael Hollinger- Plot :The play involves the Lazara Quartet, a foursome at the top of their field but with a sudden need to replace violist Dorian, who was just fired. Dorian is a mix of an emotionally unstable man who needs medication and a musical genius who...
... and produced the U.S. Premiere of Athol Fugard
Athol Fugard
Athol Fugard is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy-Award winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood...
's latest play The Train Driver
The Train Driver
The Train Driver is a play by Athol Fugard. It was first produced at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa where it was directed by Fugard himself and ran from 19 March - 11 April 2010. The United States Premiere was presented at the Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles from October 16, 2010, to...
.
Playwright (Scripts and Awards)
- Ibsen's An Enemy of the People: A New Version for America - current project
- The Great Gatsby - opened July 2006; selected as the inaugural production for the Guthrie TheaterGuthrie TheaterThe Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in...
's new theatre complex - produced at Seattle Repertory TheatreSeattle Repertory TheatreSeattle Repertory Theatre is a major regional theatre located in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle Center. It is a member of Theatre Puget Sound and Theatre Communications Group. Founded in 1963, it is led by Artistic Director Jerry Manning and Managing Director Benjamin Moore...
, November 2006 - scheduled for production in London 2011 - adaptation courtesy of the Fitzgerald Estate - Awards: Finalist PENInternational PENPEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
Award in Drama
- What I Heard About Iraq - an anti-Iraq War play adapted from Eliot WeinbergerEliot WeinbergerEliot Weinberger is a contemporary American writer, essayist, editor, and translator. His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in some thirty languages...
's acclaimed prose-poem - world premiere at the Fountain Theatre for an extended 5 month run 2005/2006 - Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2006 - read in 45 cities around the world on March 20, 2006 - Adelaide Fringe FestivalAdelaide Fringe FestivalThe Adelaide Fringe Festival is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is the Southern Hemisphere's largest arts event and the second-largest fringe festival in the world, second in size only to the Edinburgh Fringe...
, March 2007 - produced as a radio play by BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
4 Radio, May 11, 2007 - 30-city UK tour beginning April 2007, culminating in June at Arts TheatreArts TheatreThe Arts Theatre is a theatre in Great Newport Street, in Westminster, Central London. It now operates as the West End's smallest commercial receiving house.-History:...
, London - produced worldwide - official BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
entry, Best Drama Adaptation, for the 2008 Prix ItaliaPrix ItaliaThe Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
-Awards: Official BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
entry 2008 Prix ItaliaPrix ItaliaThe Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
; Nominated for the 2007 Adelaide Drama Critics Award; Winner Fringe Award, 2007 Adelaide Fringe FestivalAdelaide Fringe FestivalThe Adelaide Fringe Festival is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is the Southern Hemisphere's largest arts event and the second-largest fringe festival in the world, second in size only to the Edinburgh Fringe...
; Winner Fringe First Award, 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Nominated for Best Adaptation by Los Angeles Drama Critics CircleLos Angeles Drama Critics CircleThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle is an organization located in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
; Recipient of Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West 2006 Critics' List Honorable Mentions for Adaptation; 2005 Entertainment TodayEntertainment TodayEntertainment Today, established in 1967, is a quarterly magazine and online publication focusing on the business aspect of the entertainment industry and entertainment technology. It was formerly Los Angeles' oldest free weekly entertainment newspaper, distributed around the Hollywood, Burbank,...
Ticketholder Awards and reviewplays.com, Runners-Up: Top Plays of 2005, Best Adaptation
- Tender is the Night (original adaptation of F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
's acclaimed novel) - Produced: Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; Published: Modern American Literature Series, Prestige Books - Awards: Winner: PENPEN Center USAPEN Center USA, founded in 1943, is one of two PEN centers in the United States and 145 centers in the world. It was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1981...
