Edward Einhorn

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|birth_place=Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.

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Playwright
theater director
novelist

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|nationality=American

|alma_mater=Westfield High School
Johns Hopkins University
Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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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, and he has a MA in Opera Writing from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1992, he cofounded the Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in New York with his older brother, David. He curated the Ionesco Festival in 2001 (Eugène Ionesco's complete works) and the Havel Festival in 2006 (Václav Havel's complete works). He currently also serves as the Artistic Director of the Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival, honoring Václav Havel.[https://www.rehearsalfortruth.org/ Rehearsal for Truth Festival website]

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,[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/14/theater/review-love-genius-and-the-marriage-of-alice-b-toklas-by-gertrude-stein.html?_r=0 New York Times review, The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein] 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 for its production at HERE Arts. It was also produced Off-West End at the Jermyn Street Theatre.[https://www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/show/the-marriage-of-alice-b-toklas/ Jermyn Street Theatre production of The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein] at His other works include dramas on Jewish legendsEdward Einhorn, The Golem, Methuselah, and Shylock: Plays by Edward Einhorn, New York, Theater 61 Press, 2005. and a series of plays on neurological and neuroscientific topics — The Neurology of the Soul (on neuromarketing),[https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/the-neurology-of-the-soul-on-valentines-day/ Scientific American review, The Neurology of the Soul, February 13, 2019] 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.[http://www.lysistratascript.com Script of Lysistrata] In 2023, his play The Shylock and the Shakespeareans, a darkly humorous retelling of The Merchant of Venice, was produced at The New Ohio Theatre and received a rave review from Yair Rosenberg in The Atlantic.[https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/deep-shtetl/64823a17c3200400372e7e8e/shakespeare-merchant-of-venice-anti-semitism/?_r=0 The Atlantic review, The Shylock and the Shakespeareans]

Adaptations include Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick;[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/theater/04android.html New York Times Review, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?] The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula Le Guin; and City of Glass, by Paul Auster. He also translated and adapted Václav Havel's final play, The Pig, or Václav Havel's Hunt for a Pig,[http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-off-off-broadway/the-pig-or-vaclav-havel-s-hunt-for-a-pig-1005260552.story Backstage review, The Pig][https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/theater/the-pig-or-vaclav-havels-hunt-for-a-pig-a-wry-czech-tale.html New York Times review, The Pig] as well as translating Havel's one-act, Ela, Hela, and the Hitch.[http://www.theater61press.com Theater 61 Press] He also turned the existing fragments of Exagoge by Ezekiel the Tragedian into a play/opera/immersive Passover seder. Chava Pearl Lansky [https://www.jta.org/2024/05/03/ny/the-worlds-oldest-jewish-play-inspires-a-new-immersive-production The world’s oldest Jewish play inspires a new, immersive production]. JTA. May 3, 2024.

As a novelist

Einhorn has written two Oz novels, Paradox in OzEdward Einhorn, Paradox in Oz, San Diego, Hungry Tiger Press, 1999. and The Living House of Oz, both illustrated by Eric Shanower.Edward Einhorn, The Living House of Oz, San Diego, Hungry Tiger Press, 2005. He has written two picture books on mathematical subjects for young readers: A Very Improbable Story,Edward Einhorn, A Very Improbable Story, Watertown, MA, Charlesbridge Press, 2008. on the subject of probability, and Fractions in Disguise, on the subject of fractions.[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edward-einhorn/fractions-in-disguise/ Kirkus review] A number of his plays have also been published,[http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/oct_11.htm Midwest book review, Playing Dreidel] including a graphic novel adaptation of Iphigenia in Aulis, with art by Eric Shanower, from Image Comics.[https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/iphigenia-in-aulis-the-age-of-bronze-edition-tp Image Comics Iphigenia in Aulis page]

Podcasts

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.[https://setthetape.com/2021/01/01/the-resistible-rise-of-j-r-brinkley-audio-drama-review/ Set the Tape review, The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley]

In 2021, his podcast The Iron Heel was released, a three-part audio drama adaptation of the book by Jack London.{{Cite web |url=http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/the-iron-heel.html |title=UTC61 website |access-date=2021-04-30 |archive-date=2021-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430150356/http://www.untitledtheater.com/previous-productions/the-iron-heel.html |url-status=dead }}

As a theater director

While working with Untitled Theater Company No. 61, 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.[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/theater/theater-review-lunar-voyage-on-wings-of-whimsy.html New York Times review, Fairy Tales of the Absurd]

In 2014 and 2015, he created and directed the show Money Lab, an economic vaudeville, produced at HERE Arts Center in Manhattan and The Brick in Brooklyn.[http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-08-14/theater/money-lab-a-vaudevillian-social-experiment-proves-the-value-of-art/full/, Village Voice review, Money Lab][http://blogcritics.org/theater-review-nyc-money-lab-conceived-and-curated-by-edward-einhorn/, blogcritics review, Money Lab]

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.[http://www.thelastcyclist.com The Last Cyclist website][https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-lost-comedy-cabaret-from-the-terezin-ghetto-is-reconstructed-and-finally-staged Article about The Last Cyclist in The Times of Israel]

References

External links

[http://www.edwardeinhorn.com Edward Einhorn's website]
[http://www.untitledtheater.com Untitled Theater Company #61]
[http://www.theater61press.com/authors/edward-einhorn-bio.html Bio on Theater 61 Press website]
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