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James DeMarse

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Writer / Actor

IMDB

As an actor I have appeared in films, TV, and plays: Horton Foote's Trip to Bountiful, Orphan's Home Cycle, and Dividing the Estate on Broadway. I won a Drama Desk award, and was a nominee for an Outer Critics Circle award. As a playwright I have had Equity showcase productions in New York of two full-length plays. My play Existing Privilege was chosen for the Elia Kazan Festival at the Actors Studio, and also given a slot at the Berkshire Playwrights Lab in Massachusetts. My short fiction has been published in Brief Wilderness, El Portal, Evening Street Review, The Penmen Review, and Valparaiso Fiction Review.

Published Pieces

**Newly Published**

Nor'easter

Valparaiso Fiction Review

To Cross A Raging River

"I can hear and feel the pain emanating throughout this dinner. Uncontrolled rage brought on by the stresses of life. Unfortunately, I fear this may be occurring too often today. The struggle in society is real. It's been real, since the beginning of time. I wonder if the father realizes...Jesus was a Jew." - Kym McKee-Seward

Penmen Review

Walk In Snow

Walk In Snow

Evening Street Review

Playwright

"Breaking Through the clutter"

"Breaking Through the clutter"

"Breaking Through the clutter"

“Full of sharp writing, quirky characters, and a fresh storyline. All together this makes for a fine evening of entertainment.” - Village Voice pick of the week.

"Knock 'Em Dead"

"Breaking Through the clutter"

"Breaking Through the clutter"

Knock ‘Em Dead, was produced by the Image Theatre and directed by Paul Austin. It’s about a comedian who isn’t funny and how this insight transforms his life from one of emptiness to one of meaning. 


*Performed on Zoom for the Theatre for the New City*

Actor

Dividing The estate

On the day the play begins, a visit is expected from Mary Jo and her husband, Bob (James DeMarse, who has the Jaycee heartiness down pat.) NY Times, Dividing the Estate.

the New york times theater review: Dividing the estate

Orphans Home cycle

 Hallie Foote, the playwright’s daughter, and James DeMarse, both first-rate. NY Times, Orphans' Home Cycle 

the new york times theater review: 'the orphans' home cycle' (12/09)

Trip to Bountiful

Trip to Bountiful

By Horton Foote, Directed by Harris Yulin

Goodman Theatre

Member of the ACTORS STUDIO, the ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER, and The DRAMATISTS GUILD of AMERICA, Inc.

James Demarse

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