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Ernest Thompson is a novelist, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, a playwright, director, actor, lyricist, an in-demand public speaker, and a teacher. His own work has been produced around the world and he has helped hundreds of other writers develop their stories and thousands of actors realize their dreams of improving their skills and confidence on stage and in front of the camera.

James Earl Jones and cast of On Golden Pond on Broadway (2005)

It was an honor.

JAMES EARL JONES (1931-2024)

“He liked to portray kings and generals, garbage men and bricklayers; perform Shakespeare in Central Park and the works of August Wilson and Athol Fugard on Broadway. He could strut and court lecherously, erupt with rage or melt tenderly; play the blustering Big Daddy in Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008) or an aging Norman Thayer Jr. in Ernest Thompson’s confrontation with mortality, On Golden Pond (2005).”

~The New York Times

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Ernest Thompson + Justin Jaymes

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Written and directed by Ernest Thompson, this film adaptation of his one-act play The Constituent—a grizzled New Hampshire woodsman writes scathing and profane letters to his Senator in Washington, D.C., who finally has had enough and comes to pay a (not so) friendly visit—is more timely than ever. And even funnier. And it’s crazy funny. And reassuringly optimistic, too, proving that authentic human connection can still trump our political differences. Well, maybe not trump. Starring Ernest and Emmy winner Gordon Clapp in the roles Burgess Meredith and Ned Beatty originally played on TV, along with New York’s darling Lisa Bostnar, is presently in post-production.

Gordon Clapp and Ernest Thompson
Lisa Bostnar, Ernest Thompson and Jack Axelrod

PHOTOS: Ernest Thompson on the set with co-stars Gordon Clapp and Lisa Bostnar and cinematographer Jack Axelrod.

The Book of Maps by Ernest Thompson INDIES Finalist

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“A good father despite himself; a forgiving child despite it all. Their adventures will make you worry, weep, and laugh out loud.”

—Carly Simon

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THE BOOK OF MAPS

IN THE NEWS The Conway Daily Sun – June 2, 2023 On Mic with Jordan Rich – May 2023 The Morning Show with Sherry Taylor on Z95.1 – May 12, 2023 The Weirs Times Book Review – March 22, 2023 (page 3) The Baltimore Sun – January 29, 2023 My Eastern Shore,

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MAMA AT MIDNIGHT

La Mama, New York, NY
A staged reading of Karen Black’s powerful play, starring Ms. Black, Gail Brown, Barbara Haas, Eric Sutton and Kat Yew