Resident Playwright: Julie Jensen

Julie Jensen's Productions and Publications

LION TONGUE and DON’T TALK, DON’T SEE

  • [Short plays commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville]
  • Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1998-2007. (Forthcoming)

WATER TURN

  • [Short play commissioned by Salt Lake Acting Company]
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT 1006. (Forthcoming)

DUST EATERS

  • [Written with the support of a major grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts]
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Spring 2005.
    >Nominated by American Theatre Critics Association for the best new play produced outside New York.
  • Published by Dramatic Publishing Company. (Forthcoming)

WAIT!

  • [Commissioned by Salt Lake Acting Company; supported by NEA/TCG Residency Grant; the McKnight National Playwriting Fellowship from Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis; and Women’s Theatre Festival, Seattle, WA]
  • Asylum Theatre, Las Vegas, NV, Spring 2005.
  • Perseverance Theatre, Juneau, AK, Spring 2004.
  • Catalyst Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Spring 2004.
  • Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH, Fall 2003.
    >Named one of the ten best plays of the year, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland Scene.
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT, Spring 2003.
  • Published by Dramatic Publishing Company.

ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE

  • [Play for young people, commissioned by Kennedy Center]
  • Kennedy Center, Public School Tour, Washington, DC, Spring 2003.
  • Published by Dramatic Publishing Company. (Forthcoming)

ON LINCOLN’S HEAD

  • [Short play, commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville]
  • Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2002.
  • Published in HUMANA FESTIVAL 2002, THE COMPLETE PLAYS, Smith and Kraus.
  • Published in SNAPSHOT, Playscripts, Inc.

WATER LILIES

  • [Short play, commissioned by Salt Lake Acting Company for the Olympics]
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002.
  • Published in CABBIES, COWBOYS, AND TREE OF THE WEEPING VIRGIN, plays by Utah Writers.
  • Excerpted and published in MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN, Heinemann.
  • Published in 35 IN 10: THIRTY-FIVE TEN-MINUTE PLAYS, Dramatic Publishing Company.

CHEAT. [Commissioned by Geva Theatre, Rochester, NY]

  • Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit, MI, 2003.
  • Women’s Project and Productions, New York City, NY, 2002.
  • Key West Theatre Festival, Key West, FL, 200l.

TWO-HEADED

  • [Commissioned by ASK Theatre Projects, Los Angeles, CA]
  • In preparation for an independent film.
  • Anson Ford Theatre, Hot Properties Series, Los Angeles, CA, 200l.
    >Nominated for three Ovation Awards, 2002.
    >Nominated for five LA Weekly Awards, winner of three, including best play.
  • Women’s Project and Productions, New York, NY, 2000.
    >Outstanding reviews from all New York press.
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT, 2000.
  • Winner of the Mill Mountain Playwriting Competition.
  • Published by Dramatic Publishing Company.
  • Published in THE BEST PLAYS BY WOMEN, 2000, Smith and Kraus.

LAST LISTS OF MY MAD MOTHER

  • [Commissioned by Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA]
  • Luna Stage, Montclair, NJ, 200l, directed by Olympia Dukakis.
  • ShenanArts, Staunton, VA, 2000.
  • Hudson Guild Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
    >Ran for five months, run extended several times.
  • Theatre Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, l999.
  • TheatreWorks, Hartford, CN, l998.
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT, l997.
    >Nominated by American Theatre Critics Association for best new play produced outside New York.
  • Key West Theatre Festival, Key West, FL, l997.
  • Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA, l997.
  • Published by Dramatic Publishing Company, also translated into Flemish.

THE LOST VEGAS SERIES

  • Minneapolis Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2004.
  • Nomad Theatre, London, England, l998.
  • Asylum Theatre, Las Vegas, NV, l998.
  • Zebra Crossing Theatre, Chicago, IL, l996.
    >Winner of the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work.

WHITE MONEY

  • [Commissioned by Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA]
  • Splitting Image Theatre Company, Baltimore, MD, l994.
  • Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, l993.
    >Nominated for Best Play of the year by LA Weekly.
  • Source Theatre, Washington, DC, l992.
  • Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA, l992.
  • Actors Theatre of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, l99l.
  • Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT, l99l.
    >Winner of Kennedy Center Award from the Fund for New American Plays.
  • Published by Theatre Communications Group, Plays in Process Series.

STRAY DOGS

  • Independent film, 2001, also available on video.
  • Profiles Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2000.
    >Nominated for five Joseph Jefferson Awards.
  • Arena Stage, Washington, DC, l986, directed by James Nicola.
    >Winner of CBS/Dramatists Guild Playwriting Competition.
    >Nominated for Helen Hayes Award.
  • Published by Dramatists Play Service.

Awards and Prizes

  • Core Membership in Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Pew Charitable Trusts Residency Grant at Salt Lake Acting Company.
  • Election to College of Fellows of the American Theatre.
  • TCG/NEA Residency Grant at Salt Lake Acting Company.
  • McKnight National Fellowship at Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis, MN.
  • LA Weekly Award for Best Play for TWO-HEADED.
  • Twice nominated by American Theatre Critics Association Award for best new play produced outside New York: LAST LISTS OF MY MAD MOTHER and DUST EATERS.
  • $Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work for LOST VEGAS SERIES.
  • $Mill Mountain Theatre Playwriting Competition three different times for TWO-HEADED, LAST LISTS OF MY MAD MOTHER, and TENDER HOOKS.
  • $Award for New American Plays for WHITE MONEY.
  • $Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. for lifetime achievement.
  • $CBS/Dramatists Guild Award for STRAY DOGS.