West Literary Award for Drama; Winner: 7 Drama-Logue Awards (including Best Production); Winner: Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West "Garland" Award Best Production; Winner: "Best of 7 Productions" L.A. Village View; Nominated for 2 Theatre L.A. OVATION Awards (including Best New Adaptation)
- The Last Tycoon (adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's acclaimed novel)- Produced: Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles - Awards: Winner: 5 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West/Drama-Logue Awards including Best Adaptation; Nominated for the Los Angeles Drama Critics CircleLos Angeles Drama Critics CircleThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle is an organization located in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
“Ted Schmitt” Award For Original Play
- She-Who-Is-Made-Of-Clay (one-act) (the last man/women of the Yokuts) - Produced: Rites & Reason Theatre, Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
; Workshopped: Cleveland Public Theatre; Published: Alabama Literary Review; Published: Black Hat Press; Published: American Writing: A Magazine; Broadcast: WFBH-FM, Indiana, 2002; Broadcast: WBAI-FM, NY, 2000 - Awards: Winner: 2nd Place, 2001 Mind's Ear Audio Play Competition; Winner: George Houston Bass Playwriting Award; Winner: Cleveland Public Theatre New Works Festival; Winner: 2004 Shenandoah Top Ten International Plays
- The Beethovens (with Frederick Kurth) (the true story of Beethoven) - Produced: Dynarski Theatre, Los Angeles - Awards: Winner: 2 Drama-Logue Awards (including Original Writing); Nominated: PENPEN Center USAPEN Center USA, founded in 1943, is one of two PEN centers in the United States and 145 centers in the world. It was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1981...
West Literary Award for Drama
- Vivian on the White Wall (one-act) - Awards: Finalist: 2001 Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of LouisvilleActors Theatre of LouisvilleActors Theatre of Louisville is a performing arts theater located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1964 by Louisville native Ewel Cornett, local producer Richard Block and actor Ken Jenkins of Scrubs fame, and was designated the "State Theater of Kentucky" in 1974. It is run as a...
- Pink Skin (one-act) - Produced: Bloomington Playwrights ProjectBloomington Playwrights ProjectThe Bloomington Playwrights Project is a not-for-profit arts organization in Bloomington, Indiana. The BPP's mission states that it is "dedicated to the furthering of new original plays and theatre." The BPP only produces original work...
, Indiana (April 2004) Produced: the side project theatre company, Chicago, July, 2005
- The Addams Family - (original adaptation from The Addams FamilyThe Addams FamilyThe Addams Family is a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. As named by Charles Addams, the Addams Family characters include Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Thing....
television series) - Produced: One Act Theatre Company, San Francisco
- Act of Betrayal (the true story of Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
) - Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002 Writer's DigestWriter's DigestWriter's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
Writing Competition; Semi-Finalist: 2001 InterAct Theatre’s Showcase of New Plays; Staged Reading: Blue Heron Theatre, New York, 1999; Semi-Finalist: 1999 Northwest Regional New Plays Conference
- Sessions with a Dead Poet (inspired by Dr. Frederick Kurth's book, "Howling with Sakutaro", about the father of modern Japanese poetry, Hagiwara Sakutaro - Awards: Honorable Mention, 2005 Writer's DigestWriter's DigestWriter's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
Competition
- Man for Man (inspired by Leonard MichaelsLeonard MichaelsLeonard Michaels was an American writer of short stories, novels, and essays. He was born in New York City to Jewish parents; his father was born in Poland. He went to college and earned his B.A. from New York University and went on to acquire an M.A. as well as a Ph.D...
' acclaimed novel, "The Men's ClubThe Men's ClubThe Men's Club is a 1986 drama film directed by Peter Medak, based on the novel of the same name by Leonard Michaels. It stars Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Treat Williams, David Dukes and Richard Jordan...
")
- Love Eternal (one-act) (the love story of Tristan and IseultTristan and IseultThe legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult...
) - Awards: Finalist: West Coast Ten-Minute Play Contest
- Voice (with Frederick Kurth) - Awards: Honorable Mention, 2002 Writer’s Digest Competition
- Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue ("Monster Revue") (with Peter Giordano) Produced: Universal Studios HollywoodUniversal Studios HollywoodUniversal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use...
