Jeff Whitty
| Jeff Whitty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jeffrey Daniel Whitty September 30, 1971 Coos Bay, Oregon, USA |
| Occupation | Playwright, actor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater |
University of Oregon New York University |
| Information | |
| Notable work(s) | Avenue Q, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Head Over Heels |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Book (2004) |
Jeff Whitty (born September 30, 1971) is an American playwright. For the stage musical Avenue Q, he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
Whitty was born September 30, 1971, was raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, and now lives in New York City. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1993, and received a master's degree from New York University's Graduate Acting Program in 1997.
He won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a musical for Avenue Q, written with composers Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, which opened on Broadway in 2003, and continued to a West End run and two national tours as well as dozens of international productions. After six years on Broadway the show moved Off-Broadway, where its run continues. His plays include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler which was commissioned by and received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in January, 2006; The Plank Project (a parody of documentary theater pieces like The Laramie Project); the multi-play cycle Balls; The Hiding Place, a romantic Manhattan comedy which received its New York debut at the Atlantic Theater Company; the dark comedy Suicide Weather; and the musical Head Over Heels, based on the music of The Go-Go's, which premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015.
Whitty is an occasional actor, having appeared in New York productions of plays by Amy Freed, including The Beard of Avon and Freedomland, as well as small roles in the films Garmento, Lisa Picard is Famous, and a cameo in Shortbus. Among his theatrical credits include stints at the Goodman Theater in Chicago, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop in New York City. In 2012 for a 25-performance run he played the title role in his own The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler in a production by New York company Exit, Pursued by a Bear, with Billy Porter playing the co-leading role of Mammy. Both roles had been created for and played by women until this production.
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