About Jordan
Jordan Jaffe is a NY based writer, director, and producer of Film, TV, and Theater. Jordan's energy plays include: Crude, Whirlwind, and Chained. The world premiere of his play Whirlwind is currently running at the Wild Project. Crude received a world premiere production at Theater 511 at Ars Nova (NYC 2016). A reading of his play Chained was staged at The Wild Project (2017). Film/TV: Modern Aliens: A Documentary Periodical (Executive Producer/Writer/Director), Jump In (Coordinating/Consulting with Exec Producers Shawn Leventhal, Madeleine Smithberg, and Al Roker).
Before moving to New York, Jordan produced with Black Lab Theatre in Houston, Tx. Jordan's theater directing credits with Black Lab in Texas include Bad Jews (produced with Stages Repertory Theatre and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston), Tigers Be Still (Houston Press Award 2014-15 nominee Best Director), Really Really (Broadway World Award 2013-14 nominee for Best Director), Assistance and The Submission (Broadway World Award 2012-13 nominee for Best Director).
Jordan is a proud graduate of Rice University with a BA in Visual and Dramatic Arts, and has also trained at the Atlantic Acting School in New York. In 2013 Jordan was named to the Houston Press' Top 100 Creatives list of "movers and shakers".
Before moving to New York, Jordan produced with Black Lab Theatre in Houston, Tx. Jordan's theater directing credits with Black Lab in Texas include Bad Jews (produced with Stages Repertory Theatre and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston), Tigers Be Still (Houston Press Award 2014-15 nominee Best Director), Really Really (Broadway World Award 2013-14 nominee for Best Director), Assistance and The Submission (Broadway World Award 2012-13 nominee for Best Director).
Jordan is a proud graduate of Rice University with a BA in Visual and Dramatic Arts, and has also trained at the Atlantic Acting School in New York. In 2013 Jordan was named to the Houston Press' Top 100 Creatives list of "movers and shakers".
Awards
Houston Press 100 Creatives List
Houston Press Theater Awards:
Best Director finalist for Tigers Be Still
Black Lab Theatre's Tigers Be Still finalist for Best Play/Production
Black Lab Theatre's boom finalist for Best Play/Production
Houston Press Theater Awards:
Best Director finalist for Tigers Be Still
Black Lab Theatre's Tigers Be Still finalist for Best Play/Production
Black Lab Theatre's boom finalist for Best Play/Production