The Chance Theater, West Coast Premiere - Winter, 2009
Jesus Hates Me made its West Coast Premiere at the Chance Theater of Anaheim, California - Winter, 2009.
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The play received its world premiere as the centerpiece of the Denver Center Theatre Company's inaugural Colorado New Play Summit - Winter, 2006. Lemon served as playwright in residence at DCTC throughout the play's production.
Denver Center Theatre Company, World Premiere - Winter, 2006
Kitchen Dog Theater of Dallas produced the Texas premiere during a five week run - Fall, 2006. Emigrant Theater mounted their production of the play at the newly restored Ritz Theater in Minneapolis - Fall, 2007.
The Chance Theater, West Coast Premiere - Winter, 2009
Jesus Hates Me was a featured reading at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Horizon Theatre Company of Atlanta's 2006 New South PlayWorks, Hartford Stage's 2005 Brand:NEW Fall Festival of New Works and the 2005 Southern Writers' Project at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Set design by Starlet Jacobs/The Chance Theater
Lemon began his career as a music and theatre critic for the Austin Chronicle while attending the University of Texas where he earned a Masters Degree in Film Production with a minor concentration in Shakespeare.
Poster design by Ray Liberio/Kitchen Dog Theater
After having a handgun thrown at him while working with gang members in Austin's inner city he relocated to Los Angeles, erroneously believing it to be safer.
Lemon has developed screenplays for various studios as well as pilots for all the major networks. He has written for such critically acclaimed shows as Grace Under Fire, the Emmy winning The Famous Teddy Z and The Torkelsons as well as Steven Spielberg's cult sci-fi favorite Invasion America. Recent projects include Sinners for the FOX network in association with 20th Century Fox Studios and Buddy Sharp, an original screenplay.
He is currently completing his second play, 8 feet of water.
He remains convinced Jesus only mildly dislikes him.
Poster design by Casey Long/Chance Theater
Title set design by Robert Mark Morgan/Denver Center Theatre Company
Chance Theater photos courtesy of Tanae Beyer and Doug Catiller