Nick Jones (writer)
Nick Jones (born 1978) is an Alaskan born playwright, screenwriter, and performer, specializing in dark comedy.[1] He wrote for the first four seasons of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black.[2][3] He has also written several critically acclaimed works for the theater, including the 2008 puppet rock musical Jollyship the Whiz-Bang (in which he also starred) [4] The Coward, (2010)[5] and Trevor (2013).[6] The Coward won 2 Lortel Awards[7](for Kristen Schaal and Gabriel Berry). Circle X Theatre's 2015 production of Trevor, starring Jimmi Simpson and Laurie Metcalf, was nominated for 6 and won 4 Ovation Awards, including Best Playwriting. It also won the LA Critics Circle award for Playwriting.[8][9] Artists Repertory Theatre will stage the Northwest premiere of Trevor from September 6 to October 2 of 2016.[10]
Plays
- "Little Building"
- "Jollyship the Whiz-Bang"
- "The Nosemaker's Apprentice (with Rachel Shukert)"
- The Sporting Life (with Rachel Shukert)"
- "Straight up Vampire: the History of Vampires in Colonial Pennsylvania as Performed to the Music of Paula Abdul"
- "The Coward"
- "The Wundelsteipen, and Other Roles for Young People"
- "Trevor"
- "Grizzly"
- "Vérité"
- "Salome of the Moon"
- "Important Hats of the Twentieth Century"
References
- ↑ http://www.americantheatre.org/2015/01/22/nick-jones-deadpan-puppet-master-of-human-folly/
- ↑ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (June 30, 2013). "Orange You Glad You Watched Them All: What It's Like To Write a Netflix Show". The New York Observer.
- ↑ Cooper, Ann. "Coloring the World Orange". The Bardian (Spring 2014).
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (June 6, 2008). "Seafaring Puppets Rock on a Trip to Party Island". The New York Times.
- ↑ Soloski, Alexis (October 29, 2010). "Nick Jones Prepares his play 'The Coward' for LCT3". The New York Times.
- ↑ Zinoman, Jason (March 12, 2013). "Showbiz Chimp at the Edge of Despair". The New York Times.
- ↑ "2011 Lortel Nominees and Recipients".
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-drama-critics-circle-award-nominations-20160128-story.html
- ↑ http://lastagealliance.com/the-2015-ovation-award-winners-announced/
- ↑ http://www.artistsrep.org/onstage/201617-season/