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Murray Meyer is a criminal lawyer, comedian, story-teller and writer. He has practiced criminal defense law in Los Angeles for the last 30 years. During that time, he estimates his winning percentage at well over .400 which would put him in Cooperstown if law were baseball.

Meyer has also been a stand-up comic, playwright for Me and Errol and written and performed in three comedic one-man shows - It's Criminal! The Comedy, Walking Back To Brooklyn and his current show It's Shameful! A Deadbeat Dad's Story.

His work has been produced at the San Francisco, Toronto and Seattle Fringe Festivals and in Los Angeles, New York and Montreal.

Meyer has been creating written and video legal comedy shorts on itscriminalthecomedy.com for the last decade. "This is my take on the daily menu of mishegas I encounter in my job,” says Meyer.

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Your Program Is Your Ticket Interviews Frigid NY Artists


New York City based theatre podcast, Your Program Is Your Ticket, presents a special series of theatre interviews with artists from the 2018 Frigid Festival in New York. Award-winning playwright and podcast creator, Sean Chandler, hosts the interviews which include playwrights, directors, and actors, and features local, national, and Canadian artists. Episodes 51, 52 and 53 were just released and they feature artists from a wide range of Frigid shows including The Magicians Assistant, Artemisia's Intent, and mOTHER, a play, among others.

IT'S SHAMEFUL! A DEADBEAT DAD'S [TRUE] STORY Debuts at FRIGID Festival


It's Shameful! A Deadbeat Dad's [True] Story by Murray Meyer premieres in the 12th Annual FRIGID Festival in New York City on Feb 16-28, 2018 at Under St. Mark's.

FRIGID New York will present the 12TH ANNUAL FRIGID FESTIVAL


FRIGID New York will present the 12th Annual FRIGID Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) February 14-March 4. Founded in 2007, FRIGID is an open and uncensored theatre festival that gives artists an opportunity to let their ingenuity thrive in a venue that values freedom of expression and artistic determination. In true support of our Indie Theater Community, 100% of box office proceeds will go directly to the artists whose work is being presented. FRIGID is here to chill out the New York independent theatre scene's ideas of what a theatre festival can be!

IT'S SHAMEFUL! A DEADBEAT DAD'S TRUE STORY Debuts In Frigid Festival


It's Shameful! A Deadbeat Dad's True Story will debut as part of the 11th Annual FRIGID Festival in New York City. It's Shameful! A Deadbeat Dad's True Story is written and performed by storyteller Murray Meyer who has been a practicing criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Director/playwright Laurel Ollstein, who is married to Meyer, will direct. It's Shameful! A Deadbeat Dad's True Story is sponsored by Bad Boy Bail Bonds of Los Angeles.

20th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival Runs 9/7-18


The San Francisco Fringe Festival returns for its 20th year with over 40 shows that promise to uphold the Festival's reputation for pushing the envelope of imagination.

20th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival Runs 9/7-18


The San Francisco Fringe Festival returns for its 20th year with over 40 shows that promise to uphold the Festival's reputation for pushing the envelope of imagination.

Pender Pine Productions Presents An extended run of IT'S CRIMINAL! The Comedy 1/16/2010


Pender Pine Productions announces the return to the stage of 'IT'S CRIMINAL! The Comedy!'- Criminal Defense Attorney Murray Meyer's idiosyncratic travelogue through the criminal justice system.

Pender Pine Productions Presents An extended run of IT'S CRIMINAL! The Comedy 1/16/2010


Pender Pine Productions announces the return to the stage of 'IT'S CRIMINAL! The Comedy!'- Criminal Defense Attorney Murray Meyer's idiosyncratic travelogue through the criminal justice system.

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