Martin Zurla(1944-2022)
- Actor
- Writer
Martin Zurla is the founder and Artistic Director of the Title Theatre
and the Raft Theatre (Theatre Row, NYC). His stage play, "Old Friends,"
won the Forest A. Roberts Playwrights Award and his play, "February,
The Present," won the Stanley Drama Award. Mr. Zurla's plays won the
Colorado University Playwrights Competition for two consecutive years.
His collection of one-act plays, "Aftermath: The Vietnam Experience,"
has been published by Open Passages, New York. Mr. Zurla has produced
over two hundred plays and directed just as many. In addition to those
mentioned, he has received numerous other threatrical awards, including
the prestigious Theatre of Renewal Award for his "resplendent
contribution to the development of American Theatre." Mr. Zurla has
been a professional screenwriter for the past fifteen years, scripting
such films as "Dogwatch," "Raw Deal," "Sometimes They Come Back" and
"King Kong Lives." His screenplay, "Ground Zero," is currently in
development at Castle Rock Entertainment. Mr. Zurla has taught at
Columbia University, and currently teaches theatre at West Los Angeles
Community College in Culver City, CA. He is a Vietnam Veteran and lives
in Los Angeles with his wife, Katherine.