Jen Silverman

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Jen Silverman
Education Brown University (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)

Jen Silverman is an American playwright, TV writer, poet, and novelist.

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Silverman grew up living and traveling in Scandinavia, Asia, and Europe as well as the United States. [1] They are the author of the books The Island Dwellers, an interlinked story collection published by Random House, and the novels We Play Ourselves and There's Going to Be Trouble. [2]

Silverman has written a number of plays and has written for TV and film, including Netflix's Tales of the City (2019 miniseries) and Tokyo Vice on which they are also a producer. Silverman has published essays on the relationship between art and morality in The New York Times and Vogue. [3] [4] Silverman is set to make their Broadway debut as a playwright in the fall of 2024 with their play The Roommate at the Booth Theatre, starring Mia Farrow and Patti Lupone. [5]

Background

Silverman completed a BA in comparative literature at Brown University, [6] an MFA in playwriting at the University of Iowa, and an Artist Diploma at Juilliard under Marsha Norman and Chris Durang.

They have taught theatre and playwriting classes at the University of Iowa, Playwrights Horizons Theater School at New York University, and ESPA (at Primary Stages). Silverman completed residencies at MacDowell Colony (three-time fellow), New Harmony, Hedgebrook, the Millay Colony for the Arts, and SPACE on Ryder Farm.

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Awards

Silverman has received the Yale Drama Series Award, [6] Lilly Award, the Helen Merrill Fund Award in 2015, [6] and the PoNY Fellowship (2016-2017). [9] Recent honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim.

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References

  1. ↑ "Jen Silverman | Playscripts, Inc". www.playscripts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. ↑ Soloski, Alexis (2021-02-10). "Working in TV, Jen Silverman Wrote a Novel. About Theater". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ↑ Silverman, Jen (2024-04-28). "Opinion | Art Isn't Supposed to Make You Comfortable". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ↑ Silverman, Jen (2021-02-09). "Reckoning with Art in the Era of Bad Behavior". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ↑ The Roommate Official Siteaccessed 06/30/2024
  6. 1 2 3 "Jen Silverman - Primary Stages". primarystages.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Collective Rage: A Play In Five Betties Regional/National Tours @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company - Tickets and Discounts - Playbill". Playbill.
  8. 1 2 "Plays". Jen Silverman. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  9. 1 2 3 Cox, Gordon (April 22, 2016). "Powerhouse Playwrighting Fellowship Names 2016-17 Recipient". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ Dewitt, David (2016-02-12). "'The Moors' at Yale Rep: Flights of Fancy and Tales of Deceit". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  11. 1 2 Arnott, Christopher (January 29, 2016). "Fast-Rising Playwright Jen Silverman's 'The Moors' At Yale Rep". courant.com. Hartford Courant . Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  12. ↑ "Pirates of the Cafeteria by Jen Silverman | Playscripts Inc". www.playscripts.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ "'The Roommate' opens Humana Festival with laughs". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  14. ↑ Beers, Joel (April 28, 2016). "One Way New Plays Are Born: Pacific Playwrights and Chill". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  15. ↑ Vire, Kris (October 7, 2018). "Devil gets his due in the artful language of Writers Theatre's 'Witch'". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved March 7, 2019.
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