Joshua Harmon (playwright)

Joshua Harmon
Born 1983
Occupation Playwright
Nationality American
Alma mater Northwestern University
Carnegie Mellon
Juilliard School
Information
Genre Comedy, autobiography
Notable work(s) Bad Jews


Joshua Harmon (born 1983) is a New York City-based playwright, whose works include Bad Jews[1] and Significant Other[2], both produced off-Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company.

Harmon has also had his plays produced and developed by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, the O'Neill and Actor's Express. He has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell, Atlantic Center for the Arts, SPACE at Ryder Farm and the Eudora Welty Foundation.

Early Life and Education

Harmon is a graduate of Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon, and Juilliard[3] where he worked with playwrights Christopher Durang[4] and Marsha Norman.

Plays

Bad Jews (2012)

After its success in 2012 in Roundabout Theatre Company's 63-seat black box theatre, Bad Jews transferred to the company's 420-seat theatre the next year.[5] Bad Jews went on to be the third most-produced play in America in the 2014-2015 season, and earned nominations for best play from the Outer Critics Circle[6] and the Lucille Lortel awards.[7] It also ran for five months on the West End in London at the Arts Theatre,[8] after sold out runs at London's St. James and Theatre Royal Bath, and has had productions in Australia,[9] Canada, Germany, Israel[10] and South Africa.

Significant Other (2015)

Roundabout Theatre Company produced the play in June, 2015 at the Laura Pels Theatre.[11] It was included in the New York Times Top Ten Productions of 2015.[12] Significant Other is forthcoming from Samuel French.[13]

Award nominations

2014 Lucille Lortel Nomination for Best Play for Bad Jews[7]
2013 Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Best Play for Bad Jews[6]

References

  1. ↑ Uhry, Alfred. "An Interview With ‘Bad Jews’ Playwright Joshua Harmon". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  2. ↑ Soloski, Alexis (2015-06-11). "With ‘Significant Other,’ Joshua Harmon Happily Writes About the Unhappy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. ↑ Lurie, Kathryn. "Playwright Joshua Harmon on What Inspired ‘Bad Jews’". WSJ. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  4. ↑ Ritzel, Rebecca (2014-12-02). "Joshua Harmon may be a student yet, but he has shown his playwriting prowess". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  5. ↑ Losowsky, Andrew (2015-03-13). "Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews: 'They're doing bag checks outside the theatre'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  6. 1 2 "AWARDS FOR 2012-2013". outercritics.org. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  7. 1 2 "2014 Nominations". lortelaward.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  8. ↑ Losowsky, Andrew (2015-03-13). "Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews: 'They're doing bag checks outside the theatre'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  9. ↑ "Can I call it that? The play that drew hate mail comes to Melbourne". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  10. ↑ Tel-Aviv, The Cameri Theatre Of. "The Cameri Theatre of Tel-Aviv- Bad Jews". www.cameri.co.il. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  11. ↑ "Meet The Next Big Thing In Theater". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  12. ↑ Brantley, Ben; Isherwood, Charles (2015-12-08). "The Best Theater of 2015". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Search | Samuel French". www.samuelfrench.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
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