Jordan Harrison
Jordan Harrison (born 1977) is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, across Puget Sound from Seattle.
He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.F.A. from Brown University, where he studied with Paula Vogel. Shortly after graduating from Brown, his play Kid-Simple was produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville, who subsequently premiered his plays Act a Lady and Maple and Vine, both of which were directed by Anne Kauffman, and The Grown-Up, which was directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. His off-Broadway productions include Doris to Darlene and Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons, Amazons and their Men at Clubbed Thumb and Futura at National Asian American Theater Company.
Jordan currently writes for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. His newest play Marjorie Prime, which held its premiere at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles under the direction of Les Waters, was a Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Plays and Productions
- Fit for Feet (2003)
- Kid-Simple (2004)
- The Museum Play (2004)
- Finn in the Underworld (2005)
- Act a Lady (2006)
- Doris to Darlene, a cautionary valentine (2007)
- Amazons and their Men (2008)
- Futura (2010)
- Maple and Vine (2011)
- The Flea and the Professor (2011)
- Suprema (2012)
- The Grown-Up (2014)
- Marjorie Prime (2014) - Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship
Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University
Barrymore Award, Best Production of a Musical
Kesselring Prize
Roe Green Award, Cleveland Play House
Heideman Award
Loewe Award for Musical Theater
Jerome and McKnight Fellowships from The Playwrights' Center
NEA/TCG Playwright-in-Residence Grant
References
Profile from Playscripts, Inc.
Interview in San Francisco Chronicle
Center Theatre Group Season Announcement