ABOUT JONATHAN
Jonathan is an award-winning playwright and TV writer. He recently finished as a Co-EP on WE'RE THE LUCKY ONES at Hulu / 20th. Before that, he was a Co-EP on PINK MARINE for Netflix and a Co-EP on THE SINNER for USA. He was previously a Producer on ABC's A MILLION LITTLE THINGS and was a Co-Producer on NBC's RISE. His most recent plays include The Recommendation (The Flea, IAMA, Windy City Playhouse) and Canyon (Center Theatre Group). He's also currently writing a play based on the life of John Wooden for the Geffen. Jonathan graduated from Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and Vassar College, where he studied mythology and religion. Monthly, Jonathan produces a monthly writer's salon in collaboration with Judson Memorial Church in New York City called Big Bang: Works-in-Progress.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, December 7th at 8pm
Hit Machine (or True Wes)
Written by Jonathan Caren
Directed by Jamie Castañeda
A “True West” for the 21st century where the Musks and Zuckerbergs have all the power and must contend with those pesky artists and naysayers. Even worse when the irritant is family. Can two music-obsessed brothers Alex and Wesley get beyond their differences to make something epic? This new work with original music by the artist Ben Harper offers an inside look at what it takes to make a hit song from a family that does not pull its punches.
Hit Machine (or True Wes)
Written by Jonathan Caren
Directed by Jamie Castañeda
A “True West” for the 21st century where the Musks and Zuckerbergs have all the power and must contend with those pesky artists and naysayers. Even worse when the irritant is family. Can two music-obsessed brothers Alex and Wesley get beyond their differences to make something epic? This new work with original music by the artist Ben Harper offers an inside look at what it takes to make a hit song from a family that does not pull its punches.
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Wednesday, December 18th at 6:30pm
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Features
A Conversation between Whitney White and Jonathan Caren in Broadway World
"This play, Four Woke Baes, is about a group of liberal men that believe they are evolved, and must come to terms with just how far from "woke" they truly are." | Read Full Interview
"This play, Four Woke Baes, is about a group of liberal men that believe they are evolved, and must come to terms with just how far from "woke" they truly are." | Read Full Interview
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Meet the 2019 Performers - Jonathan Caren
"We live in a time when people want everything, and they want it now. But to appreciate anything, there has to be a cost. Nothing is worth the price of sacrificing one’s truth in a relationship, so whatever your boundaries are, make sure they’re clear. The truth always manifests one way or another. " The EFC written by Christian McRae | Read Full Interview |
Four Woke Baes - Teddy Bergman (Director)
"Jonathan manages to unearth the way people’s politics only run so deep, and usually end as when each the shore of someone’s psychology."
The New Current | Read Full Interview
"Jonathan manages to unearth the way people’s politics only run so deep, and usually end as when each the shore of someone’s psychology."
The New Current | Read Full Interview