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Shem Bitterman. Samples of Plays. Night Side. Open House. For licensing contact: shemjbitterman@gmail.com. Coming October 1st. Check your cable provider.
starring Jason Wiles. Shem has developed and acted in plays at The Mark. Taper Forum, Sundance, the Midwest Playlabs, and Steppenwolf, and has. written films for Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Disney, and many. independent film companies. He has taught screenwriting, playwriting, and acting in the Californian Prisons and in Beijing, China.
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Oct 3, 2023 · Oct 3, 2023. 4 min read. Meet Shem Bitterman, Co-Organizer of The WGA "Bike The Strike" Shem Bitterman has worked in the film industry since first coming to Los Angeles in 1987. His writing and directing credits include "Halloween 5," "Betty and Coretta," "Whitney," and "The Job."
Mini Bio. Shem Studied acting at New York's High School of Performing Arts and Juilliard and got an MFA in playwriting from The University of Iowa. Sensitive Skin is his 19th produced play. Notable others include The Job at Circus Theatricals which won the LA Times Critic's Circle Award for Best New Play, transferred to off-Broadway, and was ...
Shem Bitterman is an alumnus of Julliard, where he studied acting, and of the University of Iowa where he earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing in 1985. Recent plays include: A Death in Colombia (Katselas Theatre Company, LA, 2011), Influence (Katselas, 2010; Best Play, Best Production, Best Ensemble nominations, LA Weekly Awards), The Stone Witch ...
Shem Bitterman has lectured on the entertainment field and has taught screenwriting, playwriting, and acting everywhere from California to Beijing! His most recent work is the film Distant Tales, filmed entirely during the pandemic which explores themes of mental health, social justice, and radicalization.
Dec 12, 2023 · Writer-director Shem Bitterman taps into human nature with four stories that capture the echoes of the Covid lockdown. The dialogue is theatrical. DISTANT TALES could easily transition from screen to stage. The real-time, intensely intimate vulnerability would be electric.
