Len Jenkin

LEN JENKIN is a novelist, playwright, director, and screenwriter.

His novels include N JUDAH, NEW JERUSALEM, and THE SECRET LIFE OF BILLY’S UNCLE MYRON (with Emily Jenkins).

Plays include DARK RIDE, PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHT, CARELESS LOVE, MY UNCLE SAM, LIMBO TALES, THE DREAM EXPRESS, and LIKE I SAY. His works for the stage have been produced throughout the United States, as well as in England, Germany, France, Denmark, and Japan.

His films include BLAME IT ON THE NIGHT, WELCOME TO OBLIVION, and AMERICAN NOTES.

He has received many honors and awards, including three OBIE awards for Directing and Playwriting, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation Award, a nomination for an EMMY Award, and four National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Mr. Jenkin holds a PhD in American Literature from Columbia University. He’s a Professor in the Dramatic Writing Department, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and lives in New York City.

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STAGE PRODUCTIONS, as PLAYWRIGHT or PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR:

PORT TWILIGHT or THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Sloan Foundation Commission, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY 2006
The Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, MN. 2006
Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY, workshop 2007
MARGO VEIL, an entertainmentFlea Theater, New York, N.Y. 2005 (directed by author)Undermain Theatre, Dallas, Texas, 2005
PLAN BBig Dance theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop, New York, NY 2004
THE DREAM EXPRESS
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre, Joe's Pub, New York, NY 2006 (directed by author)Belt Theatre, New York, NY, 2004-2005 (directed by author)
KRAKENTodd Mountain Theatre Project, Roxbury, NY 2003Push Productions, Walker Space, New York, NY 2007
LIKE I SAYFlea Theater, New York, NY, 2004 (directed by author)
Mark Taper Forum New Works, Los Angeles, CA. 1999
Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, TX, 1998, (directed by author)
THE BIRDS(freely adapted from Aristophanes)
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT 2001
CARELESS LOVELookingglass Theatre, Chicago, Ill. 2005
Soho Repertory Theatre, New York, NY 1995 (directed by author)
PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHTRough Magic Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 2007Sanbyakunin Gekijo Theatre 300, Tokyo, Japan 1996Yale Repertory Theatre, third year director series, New Haven, CT 1996
RAMONA QUIMBYChildren's Theatre Center, Minneapolis, MN., 1997
Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle, WA. 1998
Theatreworks USA, New York, NY 2002, 2003, 2004

OTHER PLAYS include:

AMERICAN NOTES
CHRISTMAS SONG
POOR FOLK'S PLEASURE
THE INVISIBLE MAN (adapt. H. G. Wells)
MY UNCLE SAM
TALLAHASSEE (w. Mac Wellman)
KID TWIST
DARK RIDE
CANDIDE (adapt.Voltaire)
FIVE OF US
A SOLDIER'S TALE (adapt. Stravinsky & C. F. Ramuz)
A COUNTRY DOCTOR (adapt. Kafka)
GOGOL, A MYSTERY PLAY
MISSION
GRAND AMERICAN EXHIBITION
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JESSE JAMES
KITTY HAWK

OTHER THEATERS that have produced work include:

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre (5 productions)

Bush Theatre, London

Royal Court Theatre, London

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Magic Theatre, San Francisco

Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn.
Toga International Theatre Festival, Tokyo, Japan

FEATURE FILMS:
AMERICAN NOTES, in pre-production, (writer (adapted from the play)-director),2007
FLICKER-FLUTTER (short), Raw Impressions/Ripfest Productions 2006 (director)
BLAME IT ON THE NIGHT, Tri-Star Pictures, 1988
SHOOTING STARS, Orphee Productions, Paris, 1986
WELCOME TO OBLIVION, Concorde/New Horizons Productions (Roger Corman), 1992
UNDER A CIRCUS MOON, PBS-TV (Great Performances), 1993

TELEVISION:
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF MOLLY DODD, "At the Traveler's Inn," Lifetime Cable, 1990
LIMBO TALES, (adapted from the play) Afterimage Productions, Channel 4, London, England, 1984
FAMILY OF STRANGERS, movie for TV, Highgate Pictures, ABC, 1985
INCREDIBLE HULK, "Games of Chance," Universal, NBC, 1981
QUINCY, "Eye of the Needle," Universal, CBS, 1980
FAMILY, several episodes, Spelling-Goldberg Productions., ABC-TV, 1979-80

RADIO:
ANGEL BABY, NPR, for the RadioStage, NY, 1990.
German National Radio, Munich, Germany 1997

NOVELS:
N JUDAH, Green Integer Press, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
THE SECRET LIFE OF BILLIE'S UNCLE MYRON, Henry Holt and Company, NY, 1999
NEW JERUSALEM, Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1988

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Helen Merrill Award in Playwriting, New York, 2005

Sloan Foundation Fellowship, New York and Minneapolis, 2005

Rockefeller Foundation Study Center Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy, 2002
Guest Artist, American Exchange, Royal Court Theatre, London 1999

Pew Charitable Trust/Theatre Communications Group National Theatre Artist Fellowship, 1994-96 (Yale Repertory Theatre)
U.S.I.A./Russian Theatre Workers Union Playwrights Exchange, American Guest Artist, Moscow, 1993

Sundance Institute, Guest Artist, 1993

National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, 1993, 1987, 1983

Guggenheim Fellowship 1987

Village Voice OBIE Awards (3) in playwriting and directing, 1987, 1989

Emmy Award nomination, 1986 (Family of Strangers, ABC)

Christopher Award, for television movie promoting human values, 1986 (Family of Strangers)

New York State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, 1984

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
KRAKEN, Broadway Play Publishing Inc., NY, NY scheduled 2007
MARGO VEIL, an entertainment, Broadway Play Publishing Inc., NY, NY scheduled 2007
POOR FOLK’S PLEASURE, Broadway Play Publishing Inc., NY, NY 2006
PLAYS BY LEN JENKIN, Broadway Play Publishing Inc., NY, NY 1999
CARELESS LOVE, Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles, CA 1997
DARK RIDE AND OTHER PLAYS, Sun and Moon Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1994
PILGRIMS OF THE NIGHT, Theatre Communications Group, NY, NY 1991
Various playtexts through Dramatists Play Service, NY, NY

TEACHING POSITIONS
Professor, Department of Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 1982-present
Head of Graduate Studies, Dramatic Writing Department, 1987-2004
Head of Playwriting, Dramatic Writing Department, 2004-present
Acting Chair, Department of Dramatic Writing, 1996, 2000
Adjunct Professor of Playwriting, Yale School of Drama 1995, 1999
Visiting Professor of Theatre, University of New Mexico, 1992

GUEST LECTURER/DIRECTOR/PERFORMER:

Harvard University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Juilliard School, Yale School of Drama, California Institute of the Arts, San Francisco State University, University of Alabama, University of Washington, others

EDUCATION:
Columbia College, B.A., English and American Literature

Columbia University Graduate Faculties, M.A., American Literature
Columbia University Graduate Faculties, PhD, American Literature

EXTERNAL LINKS

* [http://www.lenjenkin.com/biography.htm/ Official website]
*imdb name|id=0420750 |name=Len Jenkin
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D81138F93AA25751C0A96E948260 "New York Times" review of "American Notes"]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E4DE1E3AF93BA2575AC0A960958260 "New York Times" review of "Poor Folk's Pleasure"]