
playwright, nomad, jellyfish-wrangler
photo by Dane Laffrey
Upcoming
- Thursday, February 18 at 7pm EST - Jen Silverman in conversation with Dana Delany at McNally Jackson. Free Zoom event, sign up here.
- Thursday, March 4 at 9:30pm EST/6:30pm PST - Jen Silverman at Skylight Books with Torrey Peters. Free virtual event. Sign up here.
Selected Productions: Previous
- June 13–July 7, 2019: WINK at Marin Theatre Company, CA. Directed by Mike Donahue.
- Aug 2–Aug 24, 2019: WINK at King’s Cross Theatre, Sydney, Australia. Directed by Anthony Skuse.
- Aug 20–Sept 29, 2019: WITCH at The Geffen Playhouse. Directed by Marti Lyons, with Maura Tierney.
- Feb 7–March 1, 2019: THE MOORS at the Seymour Center, Sydney, Australia. Directed by Kate Gaul.
- Sept 26–Dec 16, 2018: WITCH at Writers Theatre, Chicago. Directed by Marti Lyons. World Premiere of a commission.
- Oct. 10–Nov 4, 2018: THE ROOMMATE at Long Wharf Theatre, CT. Directed by Mike Donahue.
- Aug 16–Sep 23, 2018: COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES; IN ESSENCE, A QUEER AND OCCASIONALLY HAZARDOUS EXPLORATION; DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU READ ABOUT SHACKLETON AND HOW HE EXPLORED THE ANTARCTIC?; IMAGINE THE ANTARCTIC AS A PUSSY AND IT’S SORT OF LIKE THAT has its New York premiere at MCC. Directed by Mike Donahue, with Lea DeLaria and Dana Delany.
- August 8-19, 2018: DANGEROUS HOUSE at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directed by Saheem Ali, with Samira Wiley.
- June 21–August 5, 2018: THE ROOMMATE at Steppenwolf Theatre. Directed by Phylicia Rashad, with ensemble members Ora Jones and Sandra Marquez.
- January 24th–Feb 17th, 2018: COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES; IN ESSENCE, A QUEER AND OCCASIONALLY HAZARDOUS EXPLORATION; DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU READ ABOUT SHACKLETON AND HOW HE EXPLORED THE ARCTIC?; IMAGINE THE ARCTIC AS A PUSSY AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE THAT at Southwark Playhouse, London, produced by Antic Face. Directed by Charlie Parham.
- June 27–July 16, 2017: THE ROOMMATE at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage. Directed by Mike Donahue, with S. Epatha Merkerson and Jane Kaczmarek.
- June 6–July 9, 2017: THE MOORS at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre, Melbourne. Australian premiere. Directed by Stephen Nicolazzo.
- March 25–April 23, 2017: ALL THE ROADS HOME at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Directed by Lee Sunday Evans.
- February 27–March 25, 2017: New York premiere of THE MOORS at The Duke on 42nd, with The Playwrights Realm. Directed by Mike Donahue.
- January 3–22, 2017: THE ROOMMATE at South Coast Rep. Directed by Martin Benson.
- Sept 14–October 9, 2016: World premiere of COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES; IN ESSENCE, A QUEER AND OCCASIONALLY HAZARDOUS EXPLORATION; DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU READ ABOUT SHACKLETON AND HOW HE EXPLORED THE ARCTIC?; IMAGINE THE ARCTIC AS A PUSSY AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE THAT at Woolly Mammoth. Directed by Mike Donahue.
- March 25–April 10, 2016: WONDROUS STRANGE at the Humana Festival (with Jiehae Park, Meg Miroshnik, and Martyna Majok). Directed by Marti Lyons.
- January 29–February 20, 2016: World premiere of THE MOORS at Yale Rep. Directed by Jackson Gay.
- March 4–April 12, 2015: World premiere of THE ROOMMATE at the Humana Festival. Directed by Mike Donahue.