Jack Temchin(1946-2003)
- Writer
- Producer
He grew up near New York City and graduated from Amherst College in
1968. He produced a winter season at the Berkshire Theater Festival in
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1969, and he worked for 15 years with
the Manhattan Theater Club, first as associate artistic director, and
then as literary consultant. For seven years, he produced the repertory
season at the New School University's Actors Drama School. He produced
the long-running Off-Broadway show "El Grande de Coca-Cola in New York"
and around the world. He also produced plays for the American Jewish
Theatre, edited three books of monologues and scenes for Applause
Books, and wrote teleplays for "Freddy's Nightmares," "Tales From the
Crypt" and animation shorts that appeared on "Sesame Street." In 1998,
co-founded The Play Company (in New York City) and was one of its
producers.
