An Emmy Award nominee, Jason’s plays include CHURCH & STATE (Off-Broadway, New World Stages, 2017, published by Concord Theatricals, over 80 regional productions, Henry Award Winner for Best Play, Off-Broadway Alliance and L.A. Ovation Award Nominee for Best New Play, named one of Huffington Post’s Top 10 Theatre Productions of 2016, NNPN Rolling World Premiere), HANDLE WITH CARE (Off-Broadway, The Westside Theatre, 2013-14, NY Times Critics’ Pick, published by Concord Theatricals, over 30 regional productions, Theatre Bay Area Award Winner for Best Play), DESTROYING DAVID (Circle Theatre; Dezart Performs), ON THE MARKET (Williamston Theatre; JCC CenterStage; Theatre Jacksonville; Burien Arts Theatre; Langhorne Players; published by Uproar Theatrics); MAKE ‘EM LAUGH (over 30 productions at high schools and colleges across the country; published by Uproar Theatrics), SOMEONE ELSE (NC Stage), DIVISION STREET (JCC CenterStage), BALTIMORE IN BLACK & WHITE (the cell), THE WHOLE SHEBANG (Semi-Finalist, PlayMaker Rep’s Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition; Semi-Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival), A POUND OF FLESH (Semi-Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival), and AMERICA IN ONE ROOM (Florida Studio Theatre, published by TRW Plays). Most recently, he co-wrote the book for a new musical called THE SOUND (Semi-Finalist, 2025 National Music Theater Conference at the O’Neill Theatre Festival) with his wife and collaborator, Charlotte Cohn, and composer Christian Douglas. It will have its first full production in May 2026 at JCC CenterStage. Jason was the winner of the Hudson Valley Writers Workshop contest and a Finalist for the McKnight National Residency and Commission. On television, Jason’s work as a writer and producer has been seen on HBO Max, National Geographic, the History Channel, Discovery, and Netflix.
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