Horovitz, Israel

Israel Horovitz (b. 1939) is an Obie and Drama Desk award-winning American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He was raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London from 1961 to 1963. In addition to a residency at the Royal Shakespeare Company (1965) and two Rockefeller Foundation fellowships in playwriting (1968 and 1969), Horovitz was also the playwright in residence at the City College of the City University of New York from 1969 to 1974.

Horovitz is the author of more than 70 plays, 4 films, and 1 novel. The Comeback, Horovitz's first play, was produced in Boston when he was 17 years old. His work debuted in New York City at the Astor Place Theatre in 1968 with the production of The Indian Wants the Bronx and It's Called the Sugar Plum, two one-act plays. The Indian Wants the Bronx won an Obie Award for Best Play as well as a Drama Desk award, and featured rising stars Al Pacino and John Cazale. Over the next three years, his plays Rats, Line, Leader, The Honest-to-God Schnozzola, Chiaroscuro, and Acrobats were produced off-Broadway.

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