was nominated as Best Play by the Drama League. After its year-
long run at the Union Square Theatre in New York, it has been
translated into 22 languages and performed around the world in
over 300 separate productions. Its many awards include Best Play
in Israel, Mexico, Greece, Uruguay, Germany and Turkey. It was a
Best New Play nominee for the Moliere Award in France and was
nominated for both the A.C.E. and the Clarin Awards in Argentina
for Best Play. Baron was awarded the KulturPreis Europa 2001,
the first American and the first playwright to receive this award.
He was invited in 1999 to speak at the United Nations and to
present a reading of Visiting Mr. Green.
His second play, Mother's Day, has been produced in Australia,
Germany and Brazil and the U.S. His play Brothers-in-Law began
its life in March, 2008, with productions planned in Paris and
Buenos Aires. Jeff received a TCG/ITI Grant to create a Croatian
production of his play Mr. & Mrs. God. His collaboration with Moe
Angelos, Edna and Joe Forever is moving toward a production in
Germany. His series of comic plays called What Goes Around...
premiered in New York last year. He has just completed a new
play, When I Was Five.
His short play Bless Me, Father was commissioned and produced
in New York as part of an evening of plays about September 11,
2001. His one act Give 'em an Inch was commissioned and
produced in Los Angeles, and he directed his commissioned one
act opera Song of Martina at Carnegie Hall.
In addition to his work in theatre, Jeff Baron wrote and sold four
original screenplays. His film The Bruce Diet won the CINE Golden
Eagle Award and has been featured at film festivals around the
world. His new film Goodbye is in post-production. For television,
he has written for The Tracey Ullman Show, A Year in the Life,
Sisters, Almost Grown and Nickelodeon. His journalism, poetry
and fiction have been published in New York Magazine, Dallas
Times-Herald, Tetu (Paris), T.O. (Toronto), and the New York Daily
News. His song lyrics have been published and performed
throughout the world.
