Jenny Schwartz is a New York-based playwright and a graduate of Juilliard, where she received a fellowship in the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Program. Her play, God’s Ear, was premiered by New Georges under the direction of Anne Kauffman in February 2007; and was subsequently produced by the Vineyard Theatre in spring 2008; and has been published by Faber & Faber. God’s Ear was a finalist for the 2007 Susan Smith Blackburn Award. Her play, Cause For Alarm, was part of the New York International Fringe Festival, as well as PSNBC's "Best of the Fringe Festival" at HERE. She received an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University in 2001. Jenny is the recipient of a grant from the Lincoln Center Lecomte du Nouy Foundation. She is currently working on her new play, Somewhere Fun, which is a commission from Soho Theatre, London & Soho Rep, NY. She is also under commission from South Coast Repertory and True Love Productions, where she is writing a musical with Ethan Lipton. She was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Soho Rep Dorothy Strelsin Playwriting Fellowship and has attended the Sundance Institute in winter 2008. Jenny is an Associate Artist with The Civilians, and a member of New Dramatists.