Jeff Baron
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| Occupation | Novelist/Playwright/Screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
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Jeff Baron is an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter currently living in Manhattan. He is the author of I Represent Sean Rosen and Sean Rosen Is Not for Sale, published by Greenwillow/HarperCollins. He has written for prime-time series on all the major TV networks, and his play Visiting Mr. Green has been produced in 45 countries. Baron’s plays have been said to focus primarily on family relationships and conflicts, friendship, romance, and the need for human connection. He was awarded the KulturPreis Europa.
Baron grew up in suburban New Jersey and later earned a film degree from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He spent several years working in the corporate world before transitioning to a life in the arts.
Visiting Mr. Green, Jeff Baron's best-known play, starred Eli Wallach and ran for a year at Manhattan’s Union Square Theatre. It was nominated for an ACE award (Buenos Aires), a Molière (Paris) and a Drama League Award (New York). It also won Best Play awards in Greece, Mexico, Israel, Uruguay, Turkey and Germany, and the Kulturpreis Europa. His newer plays have originated in Australia, South America and Europe.Mischpoke had its world premiere in Munich in 2014.When I Was Five (Cuando Tenía Cinco Años) had its world premiere in 2013 at Teatro de Lucía in Lima, Peru.Brothers-in-Law had its first production in 2008 at Act II Playhouse outside of Philadelphia. Jeff received a TCG/ITI Grant to workshop his play Mr. & Mrs. God with Planet Art, a Croatian theatre company. Mother's Day, was produced in Australia (Ensemble Theatre, Sydney), Germany (Schauspielhaus Wuppertal) and Brazil (Teatro FAAP - São Paulo) His one act play, Give 'em an Inch, was commissioned and produced in Los Angeles. What Goes Around... is a series of comic plays that opened in New York in August, 2006.
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