ABOUT JONATHAN
Jonathan is an award-winning playwright and TV writer. Recent credits include Co-EP for Netflix's upcoming Untitled Hockey Show, WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES at Hulu / 20th., BOOTS for Netflix, (October 9th, 2025) and 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. He has pilot development projects with HBO Max and Linden Entertainment. His most recent plays include HIT MACHINE (in collaboration with grammy award-winning musician Ben Harper), THE OFFSEASON (developed at The Geffen Playhouse), THE RECOMMENDATION (The Flea, IAMA, Windy City Playhouse) and CANYON (Center Theatre Group, IAMA Theater Company/Latino Theater Company). 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
Boots lands on Netflix October 9th - Jonathan Caren wrote Episode 102
Hit Machine continues to evolve with new artistic collaborations coming soon!
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Hit Machine is a raw, rhythmic new play about two brothers chasing a dream and hoping to find their way back to each other. As they struggle to make the next hit single their relationship unravels, revealing the myths they’ve made of each other.
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Featuring original music by Ben Harper |
I CAME WITH EARRINGS is now in 9 International Film Festivals in 2025. More announcements soon.
Inspired by the YouTube video Hahn Ponder uploaded for her birth mom-- The day of Leah’s big Aikido test, her adoptive moms gift her with a pair of earrings that send her on a psychological tailspin where they must overcome more than just an brown belt test.
Produced by Lotus Fortune Entertainment, The Carlberg Company & Hidden People
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Caren
WRITERS Hahn Ponder & Jonathan Caren
EDITOR: Ashley Roby
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Adrian Peng Correia
NEXT UP: The Big Bang at Judson Wednesday, October 15th
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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