A PROFILE: ACTOR, MUSICIAN & WRITER
A PROFILE: ACTOR, MUSICIAN & WRITER
Jeff Onore is a playwright, performer and songwriter.
As an actor in his solo show, “What Happened to Jeff”, Jeff Onore enjoyed top honors at the New England Fringe Festival at the Boston Center for the Arts. He has performed at the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax, NS, 1 x 1 Festival, in Cambridge, MA and Newburyport, MA. Venues in NYC include the Red Room and Stage Left Studio. Jeff’s short plays “The Realtor”, Psych Date”, “The Robotic Baby” have all been produced, with “Let Freedom Ring” having won the New Works Festival. His full length plays “The Shoe Store” and “The Robotic Baby” are complete and in competition.
“Underlying Onore’s material is a pervasive and profound sense of urban loneliness” … “startling and imaginative black humour”
– Elissa Barnard, Chronicle Herald
“A captivating performance that goes beyond the sardonic wit of the comedian” … “he may be deranged, but he is certainly entertaining.” … “punch, grit, cajones”
– Amanda Campbell, Twisitheater
Jeff’s CD of original songs also titled “What Happened to Jeff,” has been played on 125 radio stations and reviewed coast to coast. Click here to listen to the album on youtube.
“Bringing to mind masters such as Randy Newman and Elvis Costello… Jeff Onore is in their league… Raises the bar for singer songwriters of the sinister/humorous variety.”
– Barney Quick, Indie-Com
Jeff writes poetry and non-fiction, which has been published in Pearl Magazine, The Iconoclast, Maelstrom, Nerve Cowboy, Poetry Motel and others. His non-fiction work has been published in the UK’s Guardian, Nerve.com and The New York Post.
Jeff Onore is a playwright, performer and songwriter.
As an actor in his solo show, “What Happened to Jeff”, Jeff Onore enjoyed top honors at the New England Fringe Festival at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2008. He has performed at the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax, NS, 1 x 1 Festival, in Cambridge, MA and Newburyport, MA. Venues in NYC include the Red Room and Stage Left Studio. Jeff’s short plays “The Realtor”, Psych Date”, “The Robotic Baby” have all been produced, with “Let Freedom Ring” having won the New Works Festival 2007. His full length plays “The Shoe Store” and “The Robotic Baby” are complete and in competition.
“Underlying Onore’s material is a pervasive and profound sense of urban loneliness” … “startling and imaginative black humour”
– Elissa Barnard, Chronicle Herald
“A captivating performance that goes beyond the sardonic wit of the comedian” … “he may be deranged, but he is certainly entertaining.” … “punch, grit, cajones”
– Amanda Campbell, Twisitheater
Jeff’s CD of original songs also titled “What Happened to Jeff,” has been played on 125 radio stations and reviewed coast to coast. Click here to listen to the album on youtube.
“Bringing to mind masters such as Randy Newman and Elvis Costello… Jeff Onore is in their league… Raises the bar for singer songwriters of the sinister/humorous variety.”
– Barney Quick, Indie-Com
Jeff writes poetry and non-fiction, which has been published in Pearl Magazine, The Iconoclast, Maelstrom, Nerve Cowboy, Poetry Motel and others. His non-fiction work has been published in the UK’s Guardian, Nerve.com and The New York Post.