Director (Projects and Awards)
- A House Not Meant to Stand - March 2011 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; - Awards: 9 StageSceneLA.com Awards including Outstanding Production/Comedy, Outstanding Direction/Comedy, Outstanding Ensemble/Comedy.
- Opus - June 2010 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; - Awards: 7 StageSceneLA.com Awards including Best Production Comedy-Drama and Best Director Comedy-Drama; nominated for 4 OVATION Awards including Best Season, Best Production and Best Ensemble.; nominated for 4 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards including Best Production, Best Play and Best Ensemble
- Photograph 51 - March 2009 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; - Nominations: 3 LA Stage Alliance OVATION Awards including Best Season and Best Production; 3 L.A. Weekly Awards; Awards: 5 StageSceneLA.com Awards including Best Production and Direction
- The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore - September 2007 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; Awards: 2008 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West Garland Award for Direction; Recipient of 9 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West Critics List Honorable Mentions including Best Production
- Master Class - January 2007 - Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
Theatre at the Lobero TheatreLobero TheatreThe Lobero Theatre, founded by José Lobero, is a historic building in Santa Barbara, California. It is at the corner of Anacapa and Canon Perdido Streets, less than a block away from the historic Presidio of Santa Barbara.-History:...
- The Gimmick - September, 2006 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; Awards: Winner 2007 LA Stage Alliance OVATION Award Best Solo Performance; Recipient of 5 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West 2006 Critics' List Honorable Mentions including Direction (twice); ReviewPlays.com: Runner-Up: Best Director
- What I Heard About Iraq - September, 2005 - Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles; Awards: 2005 reviewplays.com (Cynthia Citron): Best Director; 2005 Entertainment TodayEntertainment TodayEntertainment Today, established in 1967, is a quarterly magazine and online publication focusing on the business aspect of the entertainment industry and entertainment technology. It was formerly Los Angeles' oldest free weekly entertainment newspaper, distributed around the Hollywood, Burbank,...
Ticketholder Awards and reviewplays.com, Runners-Up: including Top Plays of 2005 and Best Direction
- Accomplice - February/March, 2005 - Colony Theatre, Burbank; Awards: Recipient of 4 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West 2006 Critics List Honorable Mentions including Best Production and Direction
- Going to St. Ives - August, 2004 - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- Awake and Sing - June, 2004 - International City Theatre, Long Beach; Nomination: 2004 Los Angeles Drama Critics CircleLos Angeles Drama Critics CircleThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle is an organization located in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to excellence in theatrical criticism, and to the encouragement and improvement of theatre in the Greater Los Angeles Area....
Awards: Revival of the Year
- Daisy in the Dreamtime - March, 2004 - a Fountain Theatre production at INside the Ford at the Ford AmphitheatreJohn Anson Ford AmphitheatreThe John Anson Ford Amphitheatre is a 1421-seat performing arts theatre in Los Angeles, California. The theatre is owned and operated by the County of Los Angeles, and run through a three-way partnership between the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the...
, Los Angeles; Awards: 2004 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West Best of Critics' List including Best Production and Direction; Entertainment TodayEntertainment TodayEntertainment Today, established in 1967, is a quarterly magazine and online publication focusing on the business aspect of the entertainment industry and entertainment technology. It was formerly Los Angeles' oldest free weekly entertainment newspaper, distributed around the Hollywood, Burbank,...
Ticketholder Awards: Runner-up: Best Director; Beverly Hills Outlook Theatre Awards: Top 5 Productions of 2004; Top 5 Directors of 2004
- Master Class - November, 2003-July, 2004 - Fountain Theatre and Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles; Awards: Winner of the 2004 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Production; 3 Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West "Garland" Awards including Best Direction; Back StageBack StageBack Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
West Best of 2003 Critic's List: Best Production; 4 "Maddy" Awards including Best Production and Direction; 3 Entertainment TodayEntertainment TodayEntertainment Today, established in 1967, is a quarterly magazine and online publication focusing on the business aspect of the entertainment industry and entertainment technology. It was formerly Los Angeles' oldest free weekly entertainment newspaper, distributed around the Hollywood, Burbank,...
