ISRAEL HOROVITZ's plays have been translated and performed around the world. His play COMPROMISE had its world premiere at Gloucester Stage, and his short play SINS OF THE MOTHER had its New York premiere at off-Broadway’s 78th St. Theatre Lab. Horovitz’s mono-play, 3 WEEKS AFTER PARADISE, a reflection on the terrorist attacks of September 11th, has been translated and performed in more than twenty languages around the globe, and was performed at The Cherry Lane Theatre. Horovitz wrote-directed-performed a film-adaptation of 3 WEEKS AFTER PARADISE, which premiered at the Back East Picture Show, winning the festival's prize as Best Documentary, and was subsequently telecast on Bravo television network more than a dozen times. Among Horovitz’s best-known plays are LINE (now in its thirtieth year, off-Broadway’s longest-running play), THE INDIAN WANTS THE BRONX (which introduced Al Pacino), RATS, IT’S CALLED THE SUGAR PLUM (which introduced Jill Clayburgh, who also starred at Gloucester Stage in another new Horovitz play, SPEAKING WELL OF THE DEAD, which had its New York premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre in January 2005), MORNING (of the Horovitz-McNally-Melfi Broadway trilogy MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT), THE PRIMARY ENGLISH CLASS (which starred Diane Keaton in its New York premiere), THE WAKEFIELD PLAYS (a seven-play cycle, including HOPSCOTCH, THE 75TH, STAGE DIRECTIONS, SPARED, ALFRED THE GREAT, OUR FATHER’S FAILING, and ALFRED DIES), THE GOOD PARTS, MACKEREL, and his "Growing Up Jewish" trilogy: TODAY, I AM A FOUNTAIN PEN; A ROSEN BY ANY OTHER NAME; and THE CHOPIN PLAYOFFS (a triumph off-Broadway, the entire trilogy was revived at Los Angeles’ Fountain Theatre). Horovitz’s MY OLD LADY (starring Siân Phillips), SECURITY, A MOTHER’S LOVE, FREE GIFT, BARKING SHARKS, and CAPTAINS AND COURAGE have all played off-Broadway. Other well-known Horovitz work includes his cycle of Massachusetts-based plays, including PARK YOUR CAR IN HARVARD YARD (which starred Jason Robards and Judith Ivey on Broadway), NORTH SHORE FISH, HENRY LUMPER, SUNDAY RUNNERS IN THE RAIN, STRONG-MAN’S WEAK CHILD, THE WIDOW’S BLIND DATE, YEAR OF THE DUCK, FIGHTING OVER BEVERLEY, UNEXPECTED TENDERNESS, BARKING SHARKS, CAPTAINS AND COURAGE. Other Horovitz plays that have had their world premieres at Gloucester Stage include MY OLD LADY, LEBENSRAUM, ONE UNDER, STATIONS OF THE CROSS, FAST HANDS, PROMISES.COM, and 50 YEARS OF CADDYING. Horovitz screenplays include "The Strawberry Statement," "Author! Author!," "A Man in Love" (written with Diane Kurys), "Believe in Me," and "Sunshine," co-authored with famed Hungarian director István Szabo, for which Horovitz won Best Screenwriter (European Film Academy Award), and Best Screenplay (Writers Guild of Canada); and TNT’s Emmy-nominated "James Dean," based on the life of the actor. As an actor, Horovitz has starred in several films, including "Dead Letters Don't Die," "Trifecta," HBO’s "Subway Stories," "Corps Plonges," and PBS’ "The First Seven Years." For BBC Radio 4, Horovitz has written and starred in several radio plays, including "The Chips are Down," "Fighting Over Beverley," "Stations of the Cross," "Free Gift," "and "Man in Snow" (which recently won the Sony Radio Academy Award as Best Drama). Mr. Horovitz has won numerous writing awards, including the Obie (twice), the Emmy, the Prix de Plaisir du Théâtre, The Prix du Jury of the Cannes Film Festival, The Prix Italia (for radio plays), The Christopher Award, The Drama Desk Award, an Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Elliot Norton Prize, a Lifetime Achievement Award from B’Nai Brith, The Literature Prize of Washington College, an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Salem (Massachusetts) State College, Boston Public Library’s Literary Lights Award, The Walker Hancock Prize, and many others. Mr. Horovitz is married to Gillian Adams-Horovitz, former English national marathon champion (and record-holder), and former USA Track and Field Masters Marathon Champion. Horovitz is the father of five children: film-executive Rachael Horovitz, television producer/director Matthew Horovitz, Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz, and twins, Hannah Horovitz (Vassar College) and Oliver Horovitz (University of St. Andrews/Harvard College). The Horovitz family divides its time among homes in New York's Greenwich Village, London’s Dulwich Village, and the seaport city of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Horovitz is founder and Artistic Director of Gloucester Stage Company, and of The New York Playwrights Lab. He visits France frequently, where he often directs French-language productions of his plays. Horovitz is the most-produced American playwright in French theatre history.
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