Penny Jackson

Penny Jackson is a playwright, novelist, and screenplay writer. She is the recipient of many writing awards including a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, The Pushcart Prize, a Mirrellies Fellowship from Stanford University and The Elizabeth Janeway Prize from Barnard College. Penny's play about gun violence, Before, was chosen as one of the best plays in 2016 by Applause Books. Her novel, Becoming the Butlers, was recognized as one of the best young adult books of the year by The New York Public Library and was optioned for film by Warner Brothers Studios. Penny's new short film, My Dinner with Schwartzey, based on her award-winning short story, will have its world premiere at The Bermuda International Film Festival. Penny is currently a member of The Playwrights/Directors' Unit at The Actors Studio, and is a resident playwright of the A.R.T/New York theater company NY Madness. Her plays have been produced in New York City at 59E59, Dixon Place, The Lion Theater at Theater Row, The Theater at the 14th Street Y, The Paradise Factory, TADA Theater and The Kraine Theater. Her play Before, was produced at The Playwrights for a Cause benefit against gun violence at The Atlantic Theater. Penny's short plays have also been produced in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and abroad at The Edinburgh Fringe and twice at The International Dublin Gay Theater festival. www.pennybrandtjackson.com