Jonathan Caren is an American playwright, producer, and TV writer.
He co-executive produced Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones, Netflix Boots, and upcoming series The Sticks.
He was a member of the Primary Stages Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Dramatist Guild Fellow, a winner of New York Stage and Film Founder's Award, a fellowship recipient of SPACE at Ryder Farm, a two-time Lecomte du Nouy award winner, and a recipient of the Theater Publicus Prize for Dramatic Fiction. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Laurents/Hatcher Award and a nominee for the Otis Guerney New American Playwright's Award. He was also a member of Center Theatre Group's L.A. Writer's Workshop.
His play The Morning The Sun Fell Down was adapted into a feature by Choice Films, starring Danny Pudi.
He is a graduate of Juilliard's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and Vassar College, where he studied mythology and religion.
List of Works
Theatre Hit Machine (Soho Theatre 2026) Catch the Fish (New York International Fringe Festival 2007) Recipient of the Outstanding Play Award The Morning the Sun Fell Down (Manhattan Theatre Club "7@7" Series 2013) The Venerable Raman Gupta (New Group 2014 New Works Lab) Sundance Lab 2013 Finalist Need to Know (Colt Coeur Play Hotel 2015, Rogue Machine 2015) Los Angeles Times Critic's Pick Four Woke Baes (Edinburgh Festival 2019) Canyon (Center Theatre Group) The Recommendation (IAMA 2014, The Flea 2013, Old Globe 2012) Recipient of Craig Noel Award "Best New Play" 2012 Nominated for 2019 Jeff Theatre Award Recipient of 2014 Ovation Award for Outstanding Play Nominated for 23rd Annual NAACP Theatre Awards
Television +YearTitlesRole(s)Notes2009Melrose PlaceWriterEpisode 1x07: "Windsor" (Written By)2017GypsyExecutive Story Editor10 episodes; Episode 1x04: "309" (Credited Story By, Teleplay By)
Episode 1x08 "Marfa" (Credited Written By)2018A Million Little ThingsProducerEpisode 1x09: "Perspective" (Written by)2020-2021The SinnerCo-Executive Producer16 Episodes;
Episode 3x04: "Part IV" (Written by)
Episode 4x02: "Part II" (Written by)2024We Were the Lucky OnesCo-Executive Producer8 episodes; Episode 1x05: "Ilha Das Flores" (Written by)2024-(Present)Bad MonkeyCo-Executive Producer10 episodes2025BootsCo-Executive Producer8 episodes; Episode 1x02: "The Buddy System" (Written by)2027The SticksCo-Executive Producer8 episodes
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