Bio

Jonathan Kravetz is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of DUCTS.org, a biannual literary webzine devoted to publishing engaging personal essays, memoirs, art, fiction, humor and more. His play, Better Lucky Than Smart, was produced by Manhattan Theatre Source in August/September, 2010.  His play, Prayer, was produced to sold-out houses at the New York City Fringe Festival, 2008. Prayer was a semi-finalist in the annual Reverie Productions Play competition in New York, 2008. Violins, a ten-minute play, was one of the winners of the Bite-Sized International Playwriting Competition and was performed at the Brighton Fringe Festival in spring, 2008 and was an audience favorite at the InGenius festival, New York, New York. His play, Jim and Dana, was a 2009 finalist in the Oxford, MS Ten-Minute Play Contest. His comedy, Better Lucky Than Smart, is being produced next January at Manhattan Theatre Source. He has several published short stories and has written a dozen science non-fiction books for children. Mr. Kravetz has edited and ghostwritten several essays and and one memoir, The Missing Cub, the story of Chicago Cub lefty Darcy Fast. Mr. Kravetz is one of the founding members of the prestigious Writers Forum at the Manhattan Theatre Source in New York. Mr. Kravetz is also the founder of the monthly reading series, Trumpet Fiction, which is held the second Saturday of every month at KGB Bar in the East Village. Jonathan holds a Masters in Cinema Studies from NYU and teaches fiction, memoir and screenwriting in New York City.