Josh Kornbluth
Josh Kornbluth will perform two of his award-winning solo shows this year. “What Is To Be Done?” is Josh’s latest solo offering. “Ben Franklin: Unplugged” is one of Josh’s classic pieces.
In addition, you have three chances to have coffee with Josh while he leads a workshop designed to inspire you to write your own life story.
“Josh Kornbluth is a genius: his latest show displays the full breadth of his keen insights and biting wit.”
–Theatrius
Review of “What Is To Be Done?”
Review of “Ben Franklin: Unplugged”
Josh Kornbluth
Festival Curator and Performer
Josh has been creating and performing autobiographical monologues for over three decades. Red Diaper Baby, his Off-Broadway debut, was selected for the Best American Plays of 1992 collection and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He wrote and starred in feature-film adaptations of two of his shows, Haiku Tunnel (which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics) and Love & Taxes (a “100% Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes) — both directed by his brother Jacob Kornbluth. For two years he hosted his own interview program on KQED-TV in San Francisco, cleverly titled The Josh Kornbluth Show. He was a Visiting Artist, and later a volunteer, at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco. He has also been a Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, based at UCSF. His “Citizen Brain” videos (citizenbrain.org) have been viewed by over half a million people. He has a Substack called “But Not Enough About Me” (https://joshkornbluth.substack.com/), which you can subscribe to for free. You can also find him at joshkornbluth.com. He lives in Berkeley with his wife and son.