DGI INSTRUCTOR & PLAYS IN PROGRESS MENTOR

JONATHAN PAYNE

Their DGI Teaching History includes Writing Epic Theatre (even in small spaces).

Jonathan is also a Plays in Progress Mentor. Interests: social critique, theatricality, historical, and non-linear structure. Request Jonathan as a PIP Mentor.

Jonathan Payne’s work has been produced and developed at Long Wharf Theatre, Ars Nova, Fringe Festival NYC, The Bushwick Star, and the Fire This Time Festival. He was a fellow at New Dramatists, Playwrights Realm and The Dramatists Guild, as well as an Ars Nova Play Group. Awards include the Princess Grace Award, Holland New Voices Award, Rosa Parks Award, John Cauble Short Play Award. He received a BA from the GSA Conservatoire (UK), an MFA in Playwriting from Tisch School of the Arts, and an Artist Diploma Recipient in Playwriting from The Juilliard School.