Jordan Seavey

Jordan Seavey (he/him/they/them) is the lone child of a New York City bus driver Republican and a professional clown Democrat. Their plays draw from that mix of conflict, comedy and queerness. Seavey is a seven-year resident with New Dramatists, cohort 2023-2030. Plays include: THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR (w/ Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch; The New Group, 2024); FORTUNE, COOKIE, GHOST (currently in development); STEPHEN MILLER OF SANTA MONICA (currently in development); HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA (LAByrinth Theater Company; OBIE Award for Michael Urie, 2016); WIGHT; NOVEMBER 4TH 2008; THE FUNNY PAIN; THE TRUTH WILL OUT; CHILDREN AT PLAY (The Living Theater, 2009); 6969 (59E59 Theaters, 2007; three NYIT Awards); and THIS IS A NEWSPAPER (NYFringe Festival [RIP]). Seavey also co-founded theater company CollaborationTown, co-creating more than 15 new plays from 2003-2020. Residencies include LCT3, New Victory Theater, MacDowell Colony, Edward Albee Foundation and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center. They’re a NYTW Usual Suspect, an alum of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Group, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and Primary Stages’ American Writers Group. BFA, Theater Studies, Boston University.