JULIA JORDAN

 Julia Jordan  was raised in Minnesota with stints in England, and is the daughter of a psychiatrist and an English professor, which explains something. She is one of the Juilliard writers, had a residence at Manhattan Theater Club, and was the first musical book writer to win a Jonathan Larson Award. She was a MacDowell Fellow, where she worked quite hard on her pool game. She has been commissioned by South Coast Rep, MTC, Primary Stages, GeVa, Cleveland Playhouse, and Clear Channel Entertainment. Jordan is the author of DARK YELLOW which was produced by Michael Imperioli at Studio Dante this past summer. TATJANA IN COLOR won The Francesca Primus Prize, was short-listed for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, included in Best Plays by Women 1997. Other plays include ST. SCARLET, BOY and SUMMER OF THE SWANS, a play for children. All four were produced in NYC during the 2003-2004 season. Other works for children include Guitar with music by Duncan Sheik and Walk Two Moons with music by Lucas Pappaelias, as well as the book to the musical SARAH,PLAIN AND TALL which won a Kleban Award and an ATT Onstage award. Larry O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin wrote music and lyrics. She is currently working on the book of a new musical EVER AFTER to be directed by Doug Hughes. Her short film THE HAT, which she wrote and directed, premiered at Sundance and was the most played short shown on IFC in 2001-2002. She also wrote the book to The Moscow Circus’s Winter Queen tour. Juilliard Playwright Fellow, Manhattan Theater Club Fellow, Member of New Dramatists and the Dramatists Guild. She holds an M. Phil. in Creative Writing from Trinity College, Dublin and teaches advanced playwriting at Barnard.