Izzy Salant
Latest News on Izzy Salant:
THE COMPLAINTS DEPT. Will Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival (May 28, 2024)
New Sensory-Friendly Play RITE OF PASSAGE to Debut In July At The Windhover Center (May 23, 2023)
The Old South Meets An Even Older Tradition in SWEET TEA & THE SOUTHERN JEW At The Braid (Jan 5, 2022)
THE COMPLAINTS DEPT. Will Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival (May 28, 2024)
New Sensory-Friendly Play RITE OF PASSAGE to Debut In July At The Windhover Center (May 23, 2023)
The Old South Meets An Even Older Tradition in SWEET TEA & THE SOUTHERN JEW At The Braid (Jan 5, 2022)
BIO
Izzy Salant is a Los Angeles based playwright, actor, and magician, who left the east coast for Los Angeles after 21 years of freezing and being allergic to going outside. He is a proud member of the Alliance of Jewish Theater, the Playwrights Center, and the Dramatists Guild. He holds two Bachelor's Degrees from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on in Theater and one in Journalism.
Selected works: Rite of Passage (Punctuate4, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater), Peace Talks (Bema Productions, Arena Civic Theater), Maryland is the F#CKING South (The Braid).
Selected acting credits: Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show), Mr. Applegate (Damn Yankees), Hamlet (Hamlet).
History: Theater, B.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Journalism, B.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive (Class of 2019, 2021), NEXT at the Braid Fellow (2019, 2021), AJT Theatremacher (2022-present)
News
THE COMPLAINTS DEPT. Will Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Get ready for a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience as “The Complaints Dept.” premieres at The Hobgoblin Playhouse during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Get ready for a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience as “The Complaints Dept.” premieres at The Hobgoblin Playhouse during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
New Sensory-Friendly Play RITE OF PASSAGE to Debut In July At The Windhover Center
'Rite of Passage' a new semi-autobiographical play by 25-year-old Izzy Salant will debut as a professional production at The Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, July 13 through 30.
'Rite of Passage' a new semi-autobiographical play by 25-year-old Izzy Salant will debut as a professional production at The Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, July 13 through 30.
The Old South Meets An Even Older Tradition in SWEET TEA & THE SOUTHERN JEW At The Braid
Stories come alive at the crossroads of cultures in the new storytelling theater experience, Sweet Tea & the Southern Jew. As the go-to Jewish story company, The Braid is excited to present authentic true tales about the complex challenges Southern Jews face as they navigate a life filled with both Judaism and Dixie.
Stories come alive at the crossroads of cultures in the new storytelling theater experience, Sweet Tea & the Southern Jew. As the go-to Jewish story company, The Braid is excited to present authentic true tales about the complex challenges Southern Jews face as they navigate a life filled with both Judaism and Dixie.
Life-Changing Personal Histories of Identity, Conflict, and Love to Come Alive in New Live Zoom Show from The Braid
He gave Meghan Markle her first kiss, and now everyone wants to know him. She lost some of her hearing when she contracted COVID and worries she won't be able to keep singing lullabies to her four-year-old daughter. He had to tell parents that their sons had just died in Vietnam. She fell in love with a woman at a time when that kind of loving was unacceptable.
He gave Meghan Markle her first kiss, and now everyone wants to know him. She lost some of her hearing when she contracted COVID and worries she won't be able to keep singing lullabies to her four-year-old daughter. He had to tell parents that their sons had just died in Vietnam. She fell in love with a woman at a time when that kind of loving was unacceptable.
BWW Review: For Goodness' Sake World Premiere by Jewish Women's Theatre Examines Personal Choices and the Morality Behind our Decisions
Jewish Womena??s Theatre based at The Braid in Santa Monica has been voted one of the a?oeBest Live Theatres on the Westsidea?? three years in a row by readers of The Argonaut. The group presents American Jewish stories, art, and other programming that highlights Jewish contributions to contemporary life. For Goodnessa?? Sake ends the 13th season of JWTa??s' salon series, now being presented online rather than in homes around the city as in previous seasons. The play was created by The NEXT @ The Braid Emerging Artists Fellowship program, a career-training strategy that annually selects a new cohort of aspiring theater professionals to explore how to create meaningful shows from young-adult perspectives, under the guidance and mentorship of JWTa??s experienced staff.
Jewish Womena??s Theatre based at The Braid in Santa Monica has been voted one of the a?oeBest Live Theatres on the Westsidea?? three years in a row by readers of The Argonaut. The group presents American Jewish stories, art, and other programming that highlights Jewish contributions to contemporary life. For Goodnessa?? Sake ends the 13th season of JWTa??s' salon series, now being presented online rather than in homes around the city as in previous seasons. The play was created by The NEXT @ The Braid Emerging Artists Fellowship program, a career-training strategy that annually selects a new cohort of aspiring theater professionals to explore how to create meaningful shows from young-adult perspectives, under the guidance and mentorship of JWTa??s experienced staff.
Next Generation Of Emerging Jewish Theater Pros Present Fresh, Original Zoom Show With Jewish Women's Theatre
The challenging task of choosing between right and wrong can lead not only to sleepless nights, it can also lead to great theater, as the NEXT generation of Jewish theater professionals discovered when creating For Goodness' Sake, their original, brand-new show for Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT).
The challenging task of choosing between right and wrong can lead not only to sleepless nights, it can also lead to great theater, as the NEXT generation of Jewish theater professionals discovered when creating For Goodness' Sake, their original, brand-new show for Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT).
Arts Leaders Invite Community To Submit Stories And Explore 'For Goodness' Sake' For New Show In Los Angeles
Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) is proud to announce that this year's new class of NEXT @ The Braid, a unique fellowship training program for emerging arts leaders, will produce For Goodness' Sake an original show to premier in Los Angeles exploring the good we seek, the good we never expected, and the good gone bad!
Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) is proud to announce that this year's new class of NEXT @ The Braid, a unique fellowship training program for emerging arts leaders, will produce For Goodness' Sake an original show to premier in Los Angeles exploring the good we seek, the good we never expected, and the good gone bad!
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