

J.T. Rogers
LCT: Oslo (commissioned by LCT), Blood and Gifts (commissioned by LCT/also National Theatre, London; La Jolla Playhouse; TimeLine Theatre, Chicago). Plays include The Overwhelming (National Theatre, U.K. tour with Out of Joint, Roundabout Theatre), Madagascar (Theatre503, London; Melbourne Theatre Company) and White People (Off-Broadway; Starry Night Productions). Olivier nomination as one of the playwrights for the Tricycle Theatre of London’s The Great Game: Afghanistan. His plays have been seen across the U.S., and in Canada, Germany and Israel. Recipient of Guggenheim, NEA/TCG and NYFA fellowships. Multiple play development residencies at PlayPenn. Member of the Dramatists Guild, where he is a founding board member of the Dramatists Legal Defense Fund. Rogers is an alumnus of New Dramatists and holds an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the North Carolina School of the Arts. He is a recipient of a 2016 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation commission to write a new play for LCT. www.JTRogerswriter.com