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Ira

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king...

About Me

Playwright. Musician (www.myspace.com/evenso). Actor. Office Monkey. Pavement Enthusiast. Baltimorian by birth. Chicago Resident at present.
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My Interests

Self discovery. Self deprication. Music. Theatre. Film. Watcha got?

I'd like to meet:

New friends in Chicago, IL (since I live there now). BANDS/VENUES/MUSICIANS IN CHICAGO WHO WANT TO START A BAND, BE MY FRIEND, GIVE ME A GIG/THA HOOKUP, OR TELL ME ABOUT THE SCENE. Nice people. Playwrights. Musicians. People/Bands who want to play gigs with my band. Theatres/actors/directors who want to perform my plays. Martin Van Buren.

Music:

The Magnetic Fields, Jens Lekman, The Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Pavement, Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, Nick Drake, Whatever the internet has told me is hip this week, Lots of local Baltimore music that you probably haven't heard of unless you pay attention to that sort of thing, Lots of other stuff. I'd love to make you a mix CD.

Movies:

things by: Charlie Kaufman, Kubrick, The Coen Bros. Terry Gilliam, Wes Anderson, Tarintino, Scorsese, David Lynch, Noah Baumbach, etc.
The Departed, The First 2/3rds of Grindhouse, Brazil, High Fidelity, Adaptation, Swingers, True Romance, Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind, The Big Lebowski, Fight Club, American Beauty, A Clockwork Orange, The Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Bowling for Columbine, Lost in Translation, Barton Fink, Velvet goldmine, Donnie Darko, 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Memento, etc etc etc

Television:

THE WIRE. South Park.

Books:

lots of plays. Especially things by: Mamet, Eric Bogosian, Ibsen, Pinter, David Lindsey Abaire, Neil Labute, Adam Rapp, Beckett, etc. ...I also like Harry Potter

Heroes:

Charlie Kaufman, Tony Kushner, Gary Garrison, Eric Bogosian, Peter Wray, Jens Lekman, Noah Baumbach, Michael Stipe.

My Blog

BEST PLAYWRIGHT IN BALTIMORE AS VOTED BY THE CITY PAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.citypaper.com/bob/story.asp?id=12642"Best Playwright Ira GamermanSplitWith Split, featured as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Ira Gamerman showed that he is technically capable ...
Posted by Ira on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:02:00 PST

15 Young Theatre Artists To Watch (as voted by Broadwayworld.com)

http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=1183 7"This summer also showed local theatre goers that the future is, indeed, bright. The 20-something crowd has some remarkable talents, both i...
Posted by Ira on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:58:00 PST

Broadway World.com Review of "Split" (another Rave!)

http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=1176 3Director Ian Belknap, in his program notes for SPLIT, the final play in this years Baltimore Playwrights Festival, says upon first reading,...
Posted by Ira on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:40:00 PST

Baltimore Sun Review of "SPLIT"

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/stage/bal-to.theat col17aug17,1,6933446,print.columnFestival's maturity becomes evident through teen and quarter-life crisesTheater: J. Wynn Rousuck Wrapping u...
Posted by Ira on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:02:00 PST

CIty Paper Review of "SPLIT"

http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=12143 Reality Check Towson Theater Alum Deftly Intertwines Life and Fantasy In Standout Playwrights Fest Production SplitBy Ira GamermanAt Fells Point Corne...
Posted by Ira on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:52:00 PST

Press whore

(my article from the Examiner this past saturday)"Coming of age and laughing all the way"by Emily Campbelland Carolyn PeirceExaminer Staff WritersThere comes a moment youngcollege graduates must enter...
Posted by Ira on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:18:00 PST

My Debut appearance on Pitchforkmedia.com (hopefully not my farewell appearance)

I'm an indie rock journalist: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/37743/Ted_Leo_Tri umphs_Over_Power_Outage 2nd Pitchfork appearance!: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41207/The_W...
Posted by Ira on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:40:00 PST

COME SEE MY NEW PLAY!!!!!!!!! OPENING THIS THURS!!!!!!

SplitA New Play by Ira GamermanDirected By Ian BelknapFeaturing: Steve Polites, Tori Katz, Mccaul Baggert,Liz Hammil, and Mike CarothersPresented by: Uncommon Voices Theatre & BaltimorePlaywrights...
Posted by Ira on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:45:00 PST

check out my LJ

Here is all the blogging you'll ever need :http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=iragamerman
Posted by Ira on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST