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Julia Jordan is an American playwright, television writer, and screenwriter. She is a graduate of Barnard College, class of 1989, and received a master's degree from Trinity College Dublin. [1]

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Jordan was born in Chicago and spent much of her early life in Minnesota. Later, she would settle in New York City to pursue a life as a painter. However, this did not come to fruition. Upon graduating college, she briefly worked as a CNN copywriter. While attending Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater [2] for acting, she was inspired to begin writing for the stage.

Several of Jordan's plays were staged during the late 1990s and early 2000s earning critical praise. [3] In 2000, her short film "The Hat", which she co-directed with Terry Stacey, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and subsequently ran on IFC in 2001–2002. [4] [5] Her second short, which she wrote and photographer Glen Luchford directed, won "Best Short Film" at the Jackson Hole Film Festival in 2008.

She is a Lortel Fellow, Juilliard Playwright Fellow, Manhattan Theater Club Fellow, Member of the Dramatists Guild of America Council and New Dramatists. Jordan is represented by The Gersh Agency. [6]

Due to her achievements in theater, she was asked to participate in Barnard College's "Great Writers at Barnard" conference in 2006.

Jordan is a founder and the executive director of The Lillys, created in 2010 to honor female playwrights and address the shortage of plays by women that get produced in the United States. [7]

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Filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "Alumni Playwrights | New Dramatists". newdramatists.org. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Juilliard Alumni News" . Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Playbill News, First of Four Julia Jordan Plays This Season, St. Scarlet, Begins in NYC, June 10-July 5, by Ernio Hernandez". Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ Icelandic Film Corporation [ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 "Barnard College, Great Writers at Barnard". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.
  6. ↑ "doollee.com - the playwrights database of modern plays". www.doollee.com. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ Leland, John (Oct 26, 2018). "How Julia Jordan, Champion of Female Playwrights, Spends Her Sundays" . Retrieved Oct 15, 2019– via NYTimes.com.
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