Plays
The Comeback,Suffolk Theatre, Emerson Theatre, Boston, MA, 1958
The Death of Bernard the Believer,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, SouthOrange, NJ, 1960
This Play Is about Me,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1961
The Hanging of Emmanuel,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1962
Hop, Skip, and Jump,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1963
The Simon Street Harvest,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1964
The Killer Dove(two-act), Theatre on the Green, West Orange, NY,1966
Line(one-act), Cafe La MaMa, 13th Street Theatre, New York City,1967, then Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1971, also (as two-act), Mark TaperForum, Los Angeles, 1969; published inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus (Lyme, NH), 1996
The Indian Wants the Bronx(one-act), Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1968; published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1968, inFirst Season,Random House (New York City), 1968, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith &Kraus, 1996
It's Called the Sugar Plum(one-act), Astor Place Theatre, 1968; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1968, inFirst Season,Random House, 1968, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Rats(one-act), Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, 1968; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1968, inFirst Season,Random House, 1968, inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996, and inTheatre for Young Audiences: Around theWorld in 21 Plays,1997
Chiaroscuro(one-act; also known asChiaroscuro (or Morning)), Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto Festival Theatre, Spoleto, Italy, 1968, then as "Morning,"Morning, Noon, and Night,Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1968; published by Random House (New York City), 1969; publishedasMorninginIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
The Honest-to-God Schnozzola(one-act), Act IV Theatre, Provincetown, MA, 1968, then (withLeader), Gramercy Arts Theatre, New York City, 1969; published by Breakthrough Press, 1971, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Leader(one-act; double-bill withThe Honest-to-God Schnozzola), Gramercy Arts Theatre, 1969; published withPlay for Trees,Dramatists Play Service, 1973
Acrobats(one-act), Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1970,then (double-bill withLine), New Comedy Theatre, Theatre de Lys, NewYork City, 1971; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1971 and inIsraelHorovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Clair-Obscur,Theatre Lucernairre, Paris, 1970; published by Gallimard, 1972
Dr. Hero(also known asThe World's Greatest Play), PublicTheatre, New York City, 1971; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1973
Le premiere,Theatre de Poche, Paris, 1972
Shooting Gallery,Workshop of the Performing Arts Theatre, New York City, 1973; published withPlay for Germs,Dramatists Play Service,1973, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Play for Germs(based on his television playVD Blues), published withShooting Galleryby Dramatists Play Service, 1973, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Capella,published by Harper & Row (New York City), 1973 produced, 1978
The Wakefield Plays(containsAlfred the Great,Hopscotch,Our Father's Failing,Alfred Dies,Stage Directions,Spared,andThe 75th), performed in various combinations between 1973 and 1986;Alfred the Greatpublished by Harper & Row, 1974,HopscotchandThe 75thpublished asHopscotch and The 75th: The Quannapowitt Quartet, Parts One and Two,by Dramatists Play Service, 1977, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
The First,The Last,andThe Middle(a "comic triptych"), 1974
Turnstile,Hanover, NH, 1974
Spared,1975 published inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Uncle Snake: An Independence Day Pageant,New York City, 1975; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1976
The Primary English Class,Cubicula Theatre, then Circle in the Square, both New York City, 1975; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1976
The Bottom,1975-1976
The Reason We Eat,Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1976
Sunday Runners in the Rain,1976
The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion,Actors Studio, New YorkCity, 1977; published withThe Great Labor Day Classic,Dramatists Play Service, 1982, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
(Adaptor) Eugene Ionesco'sMan with Bags,translated by Marie-France Ionesco, Towson State University Theatre, Towson, MD, 1977; published by Grove Press (New York City), 1977
The Lounge Player,New York City, 1977
(With David Boorstin)Cappella(adaption of his novel of the sametitle), Off-Center Theatre, New York City, 1978
Stage Directions,Actors Studio, 1978; published inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith &Kraus, 1996
The Widow's Blind Date,New York City, 1978; published by TheatreCommunications Group (New York City), 1981, and inNew England Blue: Playsof Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Mackerel,Gloucester Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1978; publishedby Talonbooks Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1979
A Christmas Carol, Scrooge and Marley(based on the novelA Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens), Baltimore, MD, 1978; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1979
The Good Parts,produced at Actors Studio, New York City, 1979; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1983
The Great Labor Day Classic,inHolidays,Louisville, KY, 1979, then alone, New York City, 1984; published withThe Former One-on-OneBasketball Champion,New Dramatists Play Service, 1982
A Trilogy(also known asGrowing UpandThe Sault Ste. Marie Trilogy;based on material by Morley Torgov; containsThe ChopinPlayoffs,A Rosen by Any Other Name,andToday, I Am a FountainPen), American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986;The Chopin Playoffspublished by Dramatists Play Service, 1987;Today, I Am a Fountain Pen(also known asIsrael Horovitz's Today, I Am a Fountain Pen) published by Dramatists Play Service, 1987;A Rosen by Any Other Namepublished by Dramatists Play Service, 1987
Henry Lumper,Gloucester, MA, 1985, then Actors Outlet Theatre, New York City, 1989; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990, and inNewEngland Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
North Shore Fish,Workshop of the Performing Arts Theatre, 1985-1986; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1989, and inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Year of the Duck,Portland, ME, 1986, then Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1987; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1988
"Faith,"Faith, Hope, and Charity,South Street Theatre, New YorkCity, 1988-1989; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1989, and inIsraelHorovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Strong-Man's Weak Child,Los Angeles, 1990; published inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Park Your Car in Harvard Yard,Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1991-1992; published asIsrael Horovitz's Park Your Car in Harvard Yard,Samuel French (New York City), 1993, and inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
Fighting over Beverley,Gloucester, MA, 1993
Green-Eyed Monster,1993
Unexpected Tenderness,Workshop of the Performing Arts Theatre, 1994; published inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith& Kraus, 1996
Barking Sharks,1995
Lebenstraum,Gloucester Stage Company, 1996, then New York City, 1997
My Old Lady,Gloucester Stage Company, 1996, then New York City, 1997
One Under,Gloucester Stage Company, 1997
Captains and Courage(based onCaptains Courageousby Rudyard Kipling), 1997
Stations of the Cross,Gloucester Stage Company, Gorton Theatre, Gloucester, MA, 1998
Fast Hands,1999
Also author ofThe Lounge Player.Horovitz's plays have been translated into as many as thirty languages and have been produced in several cities throughout the world.
Play Collections
First Season(containsThe Indian Wants the Bronx,It'sCalled the Sugar Plum,andRats), Vintage Books (New York City), 1968
An Israel Horovitz Trilogy,Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1987
Israel Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays(also known asWorks;containsAcrobats,Faith,The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion,The Great Labor Day Classic,The Honest-to-God Schnozzola,Hopscotch,The Indian Wants the Bronx,It's Called the Sugar Plum,Line,Morning,Play for Germs,Rats,The 75th,The Shooting Gallery,Spared,andStage Directions), Smith & Kraus (Lyme, NH), 1994
New England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life(containsHenry Lumper,North Shore Fish,Park Your Car in Harvard Yard,Strong Man's Weak Child,Unexpected Tenderness,andThe Widow'sBlind Date), Smith & Kraus, 1996
Plays represented in anthologies, includingCollision Course,edited by Edward Parone, Random House (New York City), 1968;The Waterford Plays,edited by John Lahr, Grove (New York City), 1968;The Best Short Plays,edited by Stanley Richards, Chilton, 1968-1970, 1975, 1977-78; andFamous American Plays of the 1960s,edited by Harold Clurman, Dell (New York City), 1972.

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