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Jonathan Rand is among the most popular contemporary playwrights writing today, his stage plays having been performed over 22,000 times in theaters across 64 countries.
According to an independent survey of American schools, Jonathan's comedy Check Please was the #1 most-produced short play every season for the last 14 years.
A four-time Heideman Award finalist, his work is published by Random House, Stage Partners, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, Dramatics magazine, and MacMillan.
Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and hails from Jacksonville, Florida.
Official website: jonathanrand.com
Plays by Jonathan Rand
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Action News: Now With 10% More Action!
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Heideman Award finalist, National Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actors Theatre of Louisville (2011)
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
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Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Breaking Badly
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The Bullying Collection
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Check Please
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#1 most-produced high school short play for nine consecutive seasons -- 2004-2005 through 2012-2013 seasons (Educational Theatre Association)
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Check Please: Stay-At-Home Edition
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Check Please: Take 2
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Among the top seven most-produced high school short plays for six seasons between 2006-2007 and 2012-2013 (Educational Theatre Association)
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Check Please: Take 3
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Among the top six most-produced high school short plays for two consecutive seasons: 2000-2010 to 2010-2011 (Educational Theatre Association)
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Crazytown
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Drugs Are Bad
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Heideman Award finalist, National Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actors Theatre of Louisville (2003)
#6 most-produced high school short play for the 2010-2011 season (Educational Theatre Association)
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F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. (Foremost Anti-Bullying Unit Looking Out for Undermined Students)
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The Future Is In Your Tiny Hands
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Heideman Award (Finalist, 2014)
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Hard Candy
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Among the top seven most-produced high school short plays for 13 seasons between 1998-1999 and 2012-2013 (Educational Theatre Association)
International Thespian Playworks winner, 1998
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How To Succeed in High School Without Really Trying
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Among the top eight most-produced high school short plays for four consecutive seasons: 2009-2010 to 2012-2013 (Educational Theatre Association)
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Humbletown: The Greatest Town on Earth (full-length version)
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Humbletown: The Greatest Town on Earth (short version)
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Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit
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#4 most-produced high school short play for the 2011-2012 season (Educational Theatre Association)
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The Least Offensive Play in the Whole Darn World
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Among the top ten most-produced high school short plays for four seasons between 2004-2005 and 2008-2009 (Educational Theatre Association)
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May the Best Fan Win
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Meet the Roommates
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Murder in the Knife Room (full-length version)
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Murder in the Knife Room (one-act version)
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No More, Mister Nice Guy
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The People vs. Spam
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Random Acts of Comedy: 15 Hit One-Act Plays for Student Actors
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Romeo To Go
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