Jeff Baron
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Occupation | Novelist/playwright/screenwriter |
Nationality | American |
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Jeff Baron is an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter currently living in Manhattan.[1] He is the author of I Represent Sean Rosen and Sean Rosen Is Not for Sale, published by Greenwillow/HarperCollins and the Electro-Pup series, which he developed via visits to elementary schools around the U.S.[2] He has written for prime-time series on all the major TV networks, and his play Visiting Mr. Green has been produced in 50 countries.[3] Baron's plays have been said to focus primarily on family relationships and conflicts, friendship, romance, and the need for human connection.[4] He was awarded the KulturPreis Europa.[5]
Early life
Baron grew up in suburban New Jersey and later earned a film degree from
Work
Theatre
Fiction
In 2013, Greenwillow/HarperCollins published Baron's first novel, I Represent Sean Rosen. Sean Rosen, the first-person narrator, is a thirteen-year-old aspiring writer/screenwriter and idea man. He has come up with a concept that will revolutionize the entertainment industry.[12] Unfortunately, he can’t get it sold because he needs an agent or a manager. Since nobody wants to represent a 13-year-old boy, he moves to plan B: he invents Dan Welch to represent him.[13] Sean is entrepreneurial in a variety of ways, one of which is that he creates podcasts on varying themes from donuts to hair for which he interviews people. He tells us about these in the novel and readers can see and hear them at www.SeanRosen.com [12] The second book in the series Sean Rosen Is Not for Sale was published in 2014.[14] Electro-Pup, a comedy-adventure about 11-year old Luke and his mind-reading dog Mojo, was developed by trying out chapters and discussing the story and characters with 2,000 second through fifth graders and their teachers and school librarians at 11 schools in five states.[15]
Film and TV
Jeff Baron has written episodes for American television series including
Other works
Jeff directed his commissioned one-act opera, Song of Martina, at Carnegie Hall.[16] He was commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera, through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, to write the libretto of a one-act opera, Escape.[4]
Plays
- So This Is My Family – Mr. Green Part 2 (2018)
- When I Was Five (2013)
- Mr. & Mrs. God (2009)
- What Goes Around... (2006)
- Brothers-in-Law (2005)
- Bless Me, Father (2002)
- Mother's Day (2000)
- Visiting Mr. Green (1996)
- Give 'em an Inch (1996)
Books
- I Represent Sean Rosen
- Sean Rosen Is Not for Sale
- Electro-Pup
Short films
- Goodbye (2008)
- The Bruce Diet (1992)
References
- ^ "Biography – Jeff Baron". American Theatre Wing. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
- ^ "Seeking Editorial Advice, He Goes Where the Readers Are: 3rd Grade". New York Times. April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Staging Relatable Characters - Jeff Baron's Play Visiting Mr. Green Comes to India", "Hindustan Times", December 20, 2019
- ^ a b c Blansfield, Dr. Karen C. "Jeff Baron." Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States. Ed. Emmanuel Sampath Nelson. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2009. pp. 64–66. Print.
- ^ "KulturPreis Europa 2001"
- ^ Lebowitz, Eric, "Students Fuel, Feed Off Writer in Residence", The Rivertowns Enterprise, (Dobbs Ferry, NY) February 1, 2013
- ^ "Library hosts local author Jeff Baron for reading", Shelter Island Reporter (Shelter Island, NY) August 3, 2012
- ^ "Berkshire Theatre Group To Present First U.S. Reading of New Mr. Green Play", "Broadway World", July 9, 2019
- ^ De María, César, "El Que Mira Esto Se Cura", Velaverde (Lima, Peru) August 19, 2013
- ^ Monzillo, Marina [1] "Istoé Gente" March 19, 2001. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Learning Out Loud". July 19, 2016.
- ^ a b http://www.everydayebook.com/2013/03/have-i-got-an-idea-for-you-i-represent-sean-rosen-by-jeff-baron, Jacobs, Rita D.,"Have I Got an Idea for You", Everyday E-Books, March 24, 2013
- ^ Cherry, Wayne R., "Book Review Grades 5 and up", School Library Journal, April 2013.
- ^ "Lebowitz, Eric, "Students Fuel, Feed Off Writer in Residence", The Rivertowns Enterprise, (Dobbs Ferry, NY) February 1, 2013
- ^ "For Next Book, Jeff Baron Crowdsources 2,000 Kids' Opinions".
- ^ "15 Minutes of Fame", The Advocate, May 16, 1995