1001: Jason Grote and his Arabian Nights

My friend's new play reviewed in LA Weekly

Jason Grote is a very writer whose stuff I first heard many years ago at a poetry reading in NYC. We got to know each other thru our mutual friend—and singer for my old band Ya-Ne-Zniyoo—Eric Schmitz.

Recently, Jason has created a new play that's been getting rave reviews. One such review was in LA Weekly after a performance in Pasadena, CA.

Jason Grote is one of a generation of brainy new American dramatists—including Tracy Letts and Will Eno—who understand that to reach new audiences, political theater needs to move beyond moral indignation and outrage, past spoon-feeding an attitude. One key to going forward is looking backward into literature, fable and allegory.

Congratulations my friend!

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