Marcia Jean Kurtz

Playwright/Director/Actress

Member of:
Lincoln Center Directors Lab
Ensemble Studio Theatre
SAG, AEA, AFTRA, SSDC

Biography

Ms. Kurtz most recently wrote and directed BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (HB
Playwrights Theatre, Makor and EST). She also directed the critically acclaimed productions, UNCLE PHILIP'S COAT by Matty Selman starring Larry Block (HB Playwrights Theatre, American
Jewish Theatre, Theatre J, The Yiddish Book Center) and Evan Handler's TIME ON FIRE (Second Stage). Her other directorial credits include Ed Napier/Teresa Rebeck's EXIT/NO EXIT (HB), Schnitzler's MOMENT OF TRUTH, Goluboff's MY SIDE OF THE STORY(EST), Ostrovsky's A FAMILY AFFAIR (Tact), and David Rothenberg's NAMEDROPPING (Mint/Fortune Society).

As an actress she received an OBIE for her performances in Donald Margulies THE LOMAN FAMILY PICNIC(MTC) and an OBIE and Drama Desk Nomination for Martin Sherman's WHEN SHE DANCED (Playwright's Horizons). Her most recent stage performances include EVERETT BEEKIN by Richard Greenberg (Lincoln Center) and THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR (Yale Rep.) both directed by Evan Yionnulis. Ms. Kurtz played Leah in Joseph Chaikin's production of THE DYBBUK (Public Theatre).

Her most recent film roles include Spike Lee's INSIDE MAN, the HBO movie RECOUNT directed by Jay Roach, ARRANGED directed by Stefan Schafer and Diane Crespo, and the upcoming BIG FAN written and directed by Rob Siegel with Patton Oswalt.

She was a member of Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre, Jerome Robbin's ATL, and Peter Brook's CI.R.T. She is a member of SSDC, EST and the Lincoln Center Director's Lab. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

Play Roster

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS:
An actress researching the role of Leah in the THE DYBBUK, falls in love with a Lubavitch young man and he with her. Caught between the secular and religious worlds, their relationship, (the play within the play), parallels that of the lovers in THE DYBBUK, with a much happier endin Between Two Worlds g.

ONE ACT. ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES. ONE SET. The play is performed by eight actors. 4 W, 4M. The actors remain onstage the whole time and change the settings by moving the furniture between the scenes.