Julia Jordan (writer)

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Julia Jordan is an award-winning American playwright, television writer, and theatre director. She is a graduate of Barnard College, class of 1989, and received a masters degree from Trinity, Dublin.^[1]

Contents 1 Personal Life 2 Professional Life 3 Plays 4 Films 5 Television 6 Awards 7 Critical Notices/External Links 8 References

[edit] Personal Life

Jordan was born in Minnesota and spent much of her early life there. 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.

[edit] Professional Life

Several of Jordan's plays were staged during the late 1990's and early 2000's 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]

She is a Juilliard Playwright Fellow, Member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the New Dramatists, and Manhattan Theater Club Fellow. 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.

[edit] Plays

• St Paul (1999)
• Nightswim (2002)
• St. Scarlet (2003)
• Summer Of The Swans (2003)
• Boy (2004)
• Tatjana in Color (2004)
• Dark Yellow (2006)
• Walk Two Mooms

[edit] Films

• The Hat (2000)

[edit] Television

• As The World Turns (Script Writer)

[edit] Awards

• The Francesca Primus Prize for Tatjana in Color^[7]

[edit] Critical Notices/External Links

• Timeout Chicago
• Chicago Critic
• Sign On SanDiego

[edit] References