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Nathaniel Kostar
natek205@aol.com
Published/Produced Works
Author of three plays: Bringing Down Jesus (2008), Losing It, and Seesaw (2009).
Losing It was the winner of the Cabaret Theatre’s One Act Original Play Festival and premiered at Cabaret Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ on November 13th and 14th of 2009.
Bringing Down Jesus, a full length play, has received three staged readings throughout New Jersey. It is currently being reviewed for admittance to the New York Fringe Festival 2010.
Seesaw is a one act play set in Penn Station. It is the story of a homeless man winning the lottery as a business man’s life simultaneously falls apart. In early production stages.
Climbing Fuego, a travel story published Nov. 2009 on Travelmag.com. http://www.travelmag.co.uk/article_1624.shtml
The Poetry of Peru, a travel story published Jan. 2010 on Onajunket.com.
http://www.onajunket.com/south-america/peru/the-poetry-of-peru.html
Poetry published in:
US 1, newspaper
HaggardandHalloo.com, Online Literary Journal
Pollifax.com, Volume 3 Online Literary Journal
The Podium, Objet d’ Art, Mosaic, Literary Magazines
Self-published two poetry chapbooks, STHEY (2007) and Stranger (2008)
Performance Poetry
Poetry Slam Semifinalist at Bowery Poetry Club (NYC), 2009
Featured performer with The Roosevelt Poets at Sandy Hook Arts Council, 2009
Poetry Slam Semifinalist at the Nuyorican Poets Café (NYC), 2007
Opening poet for Saul Williams, Rutgers University, Fall 2008
Featured poet at New Jersey State Theatre, December 2007
Featured poet at Poetic Voices, Jersey City, Fall 2007
Featured poet on The Core Radio, New Brunswick, 2007
Featured poet at Princeton Arts Council, Café Improv, 2006
Education
Bachelors from Rutgers University in English
Member of Phi Beta Kappa
3.52 cumulative grade point average on a scale of 4.0
Dean’s List 4 Semesters
Studied Spanish abroad at COINED Language School in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Studied Spanish abroad at Spanish Language Center in Antigua, Guatemala
Studied Afro Caribbean History and Literature in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
Currently enrolled at TCNJ in a Master’s of ESL Education program
Related Jobs
Freelance Writer for Lexis Nexis
Supervisor: Robert Friedman
February 2010-Present
Writing research based articles for legal sites on a variety of topics.
Writing Tutor
September 2007-January 2009
Writing Center
Rutgers University Room 204, 135 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ
Tutored undergraduates in writing and grammar, and helped them to improve their Basic Composition and Expository Writing papers.
English Teacher
September 2008- January 1, 2009
338 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Taught basic English skills to adults.
Assistant Teacher
June-August 2006
St. Mark’s Elementary School
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
Volunteered teaching English for 6 weeks in Puerto Limon to children in grades 3 through 10.
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