Meron Langsner

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Meron Langsner is a playwright, scholar, and fight director/movement specialist. He has composed violence for over 175 productions, films, and tours in New England and NYC, at venues that include: the American Repertory Theatre (LORT), Merrimack Rep (LORT), ArtsEmerson, New Repertory Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and numerous academic venues, as well as for PBS and independent films. His writings on stage combat, theatrical movement, and martial arts have appeared in The Fight Master: Journal of the Society of American Fight Directors, HowlRound, Text & Presentation (McFarland), The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, The Sondheim Review, Backstage, and other imprints. Meron was one of three playwrights in the country selected for the pilot year of the National New Playwrights Emerging Writer Residencies. His plays have been performed around the country and overseas and published by Bloomsbury, Smith & Kraus, Applause, and YouthPLAYS. Meron has taught at Emerson, Boston University, NY Film Academy Summer Institute at Harvard, Prescott College, The Tom Todoroff Conservatory in NYC,  and Tufts University (Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergrad Education). He holds an MA in Performance Theory from NYU/Tisch, an MFA in Playwrighting from Brandeis, and a doctorate in Theatre History from Tufts University, as well as an Executive Certificate in Financial Management from Cornell and a Certificate in Software Development from Columbia Engineering.