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Ted Nusbaum
Screenwriters Lab
2025-2026 Fellow
Son of Star
Son of a Star tells the true story of Bar Kochba and the final Jewish rebellion against Roman rule 62 years after the destruction of the Second Temple. When Rabbi Akiva anoints Bar Koseba —”Bar Kochba” — aka the Messiah, Jewish tribes rally to his side to take on the great Roman army in an effort to restore Jewish rule to Judea. However, Rome has other ideas as Emperor Hadrian summons his most vicious general, Severus, to crush the rebellion once and for all.
Ted Nusbaum is a playwright, screenwriter, and theater educator who holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School. His first play, Pischer, won the Samuel French Off-Broadway Play Festival and was subsequently published. Ted has optioned several screenplays and television pilots, and teaches theater full-time at a performing arts high school in Manhattan. Ted lives in Brooklyn with his wife, three children, and a forever hungry hound dog named Bubba.
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