“This is a directing career worth keeping an eye on.” Rex Reed, Luke Yankee’s plays include MARILYN, MOM & ME, THE LAST LIFEBOAT, THE "One of the most compassionate, illuminating showbiz books ever written." ) Here’s what nationally syndicated critic Rex Reed said about “Imagine the epic story behind the drama of the sinking of the Titanic, revealed with easy, minimal staging on a bare stage!

He has directed on and off Broadway and at regional theatres throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has toured internationally with his multimedia, one-man show, "Diva Dish!" Luke Yankee (yes, it’s his real name) is a critically acclaimed author and playwright. Luke Yankee got to see them up close. Luke Yankee has written a surging drama that is riveting, dramatic, educational and entertaining all at the same time. ( Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations

Playwright; Author; TV/Film Writer; Teacher/Coach; Search. He has assistant directed six Broadway shows and served as artistic director of two regional theaters. He is a producer and director, known for We the People (1994), Conversations on Craft (2010) and Kiss Her I'm Famous (2013). Playwright Luke Yankee’s plays include THE LAST LIFEBOAT, THE MAN WHO KILLED THE CURE, THE JESUS HICKEY, DIVA DISH!, A PLACE AT FOREST LAWN and DIVA … Paul Newman giving you acting tips in your parents’ living room. Buy now with 1-Click Luke Yankee Luke Yankee's comedy, THE JESUS HICKEY. (

His latest play, The Man Who Killed the Cure received a workshop production at UC Irvine last fall and was a semifinalist for the National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. Ethel Merman teaching you how to make martinis.
THE JESUS HICKEY is a modern day fable by award winning playwright, screenwriter and author Luke Yankee about the seduction of celebrity funneled through the window of religious fanaticism. Critics have called it "one of the most compassionate, illuminating showbiz books ever written." includes VAT* Luke Yankee, Script Department: We the People. Join Facebook to connect with Luke Yankee and others you may know. Please try your request again later. Luke Yankee was born on February 7, 1960. THE LAST LIFEBOAT is destined to become a theatre classic! " Paperback Luke Yankee was born on February 7, 1960. Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart Luke Yankee Funny, bawdy, outrageous and touching, the dialogue crackles with wit as this thought-provoking comedy heartily entertains. His play, The Last Lifeboat has received 22 productions around the country in the past three years.

Luke Yankee is an author, playwright, actor, director, teacher, and producer. about growing up as the son of Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning actress, Eileen Heckart.


Dramatists Play Service, one of the premier play-licensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen HeckartA Place at Forest Lawn: By Luke Yankee and James Bontempo His play, The Last Lifeboat has received 22 productions around the country in the past three years.

The recipient of the TRU Voices Award and the Joel and Phyllis Ehrlich Award, given for “a socially relevant, commercially viable, new work of theatre”, The Los Angeles production starred Harry Hamlin and was praised by critics as “a solid winner”, “brilliant” and “a contemporary masterpiece.”



See if your friends have read any of Luke Yankee's books Luke Yankee's controversial new play inspired by the life and death of Dr. Max Gerson, one of the fathers of natural healing. He has assistant directed six Broadway shows and served as artistic director of two regional theaters. Paperback Welcome to the world of Luke Yankee, son of Broadway and Hollywood actress, Eileen Heckart. Luke Yankee has directed on and off Broadway and at regional theatres throughout out the United States and abroad.

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This controversial, award-winning play is inspired by the life and death of Dr. Max Gerson, one of the fathers of natural healing.