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Joel Drake Johnson

Born

The United States

Genre

Plays and Drama

Influences

Anton Chekhov

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Chekov is my favorite playwright. I would give just about anything to have written a play that matches Uncle Vanya, Ivanov or The Three Sisters in truth, artfulness, character. His plays reach the heights of great tragedy and comedy without a hint of artificiality, and then he spins it all about and finds the great comedy in what is tragic and the tragedy in what makes us laugh.

I am interested in creating stories with characters who despite their flaws, their bad decisions, their selfish inhibitions, their awkward/comic interactions and tragic set backs, push themselves on to an enlightened understanding of their place in the world.

Joel Drake Johnson is one of the newest members of Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater Playwrights Ensemble. The ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 20 ratings · 5 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Rasheeda Speaking 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Places: A Play 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall to Earth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE END OF THE TOUR really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Four Places by Joel Drake Johnson (2016-02-15) by Joel Drake Johnson, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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