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= MJ Kaufman = MJ Kaufman is an award-winning American trans playwright and screenwriter from Portland, Oregan. They hold an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. Their work has been produced at many theaters including: the Public Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, InterAct Theater Company, as well as internationally.

Biography
MJ Kaufman was born in Portland, Oregan. They attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and received a Bachelor's degree in American Studies and Dance in 2008. They then attended Yale School of Drama where they received a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting and Screenwriting in 2013. While attending Yale, they served on the Board of Yale Cabaret Theater.

Kaufman works as a playwriting teacher and has taught at Fordham University, Wesleyan University, SUNY Purchase College, University of the Arts. They are also a teaching fellow at Yale College.

MJ is a founder and Producing Artistic Leader of Trans Lab Theater and curated the 2016 and 2017 seasons of Trans Theater Fest at The Brick. They are a current resident playwright at New Dramatists and have previously held residencies at: the New Museum, MacDowell Colony, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. They have also worked as a playwright at Huntington Theater, WP Theater Lab, InterAct Theater, and was a member of Public Theater's Emerging Writers' Group.

Plays

 * Sensitive Guys
 * Sagittarius Ponderosa
 * Masculinity Max
 * Galatea
 * A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile
 * eat and you belong to us
 * How To Live on Earth
 * Murmur Rock
 * Wolves Eat Elk

Awards
MJ has received the following awards:


 * Jane Chambers Prize in Feminist Theatre (2010)
 * ASCAP Cole Porter Prize in Playwriting (2013)
 * Global Age Project Prize (2013)
 * Helen Merrill Emerging Writers Award (2017)

Television
Kaufman worked as a staff writer on Parts 1 and 2 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for Netflix.