M.F.A., Indiana University
B.A., University of Alabama
Jonathan Yukich has taught at the University of New Haven for nine years. In this time, he has directed productions of The Wolves, Cabaret, A Chorus Line, The Nether, Our Town, Psycho Beach Party, The Rocky Horror Show, The Maids, The Winter’s Tale, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. He also advises and coordinates the program's biennial Student New Works Festival.
As a playwright, Jonathan’s plays receive over a hundred productions each year. They have been produced across the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, China, and throughout Europe. His work is published with Broadway Play Publishing, Playscripts Inc., Smith & Kraus, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Eldridge Publishing, Heuer Publishing, Pioneer Drama Service, and Meriwether Press.
In 2020, two full-length plays of his were published: Killing the Bear with Broadway Play Publishing, and The Poe Show with Eldridge Publishing. Currently, Jonathan is working on an introductory theatre textbook with Cognella Publishing, based on his teachings. The textbook is titled Theatre Now: Reading It, Seeing It, Doing It. The first edition is scheduled for an early 2023 release.
Jonathan has regularly taught playwriting courses and workshops at several universities throughout the country, including Mount Holyoke College, New York University, Dickinson College, Quinnipiac University, and the University of Montana.
Killing the Bear
Broadway Play Publishing - Fall 2019
One Hundred Monologues from New Plays- Women
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books - Fall 2019
The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2019
"The Beast in Your Woods"
Smith & Kraus - Published Spring 2019
Hashtag Romeo
Pioneer Drama Service - Published Fall 2018
The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017
"The Mime Crime"
Smith & Kraus - Published Fall 2017
222 More Comedy Monologues
Smith & Kraus - Published Spring 2017
Reality Stars: Greek Gods Edition
Eldridge Play Publishing - Published Winter 2017
Best 5-Minute Plays
"A Very Short Play About the Very Short Presidency of William Henry Harrison"
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books – Published January 2017
222 More Comedy Monologues
Smith & Kraus – Published August 2016
Waking Sleepy Hollow
Published Fall 2016
Finding Don Quixote
Heuer Publishing – Published January 2016
The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2015
"Crooked Fork"
Smith & Kraus – Published Summer 2015
The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2015
Smith & Kraus – Published Fall 2015
The Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2015
Smith & Kraus – Published Fall 2015
American Midget
Broadway Play Publishing – Published October 2014
Alice@Wonderland: The Musical
Pioneer Drama Service – Published January 2014
Alice@Wonderland
Pioneer Drama Service – Published July 2013
Frankenstein Unplugged
Eldridge Play Publishing – Published September 2011
The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2009
"A Short History of Weather"
Smith & Kraus – Published December 2009
More Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays
Meriwether Press – Published March 2007
The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2003
Smith & Kraus – Published April 2004
Thank You, Twenty Thousand Pound Man
Playscripts, Inc. – Published August 2002
Boiling People in My Coffee
Playscripts, Inc. – Published January 2001
Jonathan Yukich, a lecturer in theater, and two other performers, discuss their plans to put on campus production of an abridged version of the complete works of William Shakespeare.
Jonathan Yukich, a lecturer in theater, is taking on a rather ambitious project together with three University of New Haven students with a play that will showcase an abridged version of the complete works of William Shakespeare.
Jonathan Yukich, a lecturer in theater, speaks about his play, which is part of the Dream Up Festival in New York City.