Writing
Jordan Harrison
Born
1977-06-07 (49)
Place of birth
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Known for
Writing
Credits
2 titles
Jordan Harrison is an American playwright. He grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. His play Marjorie Prime was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Harrison received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1999 and an M.F.A. from Brown University, where he studied with Paula Vogel. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Shortly after graduating from Brown, his play Kid-Simple, which he wrote while in grad school, was produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2004. The Actors Theatre of Louisville subsequently premiered his plays Act a Lady (2006) and Maple and Vine, both of which were directed by Anne Kauffman, and The Grown-Up, which was directed by Ken Rus Schmoll. Act a Lad…
Known for
6.1A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
Marjorie Prime
2017
Follow Dre, a young woman hired to be a governess, and Albie, the strange boy she is entrusted to raise in an isolated, gothic mansion where all are forced to maintain the illusion that the year is 1884. At first, Dre works hard to embody the role of 'Miss Archer,' with comportment lessons and period-appropriate dresses. But mysteries soon arise, and with each new discovery Dre grows more protective of Albie, who may hold the key to human survival.
Miss Archer
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Behind the camera
6.1A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
Marjorie Prime
2017
Follow Dre, a young woman hired to be a governess, and Albie, the strange boy she is entrusted to raise in an isolated, gothic mansion where all are forced to maintain the illusion that the year is 1884. At first, Dre works hard to embody the role of 'Miss Archer,' with comportment lessons and period-appropriate dresses. But mysteries soon arise, and with each new discovery Dre grows more protective of Albie, who may hold the key to human survival.
Miss Archer
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