LISSA
LEVIN (Playwright,
Sex and Education) enjoys the frequent surprised
reaction to the fact that
Sex and Education,
a play about the merits and intricacies of good grammar, was written by
a 25-year veteran of television comedy.
Her credits include the
Emmy-nominated
Mad About You, Cheers, WKRP
In Cincinati, Family Ties, Brothers, Thunder Alley
(with Ed Asner),
Mr. Belevedere, and
Gloria (with Sally Struthers), amongst
many others.
An award-winning librettist/lyricist, Levin garnered the
prestigious Kleban Award for the libretto for her musical,
Twist
of Fate (composer Ron Abel), which also
won L.A. Weekly's Musical of the Year and two L.A. Drama Critics Circle
Awards, and was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best
Musical. She is currently writing the book for the musical
Hazel,
based on the Saturday Evening Post cartoon and iconic tv character,
with Ron Abel, and lyricist, Chuck Steffan.
Levin's essay,
Pisser,
a rant about insufficient bathroom stalls in women's rest rooms in
theaters, was published by Random House in a humor collection by noted
women in the arts. The collection was later transformed into a
theatrical benefit co-produced by Levin, a breast cancer activist, and
Adryan Russ, supporting the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. Levin
hopes the regard for both English teachers and sit-com writers will be
heightened by this play.
February, 2014