Bryan Fogel
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Bryan Fogel is an American
playwright
and author
.
He was born in Denver, Colorado
, one of three children of David and Linda Fogel. He attended both private and public schools, graduating from East High School and attending the University of Colorado at Boulder
.
Along with Sam Wolfson, Fogel developed, wrote, and initially starred in the play Jewtopia
, an off-broadway
comedy about the dating lives of two young men seeking Jewish women, soon to be made into a feature film. The play opened in Los Angeles in 2003 and ran for nine months. It moved on to the off-Broadway Westside Theater in New York later that year, where it ran for more than a thousand performances before closing in April 2007.
Fogel is also the author of the book Jewtopia: The Chosen Guide for the Chosen People, also a collaboration with Sam Wolfson.
He also had a small part in the 2009 Disney movie Race to Witch Mountain
.
Fogel is an avid skier who skied for the Winter Park ski team as well as a bicycle road racer having raced for several teams.
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playwright
Playwright
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and author
Author
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.
He was born in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, one of three children of David and Linda Fogel. He attended both private and public schools, graduating from East High School and attending the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
.
Along with Sam Wolfson, Fogel developed, wrote, and initially starred in the play Jewtopia
Jewtopia
Jewtopia is a comedic play by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson.It focuses on two friends, Chris O'Connell and Adam Lipschitz, both approaching their 30th birthdays. Gentile Chris is interested in dating Jewish women because he feels that they will make his life easier by making all of life's decisions...
, an off-broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
comedy about the dating lives of two young men seeking Jewish women, soon to be made into a feature film. The play opened in Los Angeles in 2003 and ran for nine months. It moved on to the off-Broadway Westside Theater in New York later that year, where it ran for more than a thousand performances before closing in April 2007.
Fogel is also the author of the book Jewtopia: The Chosen Guide for the Chosen People, also a collaboration with Sam Wolfson.
He also had a small part in the 2009 Disney movie Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 science fiction/thriller film and a remake of the original 1975 fantasy film, Escape to Witch Mountain. Both versions of the film are based on the 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key...
.
Fogel is an avid skier who skied for the Winter Park ski team as well as a bicycle road racer having raced for several teams.