Jordan Harrison is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, across Puget Sound from Seattle. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.F.A. from Brown University, where he studied with Paula Vogel. Shortly after graduating from Brown, his play Kid-Simple was produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville, who subsequently premiered his plays Act a Lady and Maple and Vine, both of which were directed by Anne Kauffman, and The Grown-Up, which was directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. His off-Broadway productions include Doris to Darlene and Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons, Amazons and their Men at Clubbed Thumb and Futura at National Asian American Theater Company. Jordan currently writes for the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, and his newest play Marjorie Prime will receive its premiere at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles under the direction of Les Waters. 

January 1st, 1977 in (Age 47)