Laura Jacqmin

Playwright

Program:
Annual Commission

Laura Jacqmin is a Los Angeles-based writer for television, video games, and the live theater. She’s been a writer-producer for the hit EPIX series "Get Shorty" (starring Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano) for three seasons, and is a founding member of The Kilroys.

Selected plays: "Residence" (40th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville); "January Joiner" (Long Wharf Theatre); Ski Dubai (Steppenwolf Theatre); "A Third" (Finborough Theatre/Fat Git); "Look, we are breathing" (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble; Sundance Theatre Lab); "Dental Society Midwinter Meeting" (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Additionally, her work has been developed and produced by Atlantic Theater, Roundabout Underground, Vineyard Theatre, LCT3, Cape Cod Theatre Project, Northlight Theatre, Ars Nova, Second Stage, Lark Theatre, and more. She is a two-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of the Royal Court Theatre's International Playwrights Group, and a winner of the Wasserstein Prize.

Other television: "Grace and Frankie" (Netflix); "Lucky 7" (ABC). Video Games: "Life 2.0" (FoxNext/Fogbank), "The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier", and "Minecraft: Story Mode" (both with Telltale Games). She received her BA from Yale University, and earned an MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University.