Ticketholder Awards including Runner-up Best Production and Best Direction; 2 Easy ReaderEasy ReaderFounded in 1970, the is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday and delivered to homes in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach , with a circulation of approximately 57,000, offering local news and extensive entertainment listings. It is the legally adjudicated newspaper for the...
Awards including Best Production; 2 reviewplays.com & NoHo LA Awards including Top Ten Best Productions; Nominations: 3 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards including Best Production and Director.
Info prior to 2004 is available at www.simonlevy.com
Other Works
Screenwriting- The Last Tycoon (F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
's novel)
- Tender is the Night (F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
's novel)
- Act of Betrayal (about Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
) - Awards: 5th Place, American Screenwriters Association International Screenwriting Competition; Quarter-Finalist: American Screenplay Competition; Semi-Finalist: Chesterfield Writer's Film Project; Semi-Finalist: Nicholl Screenwriting Competition; Finalist & Honorable Mention: Venice Arts Screenwriting Competition; Quarter-Finalist: FADE IN Magazine Screenwriting Awards; Quarter-Finalist: Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition; Honorable Mention: Writer's DigestWriter's DigestWriter's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
Magazine Screenwriting Competition
- Ludwig (with Frederick Kurth) (about Beethoven) - Awards: Semi-Finalist: Chesterfield Writer's Film Project; Finalist: America's Best Screenwriting Competition; Quarter-Finalist: Writer’s Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition
- Project Eden (action/adventure) - Awards: Semi-Finalist: Chesterfield Film Writer's Project; Top Finalist: BDR New Millenium Screenplay Contest; Honorable Mention: Writer's DigestWriter's DigestWriter's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
Writing Competition; Semi-Finalist: Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition
- Love Eternal (the forbidden romance of Tristan and Iseult) - Awards: Semi-Finalist: Chesterfield Writer's Film Project; 2nd Round Finalist: Austin Heart of Film; Semi-Finalist: Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition
- Crows Landing Gently, Gently (with Michael Lynch) (eerie romance) - Awards: 2nd Round Finalist: Austin Film FestivalAustin Film FestivalThe Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...
; 1st Round Finalist: Script Magazine/The Shooting Gallery Open Door Contest; Finalist: Red Inkworks Screenplay Competition; Semi-Finalist: Produce Me Competition; Honorable Mention: Writer’s Digest Competition; Quarter-Finalist: Writer’s Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition
- Between Livin' and Lovin (with Michael Lynch) - (family drama) - Awards: Quarter-Finalist: Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Competition; Honorable Mention: Writer's DigestWriter's DigestWriter's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
Writing Competition; Quarter-Finalist: American Screenwriters Association Screenwriting From the Soul Script Competition; Runner-Up: Hollywood 27 Screenwriting Competition
- Night Eyes II (under pseudonym) - Produced: Prism Entertainment
- Vivian on the White Wall (short film) (ghost story)
- She-Who-Is-Made-Of-Clay (short film) (the last man/woman of the Yokuts)
Fiction
- Love Eternal - novel-in-progress
- Memory Blue as Sky (Short Story) – Honorable Mention, 2005 New Millenium Writing Awards.
- Love Eternal (Poem) - published National Library of Poetry; Semi-Finalist North American Open Poetry Contest
- Pale Yellow House (Poem) - published Pittenbruach Press “A Scent of Apple"
- Pale Yellow House (Short Story) - published EWG Presents, E-Zine, 1997
- Awarded Writer's Residency Fellowship at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico
- Awarded Writer’s Residency Fellowship at Ucross Foundation, Wyoming
- Awarded Writer’s Fellowship for Writing at Hawthornden Castle, Scotland
- Awarded Writer's Residency at the Dorset Colony for Writers
- Awarded Residency Fellowship for Writing at the Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony for the Arts