Marcia Jean Kurtz
Biography
Ms. Kurtz most recently wrote and directed BETWEEN TWO WORLDS at HB Playwrights Theatre in NYC. She also directed the critically acclaimed productions, UNCLE PHILIP'S COAT by Matty Selman starring Larry Block(HB Playwright's Theatre/American JewishTheatre/Theatre J) 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, Sidney Lumet's FIND ME GUILTY,Curtis Hanson's IN HER SHOES, Darren Aronofsky's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and ARRANGED directed by Stefan Schafer and Diane Crespo.
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:
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS is a story about an actress playing the lead role
in the Jewish Classic THE DYBBUK by S.Ansky, who goes to the Lubavitch Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York, to do research for her role. While there, she falls in love with a young Hasidic man, an artist, who falls in love with her. The lovers are caught between the secular world and the religious world. Their relationship and the play within the play, parallel the passions of the lovers in THE DYBBUK, albeit with a great deal more humor and a much happier ending.
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