Jack Wernick

editor - Theatre and Art

Jack Wernick is a writer, director and educator. His plays have been presented at the New School for Drama, the Tank and Manhattan Rep, and by Naked Angels, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, the Strawberry One-Act Festival and the New York New Works Theatre Festival. He has been published in HowlRound and Time Out. He has a BA in Theatre from Antioch College.

“One Small Step” At Ice Factory Festival

Posted by Jack Wernick | 13th Jul 2018 | Festivals, New York, Review |

Downtown theater pioneer the New Ohio Theatre has emerged with its annual summer festival called...

“Sea Of Common Catastrophe” At Irondale Center

Posted by Jack Wernick | 29th Jun 2018 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America |

Irondale Ensemble Project, a self-defined “think tank” in Brooklyn’s bustling Fort Greene nabe is...

“Exquisita Agonía” At Repertorio Español

Posted by Jack Wernick | 16th Jun 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America |

Repertorio Español, New York’s preeminent venue for Spanish language theatre, continues its 50th...

“Kurski Station” at the East Village Playhouse

Posted by Jack Wernick | 31st May 2018 | New York, Review, United States of America |

The East Village Playhouse, a recently created storefront venue in a defunct music shop, is home...

“Dutchman” At Secret Theater

Posted by Jack Wernick | 24th Feb 2018 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, Stage Combat, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

One of New York City’s most dynamic young theater companies makes a bold addition to its...

“The Pursuit Of Happiness” At Under The Radar Festival

Posted by Jack Wernick | 29th Jan 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America |

New York-based experimental troupe Nature Theater of Oklahoma (NTO) teams up with Slovenia’s...

“The Mecca Tales” in New York

Posted by Jack Wernick | 4th Nov 2017 | New York, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America |

The Mecca Tales is an essential new work of theatre by emerging Chicago-based playwright Rohina...

Poetry And Power: “Pipeline” At Lincoln Center

Posted by Jack Wernick | 7th Aug 2017 | New York, United States of America |

Acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau makes an auspicious Lincoln Center debut with her new...

Spanning Centuries: PTP’s “Arcadia”

Posted by Jack Wernick | 31st Jul 2017 | New York, Theatre and Age, United States of America |

The Potomac Theatre Project (PTP) has descended on Atlantic Stage 2’s subterranean bunker of a...

Review: Ensemble Studio Theatre 1-Act Marathon, Series B

Posted by Jack Wernick | 2nd Jul 2017 | Festivals, New York, Playwriting |

Ensemble Studio Theatre’s annual Marathon of One-Act Plays is in full swing this month in New...

Review of Martyna Majok’s “Cost Of Living”

Posted by Jack Wernick | 21st Jun 2017 | New York, Theatre and Disability, United States of America |

Cost of Living is a vital new play from Polish-American playwright Martyna Majok. Following an...

Stories of Diversity: An Interview with Martyna Majok

Posted by Jack Wernick | 16th Jun 2017 | Interview, New York, Playwriting, Theatre and Disability, United States of America |

Martyna Majok is a young playwright whose new play, Cost of Living, has just opened in a Manhattan...

Rollercoaster Ride of the Now in “Building The Wall”

Posted by Jack Wernick | 2nd Jun 2017 | New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

From the dimming lights at the top of the play to their final fade 90 minutes later, Building The...

Sense of Crisis: An Interview with Robert Schenkkan

Posted by Jack Wernick | 26th May 2017 | Interview, New York, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, United States of America |

Robert Schenkkan first came to national prominence in 1992, when his epic play The Kentucky Cycle...

“Champion” – Scenes From a Boxer’s Life, A New Opera

Posted by Jack Wernick | 17th Feb 2017 | New York, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

In an inviting, Frank Lloyd Wright-designed venue, New Yorkers finally got a sampling of Champion,...

Pith and Pathos In “Mata Hari” – A New Opera at HERE

Posted by Jack Wernick | 17th Jan 2017 | New York, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

There is no doubting the ambitions of Mata Hari, enjoying its world premiere at HERE, in New...

Lars von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves” Opera at PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now

Posted by Jack Wernick | 9th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Festivals, New York, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

What the creators of “Breaking the Waves” have achieved is to take the film’s source material, and make something wholly theatrical and stage worthy from a gritty film from indie cinema’s heyday