TESLA'S LETTERS (1999)...

"This well-written, well-constructed drama constitutes pertinent, intelligent, instructive...and often witty and suspenseful theatre. Although the play is a drama of ideas about war and peace, the exercise of humanity and the uses of science, it is a measure of its appeal as theater that its first act ends not with a whimper but a bang."               -Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times, April 19, 1999

"The writing offers historical depth and insight on a subject the defies simplified soundbites and media clichés."         -Charles McNulty, Village Voice, April 14, 1999

"It is a captivating mystery up until the very end. The intricate writing is filled with intellectual arguments and verbal word-play about historical events, not unlike a Tom Stoppard play."
          - Jennifer MacBain, Show Business Weekly, April 14, 1999
 

MEDICINE, MAN (2003)...

"It is unusual for Mill Mountain Theater’s Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works to be performed on the Main Stage instead of the smaller Theater B, but when word gets out of the charm of Jeffrey Stanley’s "Medicine, Man," they will need the extra seats. Stanley’s script has amusing and clever dialog and creates characters both appealing and familiar...a sweet, often amusing story with wonderfully crafted characters."
     - Anna Wentworth, roanoke.com, January 24, 2003

"A humorous, charming and extremely genuine story of real people we all know and some we wish we didn't. In his play, Stanley has lovingly produced authentic characters, not caricatures...Much of the depth and reality comes from terse lines and seemingly casual exchanges."
     - Rod Belcher, the Vinton Messenger, January 23, 2003

"Plenty of laughs...Stanley is an inventive storyteller, one with a promising future....an entertaining romp with lots of potential."
     - Beth Jones, the Roanoke Times & World News, January 23, 2003
 

Jeffrey Stanley's play Tesla's Letters, a wartime drama set in Yugoslavia, world premiered at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, directed by Curt Dempster and funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  It has been performed in the UK at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and throughout the US.  The script has been published by Samuel French which named the play one of the ten best dramas of 1999.   He was commissioned by the Mill Mountain Theatre to write the play Medicine, Man, a comedy about medical ethics and NASCAR which world premiered in 2003 directed by Jere Hodgin and which will receive its Southwest premiere at Theatre Three Dallas in 2005.   His work has also been performed at LaMama E.T.C., the Chashama Arts Space, and is frequently read at Naked Angels.  His screenplay Brain On Fire, which he will direct, has been optioned by producer Matt Myers with casting by Mabry-Super. He has also been a guest resident at Yaddo.    Stanley has appeared as a featured writer in The New York Times and in Time Out New York.   He is a member of the advisory panel for Boston University's Center for Millennial Studies' scholarly journal on millennialism in pop culture to debut in 2005. Stanley holds an MFA from the Dramatic Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied under playwright David Ives. He received his BFA in Film & Television Production from Tisch with a minor in cultural anthropology.