Israel Horovitz

Israel Horovitz (1939-2020) was a playwright, director and actor. His plays have been translated and performed in as many as 30 languages worldwide. His 70+ plays include Line (which ran for 50 years of continuous performance, off-Broadway, at 13th St. Repertory Theatre), The Indian Wants The Bronx (premiered off-Broadway with Al Pacino and John Cazale), Rats, Morning, The Primary English Class (starred Diane Keaton, off-Broadway), The Wakefield Plays, The Widow's Blind Date, Today I Am A Fountain Pen, Park Your Car In Harvard Yard (Broadway: Jason Robards & Judith Ivey), North Shore Fish, Fighting Over Beverley, Lebensraum, My Old Lady (starred Sian Philips and Jan Maxwell, off-Broadway; in repertory at The Moscow Art Theatre), Free Gift, Cat-Lady, Stations of the Cross, One Under, 50 Years of Caddying, Speaking Well of the Dead, Unexpected Tenderness, Fast Hands, Security, A Mother's Love, Sins of the Mother (IRNE Best New Play 2009), Gloucester Blue, 6 Hotels (including The Audition Play, Fiddleheads and Lovers, Speaking of Tushy, 2nd Violin, Beirut Rocks and The Hotel Play), Compromise, The Secret of Mme. Bonnard's Bath and The P Word.