Julia Jordan is an American playwright, television writer, and screenwriter. She is a graduate of

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, class of 1989, and received a master's degree from

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Biography

Jordan was born in

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and spent much of her early life in

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. Later, she would settle in

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to pursue a life as a painter. However, this did not come to fruition. Upon graduating college, she briefly worked as a

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copywriter. While attending Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater for acting, she was inspired to begin writing for the stage. Several of Jordan's plays were staged during the late 1990s and early 2000s earning critical praise. In 2000, her short film "The Hat", which she co-directed with

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, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and subsequently ran on IFC in 2001–2002. Her second short, which she wrote and photographer Glen Luchford directed, won "Best Short Film" at the

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Film Festival in 2008. She is a Lortel Fellow, Juilliard Playwright Fellow, Manhattan Theater Club Fellow, Member of the

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Council and New Dramatists. Jordan is represented by The Gersh Agency. Due to her achievements in theater, she was asked to participate in Barnard College's "Great Writers at Barnard" conference in 2006. Jordan is a founder and the executive director of The Lillys, created in 2010 to honor female playwrights and address the shortage of plays by women that get produced in the United States.

Plays

*''MPLS, St Paul'' *''St Paul'' (1999) *''Nightswim'' (2002) *''St. Scarlet'' (2003) *''Summer Of The Swans'' (2003) *''Boy'' (2004) *''Tatjana in Color'' (2004) *''Dark Yellow'' (2006) *''Walk Two Moons'' *''

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Filmography

Films

* 2000 ''The Hat''

Television

*''As The World Turns'' (script writer)

Awards

*The Francesca Primus Prize for Tatjana in Color *three times shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, one honorable mention *Jonathan Larson Award

References

External links

Timeout Chicago
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