Wayne Lemon's debut play, Jesus Hates Me, is now available from Smith & Kraus publishers, New York, as part of their recently released anthology titled New Playwrights: Best New Plays of 2009, Lawrence Harbison, Editor. Find it at booksellers nationwide or on Amazon using the following link:
Jesus Hates Me on Amazon.com
The Chance Theater, West Coast Premiere - Winter, 2009
Jesus Hates Me returns to the West Coast - Spring, 2010 - as the South Coast Repertory Theater presents The Chance Theater's acclaimed production from last winter. For more information click on the following LA Times link:
JESUS HATES ME AT SOUTH COAST REPERTORY
For tickets and times, visit the South Coast Repertory website or the Chance Theater website, or click on the following link:
JESUS HATES ME TICKETS AT SOUTH COAST REP
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.
Poster design by Ray Liberio/Kitchen Dog Theater
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, The Torkelsons as well as Steven Spielberg's cult sci-fi favorite Invasion America. Current projects include an original screenplay Buddy Sharp in development at Hugh Jackman's SEED Productions and his latest play 8 feet of water.
He remains convinced Jesus only mildly dislikes him.
The Chance Theater set design by Starlet Jacobs
Chance Theater photos courtesy of Tanae Beyer, Doug Catiller and KC Wilkerson.
The Denver Center Theatre Company set design by Robert Mark Morgan