Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman
EducationBrown University (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)

Jen Silverman is an American playwright, TV writer, poet, and novelist.

Silverman grew up living and traveling in Scandinavia, Asia, and Europe as well as the United States.[1] They are the author of the books The Island Dwellers, an interlinked story collection published by Random House, and the novels We Play Ourselves and There's Going to Be Trouble.[2]

Silverman has written a number of plays and has written for TV and film, including Netflix's Tales of the City and Tokyo Vice on which they are also a producer. Silverman has published essays on the relationship between art and morality in The New York Times and Vogue.[3][4] Silverman is set to make their Broadway debut as a playwright in the fall of 2024 with their play The Roommate at the Booth Theatre, starring Mia Farrow and Patti Lupone.[5]

  1. ^ "Jen Silverman | Playscripts, Inc". www.playscripts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. ^ Soloski, Alexis (2021-02-10). "Working in TV, Jen Silverman Wrote a Novel. About Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ^ Silverman, Jen (2024-04-28). "Opinion | Art Isn't Supposed to Make You Comfortable". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ^ Silverman, Jen (2021-02-09). "Reckoning with Art in the Era of Bad Behavior". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  5. ^ The Roommate Official Siteaccessed 06/30/2024