SMART PHONE
by Nick Jones
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
with Steve Boyer
and Jessica Howell
A phone develops artificial intelligence and takes over Sam’s love life.
Nick Jones is a playwright, director, puppet designer, screenwriter, and performer. His show Jollyship
the Whiz-Bang at Ars Nova, a puppet rock musical about pirates, premiered at Ars Nova, was recently
revived for the Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater, and was nominated by the Jim Henson
Foundation for a 2011-2012 Mid Atlantic Touring grant as part of their "American Masterpieces" series.
by Nick Jones
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
with Steve Boyer
and Jessica Howell
A phone develops artificial intelligence and takes over Sam’s love life.
Nick Jones is a playwright, director, puppet designer, screenwriter, and performer. His show Jollyship
the Whiz-Bang at Ars Nova, a puppet rock musical about pirates, premiered at Ars Nova, was recently
revived for the Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater, and was nominated by the Jim Henson
Foundation for a 2011-2012 Mid Atlantic Touring grant as part of their "American Masterpieces" series.
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Background
Nick Jones Bio
Village Voice
The Samuel French
Venue: Public Assembly (Formerly Galapagos Arts Space)
Performances: Wednesday 18 August 2010 at 7:45PM [door] 8:00PM [show]
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Nick Jones Bio
Village Voice
The Samuel French
Venue: Public Assembly (Formerly Galapagos Arts Space)
Performances: Wednesday 18 August 2010 at 7:45PM [door] 8:00PM [show]
FIND TICKETS
The Public, and the Edinburgh Fringe. He has been an artist-in-residence at the O’Neil Puppetry Conference, The MacDowell Colony, Stonybrook Writer's
Conference, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony, and at the Hoontown Puppet Festival in Bangkok, among others; and he was a writer in the Ars Nova Play
Group. Other honors include: Best of New York 2008(L Magazine and Gothamist, for Jollyship), Best Music Video (Coney Island Film Festival, 2007)
Nomination for Best Show at the Dublin Fringe Festival, and a 2007 grant from the Jim Henson Foundation. In addition, he and partner Raja Azar were
deemed "Best Grown Men Who Still Play With Dolls" by the Village Voice in 2009. Nick was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and earned his
Literature/Creative Writing BA from Bard College. He is currently a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at Juilliard, where he was a recipient of the
fancy sounding Lecomte du Nouy Prize. Outstanding Commission from Center Theater Group: Homunculus, a musical (with Dave Malloy, directed by
Sam Gold).
Conference, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Colony, and at the Hoontown Puppet Festival in Bangkok, among others; and he was a writer in the Ars Nova Play
Group. Other honors include: Best of New York 2008(L Magazine and Gothamist, for Jollyship), Best Music Video (Coney Island Film Festival, 2007)
Nomination for Best Show at the Dublin Fringe Festival, and a 2007 grant from the Jim Henson Foundation. In addition, he and partner Raja Azar were
deemed "Best Grown Men Who Still Play With Dolls" by the Village Voice in 2009. Nick was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and earned his
Literature/Creative Writing BA from Bard College. He is currently a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at Juilliard, where he was a recipient of the
fancy sounding Lecomte du Nouy Prize. Outstanding Commission from Center Theater Group: Homunculus, a musical (with Dave Malloy, directed by
Sam Gold).
His new play The Coward will premiere in the fall of 2010 at LCT3, and has been optioned for film by Big Beach Films. Other plays produced include:
Little Building (Galapagos) Canada’s Mid-Riff (chashama), Rockberry: The Last One Man Show (The Brick), Straight Up Vampire: A History of Vampires in
Colonial Pennsylvania as Performed to the Music of Paula Abdul (Philly Fringe Festival) The Nosemaker's Apprentice (The Brick, with Rachel Shukert) and
The Colonists, a puppet work for children (Best Puppet Show, L Magazine, 2009). He has performed music or theater at the Portland Institute of
Contemporary Art's TBA Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival, The Kitchen, P.S. 122,
Little Building (Galapagos) Canada’s Mid-Riff (chashama), Rockberry: The Last One Man Show (The Brick), Straight Up Vampire: A History of Vampires in
Colonial Pennsylvania as Performed to the Music of Paula Abdul (Philly Fringe Festival) The Nosemaker's Apprentice (The Brick, with Rachel Shukert) and
The Colonists, a puppet work for children (Best Puppet Show, L Magazine, 2009). He has performed music or theater at the Portland Institute of
Contemporary Art's TBA Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival, The Kitchen, P.S. 122,