THE ROOMMATE

Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. Plays include: THE ROOMMATE (Broadway: The Booth Theatre; Regionally: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Steppenwolf, South Coast Repertory Theatre, etc.); HIGHWAY PATROL (The Goodman); SPAIN (Second Stage Theater); COLLECTIVE RAGE: A Play in 5 Betties (Woolly Mammoth, MCC, Southwark Playhouse London); THE MOORS (Yale Repertory Theatre, The Playwrights Realm) and WITCH (Writer’s Theatre, The Geffen, The Huntington). Books include: the debut novel WE PLAY OURSELVES, story collection THE ISLAND DWELLERS and novel THERE’S GOING TO BE TROUBLE from Random House. Silverman also wrote the bestselling narrative podcast THE MIRANDA OBSESSION for Audible, starring Rachel Brosnahan. Silverman is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of New Dramatists and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. They write for TV and film, including TALES OF THE CITY (Netflix) and TOKYO VICE (Max). Their OSCAR® qualifying short film TROY screened at 70 festivals internationally, including the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and is featured online in The New Yorker’s Screening Room. Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim. More info at www.jensilverman.com.

Ensemble Theatre: HOW TO PLOT A HIT IN TWO DAYS. Bell Shakespeare: THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, TWELFTH NIGHT. Belvoir Street Theatre: THAT FACE, THIS HEAVEN, HALF AND HALF, A NUMBER, 7 BLOWJOBS, LADYBIRD. Griffin Theatre Company: FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION, PRIMA FACIE, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT LADY?, THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, KILL CLIMATE DENIERS, EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY, THE HOMOSEXUALS OR ‘FAGGOTS’, RICE, MASQUERADE, GLORIA, THE BLEEDING TREE, EMERALD CITY, A RABBIT FOR KIM JONG-IL, THE SERPENT’S TABLE, REPLAY, SILENT DISCO, SMURF IN WANDERLAND, THE BULL, THE MOON AND THE CORONET OF STARS, THE CALL, A HOAX, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN. Griffin Theatre Company with Bell Shakespeare: THE LITERATI, THE MISANTHROPE. Melbourne Theatre Company: MOTHER PLAY, GLORIA, HAY FEVER, RUPERT. New Theatricals: ART. Queensland Theatre Company: GASLIGHT, FAMILY VALUES, FIRST CASUALTY, BERNHARDT/HAMLET, RETURN TO THE DIRT, PRIMA FACIE, OUR TOWN, MOUTHPIECE, RICE. Sydney Theatre Company: MARY STUART, HONOUR, LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING, ZEBRA!. Neil Gooding Productions: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, SHIRLEY VALENTINE. As Artistic Director Lee has led Queensland Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company. Awards: HELPMANN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR for THE BLEEDING TREE (Griffin Theatre Company).

Assistant Directing. Ensemble Theatre: David Williamson’s THE SOCIAL LADDER. As Director: Akimbo & Co/Old Fitz: THE SWELL. Bell Shakespeare/The Players: SHAKESPEARE IS DEAD, SUCH SWEET SORROW. Little Trojan/KXT Broadway: PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU DON’T LOVE ME. On the Wing: WE’LL DANCE ON THE ASH OF THE APOCALYPSE. As Associate Director: Bell Shakespeare: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. As Actor: Theatre: Arthur: CUT SNAKE, MAD AS A CUT SNAKE. Bell Shakespeare: CORIOLANUS, MACBETH, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, ROMEO AND JULIET. Belvoir St Theatre: BAGHDAD WEDDING. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: JUMP FOR JORDAN. Siren Theatre Co: COWBOIS, THE PAST IS A WILD PARTY. Sydney Theatre Company: EMBERS, GALLIPOLI. Film: ELLIE AND ALLIE (AND ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT), BUCKLEY’S CHANCE, ALL ABOUT E. TV: BALI 2002, PIECES OF HER, FIRST DAY, HOME AND AWAY.

