Julia Jordan (writer)

Julia Jordan (writer)

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. [ [http://www.newdramatists.org/julia_jordan.htm New Dramatists Profile] ]

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 [ [http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/aspot_0405.html Juilliard Alumni News] ] for acting, she was inspired to begin writing for the stage.

Professional Life

Several of Jordan's plays were staged during the late 1990s and early 2000s earning critical praise. [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79119.html Playbill News, First of Four Julia Jordan Plays This Season, St. Scarlet, Begins in NYC, June 10-July 5, by Ernio Hernandez] ] . 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. [ [http://www.icecorp.is/web/Acquisitions/Pure?ArticleID=175 Icelandic Film Corporation] ] [ [http://www.barnard.edu/writers/bios_conference.html Barnard College, Great Writers at Barnard] ]

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. [ [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsJ/jordan-julia.html Doollee.com, The Playwrights Database] ]

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

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"

Films

*"The Hat" (2000)

Television

*As The World Turns (Script Writer)

Awards

*The Francesca Primus Prize for Tatjana in Color [ [http://www.barnard.edu/writers/bios_conference.html Barnard College, Great Writers at Barnard] ]

Critical Notices/External Links

* [http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/25727/crossover-jordan Timeout Chicago]
* [http://www.chicagocritic.com/html/boy.html Chicago Critic]
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/fires/20040220-9999-m1m20julian.html Sign On SanDiego]

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