NJ is a Chicago-based educator, playwright, and singer-songwriter. Through their music and storytelling practice, they are most interested in exploring the bitingly absurd, the poetic, and the surreality of experiences yet to be realized. NJ is currently writing a commissioned play for First Floor Theater, developing a musical with the Goodman Theatre, and writing an album.
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Education
MFA → Northwestern University (Writing for Screen & Stage)
BA → Vassar College (Theater)
Recognitions
Austin Film Festival Stage Play Winner, Goodman Theatre New Stages Residency, First Floor Theater Blueprint Commission, Soho House Fellowship, Steppenwolf Lookout Series, Goodman Theatre Future Labs, Story Theatre New Play Festival, A Red Orchid Theatre Reading Series, Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist, Venturous Theater Fund finalist, Princess Grace semi-finalist, O’neill National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist