Name Jeff Weiss Role Playwright | Parents Helen Weiss Siblings Stephen Weiss | |
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Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, Obie Award for Special Citations, Obie Award for Playwriting | ||
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Jeffrey Weiss (born 1940) is an American playwright, impresario and actor both on Broadway and a theater he ran with his partner Richard Martinez in the East Village, in New York City. His work was presented in La Mama and Cafe Cino.
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Life
Weiss grew up in Allentown, PA, with his parents, two brothers and a sister. His surviving brother Steven lives in California. His father was a salesman for Pennsylvania cement companies. He wrote and acted in plays produced by his partner Richard Martinez, a New Mexican artist. In 1992, Weiss' play Hot Keys won an Obie award. His nephew is actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
He won a Robert Chesley Award in 2000.
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