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Failing Writers Podcast interview
Aug 29
Failing Writers Podcast interview
"Check Please" the #1 most-produced play for 18 years!
Jul 2
"Check Please" the #1 most-produced play for 18 years!
"Law & Order: Rhymes and Misdemeanors" published by TRW Plays
Apr 23
"Law & Order: Rhymes and Misdemeanors" published by TRW Plays
"Check Please" the #1 most-produced play for the 17th straight year
Dec 7
"Check Please" the #1 most-produced play for the 17th straight year
"The Acts of Life" and "#hashtag" published by TRW Plays
May 7
"The Acts of Life" and "#hashtag" published by TRW Plays
Now available: "Check Please: Stay-At-Home Edition"
Nov 19
Now available: "Check Please: Stay-At-Home Edition"
Three plays by Jonathan were the most-produced in 2019-2020
Jul 31
Three plays by Jonathan were the most-produced in 2019-2020
"The Acts of Life" audio play premieres May 8-10
May 7
"The Acts of Life" audio play premieres May 8-10
"Check Please" most-produced short play in North America for 15th year in a row
Aug 13
"Check Please" most-produced short play in North America for 15th year in a row
Penn Gazette feature story on Jonathan's career
Apr 22
Penn Gazette feature story on Jonathan's career
"Check Please" chapter in AP English textbook
Dec 17
"Check Please" chapter in AP English textbook
Jonathan interviewed for The Producer's Perspective podcast
Oct 9
Jonathan interviewed for The Producer's Perspective podcast
Two monologues featured in "222 More Comedy Monologues 2 Minutes & Under"
Aug 3
Two monologues featured in "222 More Comedy Monologues 2 Minutes & Under"
Short version of "Humbletown" now available
Jan 12
Short version of "Humbletown" now available
Now published: "Breaking Badly"
Oct 26
Now published: "Breaking Badly"
"Humbletown" now published
Jul 16
"Humbletown" now published
"No More, Mister Nice Guy" a Heideman Award finalist
Jul 10
"No More, Mister Nice Guy" a Heideman Award finalist
Now published: "F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S."
Jun 17
Now published: "F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S."
"Five Questions for Jonathan Rand"
Aug 21
"Five Questions for Jonathan Rand"
Jonathan interviewed by Adam Szymkowicz
Feb 23
Jonathan interviewed by Adam Szymkowicz
Just took the kids (ages 9 and 6) to see local middle-schoolers (ages 11 to 13) perform two of my plays (ages 21 and 18), starring my neighbor's daughter and assistant-directed by a babysitter. In entirely unrelated news, my doctor says stay tuned fo
Freshman year of college I was in this dorm room emailing production contracts for my only play, Hard Candy. This morning I emailed a Hard Candy contract to a theater in Bahrain, the 68th country to produce my work. I was flabbergasted then; I'm stil
I'm literally posting this on Instagram.
You my wife both, Claude. You and my wife both.
14 years ago I discovered my doppelganger across the world - same name, same major, same Facebook photo wearing a giant inflatable ballerina costume. Today he interviewed me on his podcast. (I guess this means I have to start a podcast.) (link in bio
tfw a teacher who's been producing your plays for well over a decade sends you a picture from the @dramabookshop with your plays and you say to yourself, "Pretty sure this was never on my vision board."
My play Check Please has been the most popular play in America for 18 consecutive years. Unclear why I wasn't equally popular at that age. (playbill.com link in bio) @schooltheatre @thespiansociety @stantoncollegeprep
17-year-old me took this picture of the curtain call of the first production of my first play. My second play, Check Please, was declared the most-produced short play in North America for the 17th year in a row (link in bio). Hey, Check Please: WRITE

There have now been over 30,000 performances of Jonathan Rand's plays across 71 countries!