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Joshua Scher is a recent transplant from NYC to the hills of Hollywood, CA where he is continuing his transition from writing for the stage to writing for the screen and page. His debut novel, HERE & THERE, releases October 29, 2015 from 47North.
Schers film, IM OK (2015), starring Dot-Marie Jones and Alex Frnka, is currently in post-production and is anticipating a successful film festival run in 2016. The cinematic adaptation of his play THE FOOTAGE was developed with Pressman Film and is currently being packaged. In 2006, a fruitful collaboration with Joe Frazier and his manager, Leslie Wolff, brought forth the treatment BEHIND THE SMOKE, the Joe Frazier biopic with Penny Marshall attached for Parkway Productions. In the TV world, Schers one-hour action drama, JIGSAW, was developed with Danny Glover and his company, Louverture Films.
His musical TRIANGLE played at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, was part of TheatreWorks New Works Festival (Silicon Valley), and debuted in NYC as part of the National Alliance for Musical Theatres Festival of New Musicals. THE FOOTAGE, had its Australian premiere at the Stooged Theater after enjoying its World Premiere at The Flea Theater. His work MARVEL was included in Roundabout Theaters New Voices Program, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. Scher has also worked with the Huntington Theater, Portland Stage, the ONeill Theater Festival (with Robert Longbottom director of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL), and the Williamstown Theater Festival. His first play, VELVET ROPES, was published while he was still a student at Yale School of Drama. A collection of his monologues was published by Smith and Krauss in their 2006 Audition Arsenal series and his play FLUSHED was published by Bakers Plays. He holds a BA with Honors in Creative Writing from Brown University and an MFA in playwriting from Yale University.
Schers film, IM OK (2015), starring Dot-Marie Jones and Alex Frnka, is currently in post-production and is anticipating a successful film festival run in 2016. The cinematic adaptation of his play THE FOOTAGE was developed with Pressman Film and is currently being packaged. In 2006, a fruitful collaboration with Joe Frazier and his manager, Leslie Wolff, brought forth the treatment BEHIND THE SMOKE, the Joe Frazier biopic with Penny Marshall attached for Parkway Productions. In the TV world, Schers one-hour action drama, JIGSAW, was developed with Danny Glover and his company, Louverture Films.
His musical TRIANGLE played at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, was part of TheatreWorks New Works Festival (Silicon Valley), and debuted in NYC as part of the National Alliance for Musical Theatres Festival of New Musicals. THE FOOTAGE, had its Australian premiere at the Stooged Theater after enjoying its World Premiere at The Flea Theater. His work MARVEL was included in Roundabout Theaters New Voices Program, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. Scher has also worked with the Huntington Theater, Portland Stage, the ONeill Theater Festival (with Robert Longbottom director of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL), and the Williamstown Theater Festival. His first play, VELVET ROPES, was published while he was still a student at Yale School of Drama. A collection of his monologues was published by Smith and Krauss in their 2006 Audition Arsenal series and his play FLUSHED was published by Bakers Plays. He holds a BA with Honors in Creative Writing from Brown University and an MFA in playwriting from Yale University.