Ensemble Theatre: HONOUR, MARJORIE PRIME. Bell Shakespeare: IN A NUTSHELL: THE POETRY OF VIOLENCE, ROMEO & JULIET, HAMLET, THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, PERICLES, TWELFTH NIGHT. Belvoir Street Theatre: BLUE MURDER, SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION. Company B: TWELFTH NIGHT. Griffin Theatre Company: DREAMS IN WHITE, SPLINTER, EMERALD CITY, THROUGH THE WIRE, THE FALLS, WOLF LULLABY. Melbourne Theatre Company: FOR JULIA. New England Theatre Co: THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE. Sydney Theatre Company: APPROPRIATE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, AS YOU LIKE IT, DARLING OSCAR. Film: THE SQUARE, TEN EMPTY, THE WOG BOY, SYDNEY: STORY OF A CITY, OSCAR AND LUCINDA, THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE, MARY MCKILLOP, CRIME TIME, NOSTRADAMUS KID. TV: THE SURVIVORS, BLACK SNOW, THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS, AMAZING GRACE, BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, FIGHTING SEASON, RAKE, HOME & AWAY, HERE COME THE HABIBS, CATCHING MILAT, A PLACE TO CALL HOME, LOVE CHILD, PAPER GIANTS 2: MAGAZINE WARS. CROWNIES, COPS LAC, 30 SECONDS, DIRT GAME, ALL SAINTS, BASTARD BOYS, THROUGH MY EYES, WHITE COLLAR BLUE, GRASS ROOTS, BACKBURNER, FARSCAPE, MY HUSBAND MY KILLER, WILDSIDE, MURDER CALL, WATER RATS, G.P, LADS, SNOWY, A COUNTRY PRACTICE. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Ensemble Theatre: TRUE WEST, HOW TO PLOT A HIT IN TWO DAYS, THE LOVER & THE DUMB WAITER, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, CLYDE’S, HONOUR, KENNY, THE LAST WIFE, LUNA GALE, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, FRANKENSTEIN, CASANOVA. Bell Shakespeare: JULIUS CAESAR (Costume design). Queensland Theatre Company: A FEW GOOD MEN, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (with Belvoir), THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, BERNHARDT/HAMLET, MACBETH, ELIZABETH: ALMOST BY CHANCE A WOMAN, VENUS IN FUR, BOMBSHELLS, KELLY, HEAD FULL OF LOVE, FRACTIONS, THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, AUSTRALIA DAY, THE PITCH, THE CHINA INCIDENT, THE REMOVALISTS, AN OAK TREE, MAN EQUALS MAN, WAITING FOR GODOT, EATING ICE CREAM, BECKETT X 3, RUBY MOON. Brisbane Festival: BANANALAND (with Sydney Festival), MACBETH. Sydney Theatre Company: THE CRUCIBLE, SENECA’S THYESTES. Opera Queensland: THE MIKADO, THE MERRY WIDOW, SPACE ENCOUNTERS, THE MAGIC FLUTE. Pinchgut Opera: RINALDO. State Opera South Australia: LA BOHEME, SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL, LOVE BURNS, BOOJUM!. Victorian Opera: EUCALYPTUS.

Ensemble Theatre: 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, DIAL M FOR MURDER, THE LOVER AND THE DUMB WAITER, ARIA, UNCLE VANYA, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BOXING DAY BBQ, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, NEARER THE GODS, DIPLOMACY, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, ALONE IT STANDS, BENEFACTORS, SUMMER OF HAROLD. Bangarra Dance Theatre: WARU JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE, DUBBOO, ONE’S COUNTRY, OUR LAND PEOPLE STORIES, BLAK, BELONG. Duet Group: DIVAS. Hayes Theatre Company: SHE LOVES ME. Louise Withers and Associates: THE MOUSETRAP, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED. Soft Tread: WHARF REVUE 2023: PRIDE IN PREJUDICE, WHARF REVUE 2022: LOOKING FOR ALBANESE, WHARF REVUE 2021: CAN OF WORMS. Sydney Chamber Opera: HIS MUSIC BURNS. Sydney Theatre Company: WHARF REVUE 2020; WHARF REVUE 2019; WHARF REVUE 2018; RUBY MOON. Tinderbox Productions: DAVID SUCHET, POIROT and more.

Ensemble Theatre: THE SOCIAL LADDER, DIAL M FOR MURDER, PRIMARY TRUST, THE HALF LIFE OF MARIE CURIE, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, COLDER THAN HERE, THE QUEEN’S NANNY (and TOUR). Costume Designer: Adelaide Fringe Festival: FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT. HBO Events: Welcome to Derry screamer.  Netflix Events: WEDNESDAY SEASON 2 PREMIER – WEDNESDAY ISLAND. Belvoir Street Theatre: PORPOISE POOL 25A SEASON. Hayes Theatre Co: BRIGHT STAR, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, LITTLE WOMEN. Kings Cross Theatre on Broadway (KXT): IRL, RHOMBOID, GRAIN IN THE BLOOD, THE PIGEONS. Costume Supervisor: Sydney Opera House: CALAMITY JANE. Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: INFERNO. Pinchgut Opera: DIDO AND AENEAS. Head of Wardrobe: Victorian Opera: IL TABARRO. Films: THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE, FIVE BLIND DATES. TV: HOUSE OF GODS, THE TWELVE (Season 1), HARDBALL (Season 2), THE OTHER GUY (Season 2). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art, (BFA Costume) ENMORE DESIGN CENTRE. Awards: Nominated Best Costume Design for IRL at Sydney Theatre Awards 2025. Nominated Best Costume Design for RHOMBOID at Sydney Broadway Awards 2023.