Jonathan Caren
Jonathan Caren is an American playwright, producer, and TV writer.
He co-executive produced Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones and Netflix upcoming series Boots.
He was a member of the Primary Stages Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Dramatist Guild Fellow, a winner of New York Stage and Film Founder's Award, a fellowship recipient of SPACE at Ryder Farm, a two-time Lecomte du Nouy award winner, and a recipient of the Theater Publicus Prize for Dramatic Fiction. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Laurents/Hatcher Award and a nominee for the Otis Guerney New American Playwright's Award. He was also a member of Center Theatre Group's L.A. Writer's Workshop.
His play The Morning The Sun Fell Down was adapted into a feature by Choice Films, starring Danny Pudi.
He is a graduate of Juilliard's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and Vassar College, where he studied mythology and religion.
List of Works
Theatre
Catch the Fish- * Recipient of the Outstanding Play AwardThe Morning the Sun Fell Down The Venerable Raman Gupta
- * Sundance Lab 2013 FinalistNeed to Know
- * Los Angeles Times Critic's PickFour Woke Baes Canyon The Recommendation
- * Recipient of Craig Noel Award "Best New Play" 2012
- * Nominated for 2019 Jeff Theatre Award
- * Recipient of 2014 Ovation Award for Outstanding Play
- * Nominated for 23rd Annual NAACP Theatre Awards