A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Judd Silverman is a native of New London, Connecticut, although he has now lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn, since 1979, which is virtually half of his life (you do the math). From a very early age, he wanted to work in the theater and more often than not, he does (although not as yet to great discernible wealth) as a playwright, director, teacher and sometimes actor. He has directed regionally and for numerous Off-off-Broadway companies in New York, mostly directing new plays by new playwrights. His writing has been produced on both coasts (and in the middle!) as well as in the Edinburgh, London, and Vancouver Fringe Festivals. He is a recipient of a major playwriting grant from the Berrilla Kerr Foundation, and is a winner of Samuel French's annual short play festival (with his play, CORRECT ADDRESS, published by French). His play, NEVER WEAR A DEAD MAN'S SHOES, is published by ArtAge Publications, online at www.seniortheatre.com. On the business side, he has worked for numerous agents, managers, and producers, served as a free lance administrator on Wall Street, taught theater on the college level for seven years, and most recently, has been active in web design.  He is a long-time member of Charles Maryan's Playwrights/Directors Workshop, has been a member of the Process Unit at the Actors Studio, and spent five years teaching playwriting and acting at the Henry St. Settlement Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where he was also Theater Program Coordinator. He also taught at The Calhoun School, where he created and ran PA56, an after school theater program. He recently published his first book for children, EDDIE HAS ALLERGIES, which is published by Ernest Silliman Books and Lulu.

To contact Judd, please click here for his email address, which is juddls@sprynet.com.