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Jordan Harrison (born 1977) is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. His play ''Marjorie Prime'' was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. ==Biography== Harrison received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1999 and an M.F.A. from Brown University, 〔 where he studied with Paula Vogel. Shortly after graduating from Brown, his play ''Kid-Simple'' was produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2004.〔(''Kid-Simple'' ) actorstheatre.org, accessed October 28, 2015〕 The Actors Theatre of Louisville subsequently premiered his plays ''Act a Lady'' (2006) and ''Maple and Vine'', both of which were directed by Anne Kauffman, and ''The Grown-Up'', which was directed by Ken Rus Schmoll.〔Purcell, Carey. ("Actors Theatre Humana Festival to Feature Works by Dorothy Fortenberry, Lucas Hnath and Kimber Lee" ) Playbill, November 12, 2013〕 ''Act a Lady'' was subsequently produced in several venues, including the New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco in April 2009.〔Connema, Richard. ("Reviews. 'War Music', 'High Spirits' and 'Act a Lady'" ) talkinbroadway.com, April 22, 2009〕 ''The Museum Play'' had workshops at Brown University (2003), readings at Playwrights Horizons (2003) and Signature Theatre Company (2005) and a production at Red Eye Theatre, Minneapolis (2004).〔〔(''The Museum Play'' ) playscripts.com, accessed October 29, 2015〕''Finn in the Underworld'' premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California, directed by Les Waters in 2005.〔Hurwitt, Robert. (Interview" ) ''San Francisco Chronicle'', March 29, 2012〕 His Off-Broadway plays include ''Doris to Darlene'' (2007)〔Jones, Kenneth. ("Wagner Tune Wafts Through the Years in World Premiere, 'Doris to Darlene', in NYC" ) Playbill, November 16, 2007〕 and ''Maple and Vine'' at Playwrights Horizons (2011),〔Gans, Andrew. ("Marin Ireland, Trent Dawson, Pedro Pascal Cast in Playwrights Horizons' 'Maple and Vine' ) Playbill, September 28, 2011〕〔Weinert-Kendt, Rob. ("Back to the ’50s, Trying to Escape Freedom’s Pitfalls" ) ''New York Times'' November 23, 2011〕 ''Amazons and their Men'' (2008) by Clubbed Thumb at the Ohio Theatre〔Genzligner, Neil. ("Review. The Will (if Not Triumph) of the Frau" ) ''New York Times'', January 11, 2008〕 and ''Futura'' (2010) at National Asian American Theater Company.〔Peters, Thomas. ("Jordan Harrison's 'Futura' to Debut in NAATCO Production Oct. 22; Casting Announced" ) Playbill, September 28, 2010〕 He wrote the book for a children's musical, ''The Flea and the Professor,'' with music composed by Richard Gray and lyrics by Harrison and Gray. The musical was commissioned by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation and received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. It was performed by the Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May to June 2011, directed by Anne Kauffman.〔(''The Flea and the Professor'' ) ardentheatre.org, accessed October 28, 2015〕 ''Suprema'' is a musical, with music and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik and book and lyrics by Harrison. The musical had a reading at Ars Nova in May 2012, directed by Leigh Silverman. The musical was developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2011 Music Theatre Conference.〔Hetrick, Adam. ("'Suprema' Musical Reading to Feature Jason Danieley, Claybourne Elder and Betsy Wolfe" ) Playbill, May 10, 2012〕 Harrison writes for the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jordan Harrison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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