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Jason Grote is an American playwright and television writer.

His work has been called "Dynamic and intellectually agile" by Adam Feldman (Time Out New York), "riveting" by Charles Isherwood (New York Times) , and "restlessly cerebral" and "picking up where Ionesco and Orwell left off," by Peter Marks (Washington Post)

WORKS: His plays have been produced in New York City at The Brooklyn Academy of Music (https://www.bam.org/basetrack), [PS122]] (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/theater/reviews/david-levines-habit-at-the-essex-street-market.html), The Performing Garage (https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/07/21/radiohole-returns-to-gooey-form-with-tarzana/), Clubbed Thumb (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/theater/reviews/civilization-all-you-can-eat-at-here-review.html), Page 73 (https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/1001-3-1200554892/), and The Prospect Theater Company (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/theater/one-thousand-nights-and-one-day-review.html), and elsewhere by The Denver Center Theater Company (https://www.denverpost.com/2007/01/31/review-1001/), Woolly Mammoth Theater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria/Stuart), Theater @ Boston Court (xhttps://www.laweekly.com/arts/1001-jason-grote-and-his-arabian-nights-2153557), The Contemporary American Theater Festival (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_American_Theater_Festival), Chicago's Collaboraction (http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/theater-news/collaboraction-to-present-1001-by-jason-grote-sep9-oct9/), The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (https://cap.ucla.edu/blog/tag/basetrack/), and The Gammage Stage at Arizona State University (https://www.arizonahighways.com/blog/asu-gammage-celebrates-50th-anniversary). He wrote the script for David Levine's OBIE-winning HABIT in 2013 (http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/theater-review-habit.html https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/09/david-levines-habit-a-play-an-environment-a-social-commentary-067223 https://read.dukeupress.edu/theater/article-abstract/42/1/95/24360/The-Habit-of-Realism?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/choose-your-own-adventure https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/obie-awards-honor-detroit-and-grimly-handsome/) and En Garde Arts' Basetrack in 2014 (https://www.bam.org/basetrack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basetrack_Live https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/theater/charles-isherwoods-best-theater-of-2014-father-comes-home-from-the-wars-and-more.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/theater/lives-of-returning-marines-in-basetrack-live-at-bam.html?_r=0 https://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/basetrack-live-the-story-of-a-marines-deployment-and-his-return-home/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2014-11-12/basetrack-live-charlie-rose-1112).

Television
Grote co-wrote the Mad Men episode "The Crash" with creator/showrunner Matthew Weiner. This episode was included in lists of best "Mad Men" episodes by Entertainment Weekly, Indiewire , Business Insider, Newsday , and International Business Times.

Other television credits include: (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4960872/)
 * Hannibal
 * Knightfall
 * Smash
 * The Lizzie Borden Chronicles and
 * Rogue

Plays: One Thousand Nights and One Day (libretto; music by Marisa Michelson), 2018 Tarzana (with Radiohole), 2015 Basetrack (with En Garde Arts), 2014 HABIT (with David Levine), 2013 Civilization (all you can eat), 2011 Hamilton Township, 2008 Maria/Stuart, 2008 This Storm is What we Call Progress, 2008 1001, 2007 Box Americana, 2006

He was co-host, with Karinne Keithley, of The Acousmatic Theater Hour on WFMU. ,

He has written for The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/opinion/we-write-your-favorite-shows-we-need-to-get-paid.html), The Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/12/entertainment/la-ca-smash-writer-20120212), American Theater (https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/02/22/what-was-the-wooster-group-thinking-with-pinters-the-room/), and The Brooklyn Rail (https://brooklynrail.org/2006/9/theater/revolution-at-the-gates-mac-wellman-and-).

Honors
New York Times "Best Theater of 2014" for Basetrack (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/theater/charles-isherwoods-best-theater-of-2014-father-comes-home-from-the-wars-and-more.html) Nomination, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series, 2013 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_Dramatic_Series http://awards.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-nominees-winners https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4960872/awards) Time Out New York, "Top Ten Plays of 2007," for 1001 (https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-best-and-worst-of-2007) Ovation Award for 1001, 2007 (https://www.denverpost.com/2009/12/08/denver-center-new-play-summit-to-bring-back-grote-lowe/) Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship, 2006 (http://www.page73.org/programs/p73-playwriting-fellowship/)

Other links
1001: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/theater/reviews/01baru.html https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/755/1001/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503148.html?noredirect=on https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Theater-review-1001-3262734.php

Maria/Stuart: https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/875/mariastuart https://variety.com/2008/legit/reviews/maria-stuart-1200471089/ https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater-schmeater-stages-the-dark-comedy-maria-stuart/ http://chicagocritic.com/mariastuart/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081500964.html

Civilization: http://www.laweekly.com/arts/jason-grotes-civilization-all-you-can-eat-is-a-chekhov-esque-comedy-about-societys-ills-4136966 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-full-plate-of-the-surreal-in-civilization-all-you-can-eat/2012/02/21/gIQAGG83RR_story.html https://variety.com/2010/legit/news/sundance-theater-lab-sets-sessions-1118015075/

TV in general: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-playwrights-tv-scenes-20171119-htmlstory.html http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-playwrights-on-tv-20171119-story.html

TV development: https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/watergate-john-dean-abc-limited-series-1201688063/ https://www.thewrap.com/writer-director-tom-dolby-forms-production-co-options-john-cheever-story-and-james-dean-script-exclusive/ https://deadline.com/2018/06/deborah-s-esquenazi-myth-of-monsters-southwest-of-salem-jason-grote-women-of-color-lgbtq-1202409073/