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Weinstein is the Executive Director of LiveWire Chicago Theatre, as well as an independent playwright, director and filmmaker with WCProductions. Last month he directed a workshop of his new play "Lower Debt" with LiveWire at the Chicago DCA Theater as part of their INCUBATOR series. In August, he directed an original short play, "Recognition" by Elizabeth Nell Dubus as part of LiveWire's "VisionFest 2009." He also served as the emcee for the festival. Earlier in the summer, he directed the staged reading of Holli Gipson's new play "Her Brilliant Sway of the Moral Hinge" for the Inchworm Playreading Series.
This summer, Weinstein also received a private commission to write and produce a play for a couple's wedding. The wanted a play written about their unique relationship, she is Indian and he is Jewish, to be performed for family and friends during an evening of entertainment called a Sangeet. Amidst dancing and singing, his original play "When Jaina Met Jared" was presented.
On the film front, WCProductions was admitted into its first film festival this past July. One of the short sketches from the original comedy series "It's Madeling Long" titled "The Illusioness" was chosen to premiere at the Chicago Short Comedy Video & Film Festival on July 24th at the Chicago Cultural Center Theater. This short and other film project from WCProductions can be seen on their website www.wetcityproductions.com.
This spring, LiveWire plans to mount a full production of "Lower Debt." Check back here for more information on that production and more from Weinstein.