Jerome Joseph Gentes Creative Producer & Writer
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PRODUCER

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TigerBear Productions
Executive Director


producing Deal With The Dragon, Summer 2020, NYC
producing The Also-Ran (for the Benefit of Miss Jennie Gourlay), 2021, Southern CA



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© Gatlin Dean Design 2019
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Musical Cafe Showcase Series
Co-Founder & Co-Producer

produced 7 showcase productions in the SF Bay Area
showcased 25+ new, original, locally-sourced musical projects
supported 50+ actors, directors, writers & composers ​
grew & sustained audience & membership



© Greg Reasoner 2017

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Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
Co-Producer

Nominee, Theatre Bay Area Awards, Outstanding Anthology Production
co-produced with Bridgette Dutta Portman

eight 10-minute plays by Kristin Anundsen, Vonn Scott Bair, Bridgette Dutta Portman, Carol Lashof, Lorraine Midanik, Rod McFadden, Diane Sampson, Annette Roman
featuring Michael Conner, Janet Dyer, Amanda J. Lee, Brian Levi, Kate Rose Reynolds, John Steele, Jr. & Jasmine Milan Williams







​© Greg Reasoner 2017

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Sheherezade's Last Tales, Playwrights' Center of San Francisco, Fall 2015
Winner, Theatre Bay Area Awards, Outstanding Anthology Production

co-producer with Bridgette Dutta Portman
co-directed by Laylah Muran de Assereto & Adam Sussman
plays by Madeleine Butler, Steven Hill, Vaughn Hovanessian, Bill Hyatt, Carol Lashof, Rod McFadden, Lorraine Midanik, Pat Morin
featuring Alexaendrai Bond, AJ Davenport, Amber Glasgow, Rick Homan, Brian Levi, Miyoko Sakatani & Louel Senores








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​© Joseph Duff 2015


Writer

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"Bethesda"
a ten-minute play

​written for Monday Night PlayGround
with the support of PlayGround
directed by Claire Ganem
with Champagne Hughes, Catherine Riddley, and Khary L. Moye
Berkeley, CA, February 2020
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"Of Kind and Kindness"
a ten-minute play

​written for Monday Night PlayGround
with the support of PlayGround
directed by Jeffery Lo
with Jomar Tagatac and Patrick Kelly Jones
Berkeley, CA, January 2020
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"Knuckles"
a 2.5-minute microplay
Fingertips: 21 Plays In 60 Minutes (Or Less)
produced and directed by Steven Westdahl
SF Fringe Festival, September 2019


​"Techie's Choice: Best of the Fringe"



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The Right Note: A New Musical
book & lyrics by Jerome Joseph Gentes
​music & lyrics by Rice Majors

workshop production, November-December 2018
produced by Spare Stage, San Francisco, CA
Laylah Muran de Assereto, director
Sheela Ramesh, musical director

work-in-progress showcase performance, January 2016
produced by Musical Cafe Showcase Series
Laylah Muran de Assereto, director
Billy Wolfe, musical director
with Cabiria Jacobsen, Jesse Cortez, Ayelet Firstenberg, Kyle Stoner,
Beebe Reisman, Shannon Kealey, Chris Maltby, and Joseph Alvarado



Graphic design: © 2017 Jerome Joseph Gentes/Photo by Joseph Duff

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​"Aprés-Vie" A Ten-Minute Play
The Grateful Deadly, March 2018
an original anthology of short plays on life, death, and the afterlife
produced by Playland Productions
originally developed with Monday Night Playground
Dan Wilson, director
featuring Rotimi Agbabiaka, Miyoko Sakatani, Hanna Schultheis-Gerry, Louel Senores,  Jasmine Milan Williams & Deedra Wong

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​ Best of PlayGround 21: OR: or, The Play of Light, May-June 2017
 originally developed with Monday Night Playground and Planet Earth Arts
 directed by Amy Sass
 lighting by Kieran Beccia
 featuring Rotimi Agbabiaka, Miyoko Sakatani, Hanna Schultheis-Gerry, Louel Senores,  Jasmine Milan Williams & Deedra Wong
 Oakland, CA

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OR: or, The Play of Light, expanded, April 2017
originally developed with Monday Night Playground and Planet Earth Arts
produced, written & directed by Jerome Joseph Gentes
music by Peter Trevino
choreographed by Deedra Wong
lighting by Kieran Beccia
featuring Rotimi Agbabiaka, Miyoko Sakatani, Hanna Schultheis-Gerry, Louel Senores, Jasmine Milan Williams & Deedra Wong
​Oakland, CA

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Immunity: A 10-Minute Play

​written for Monday Night PlayGround
with the support of PlayGround
directed by Jessa Brie Moreno
with Stacey Winn, Naomi Evans, Daniel Chung, David Scott & Henry Trevor 
Berkeley, CA, January 2017

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OR: or, The Play of Light
written for Monday Night PlayGround with the support of
PlayGround & Planet Earth Arts
directed by Jeffrey Lo
with Nican Robinson, Miyoko Sakatani, Jed Parsario,

Ryan Nicole Austin, Louel Senores & Emma Onasch 
Berkeley, CA
October 2016

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Parlor Games: A 10-Minute Play
written for Monday Night PlayGround
with the support of PlayGround
directed by Claire Rice 
Berkeley, CA
December 2015

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Schrödinger's Christmas: A Ten-Minute Opera
Libretto by Jerome Joseph Gentes & Music by Jon Rosen
A Concert Recital with Musical Cafe, produced in conjunction with

The Alchemy Works Musical Theatre Lab & Play Cafe
Oakland, CA
January 25, 2015


Graphic design: © Jeff Cohen 2014

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Hold Your Piece: A New Play
Developmental Readings with The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
September 2014 & June 2013
Staged Reading with Buffalo United Artists
Buffalo, NY
August 2012




Graphic design: © Jonathan Malley 2012-2014


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  1. Show Me Yours:
  2. Songs of Innocence and Experience     
A Musical Revue with New Musical Theater of San Francisco
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San Francisco, CA
April 2013

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Aria 51: A 10-Minute Musical
Book & Lyrics by Jerome Joseph Gentes
Music by Jon Rosen
The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco 24-Hour Fest
September 2013
Dramatists' Guild Footlights Reading
San Francisco, CA
April 2015


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Facilitation Team Member, Notes From the Field: Doing Time in Education
created, written, and performed by Anna Deavere Smith
in collaboration with Youth Speaks
at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, CA
July 2015

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