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 Crude was produced by Black Lab Theatre at Theater 511 at Ars Nova in New York City in April/May, 2016. A reading of his play Chained was staged by Jordan's Play Lab at The Wild Project in December 2017. A reading of his play Whirlwind was staged by Black Lab Theatre at Dixon Place in November 2016. Film/TV: Modern Aliens: A Documentary Periodical (Executive Producer and writer/director), Jump In (Coordinating/Consulting Producer for pilot presentation with Jump In Networks with Exec Producers Shawn Leventhal, Madeleine Smithberg, and Al Roker).
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".
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".
Administrative• Producing Artistic Director Jordan's Play Lab 2017 - Present
Producing Artistic Director at Black Lab Theatre, 2011 - 2016 Staff Positions and Internships: The New Group, The Westside Theatre, Bret Adams, LTD, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Jordan Jaffe Jordan Jaffe Jordan Jaffe Jordan Jaffe |
AwardsHouston 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 |