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 The Corps.

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.

Theatre

 * Catch the Fish (New York International Fringe Festival 2007)
 * Recipient of the Outstanding Play Award
 * The Morning the Sun Fell Down (Manhattan Theatre Club "7@7" Series 2013)


 * The Venerable Raman Gupta (New Group 2014 New Works Lab)
 * Sundance Lab 2013 Finalist


 * Need to Know (Colt Coeur Play Hotel 2015, Rogue Machine 2015)
 * Los Angeles Times Critic's Pick


 * Four Woke Baes (Edinburgh Festival 2019)
 * Canyon (Center Theatre Group)
 * The Recommendation (IAMA 2014, The Flea 2013, Old Globe 2012)
 * 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