Jonathan Caren

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Jonathan Caren is an American playwright, producer, and TV writer.

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He co-executive produced Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones and Netflix 's upcoming series The Corps. [1] [2]

He was a member of the Primary Stages Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Dramatist Guild Fellow, a winner of New York Stage and Film Founder's Award, a fellowship recipient of SPACE at Ryder Farm, a two-time Lecomte du Nouy award winner, and a recipient of the Theater Publicus Prize for Dramatic Fiction. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Laurents/Hatcher Award and a nominee for the Otis Guerney New American Playwright's Award. He was also a member of Center Theatre Group's L.A. Writer's Workshop. [3]

His play The Morning The Sun Fell Down was adapted into a feature [4] by Choice Films, starring Danny Pudi.

He is a graduate of Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and Vassar College, where he studied mythology and religion.

List of Works

Theatre

Television

YearTitlesRole(s)Notes
2009 Melrose Place WriterEpisode 1x07: "Windsor” (Written By)
2017 Gypsy Executive Story Editor10 episodes;

Episode 1x04: “309” (Credited Story By, Teleplay By)

Episode 1x08 “Marfa” (Credited Written By)

2018 A Million Little Things ProducerEpisode 1x09: “Perspective” (Written by)
2020-2021 The Sinner Co-Executive Producer16 Episodes;

Episode 3x04: “Part IV” (Written by)

Episode 4x02: “Part II” (Written by)

2024 We Were the Lucky Ones Co-Executive Producer8 episodes;

Episode 1x05: “Ilha Das Flores” (Written by)

TBAThe Corps [20] Co-Executive Producer8 episodes;

Episode 1x02: (Written by)

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