Jonathan Spector is Tony Award-winning playwright based in Northern California, whose work has been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. His plays include EUREKA DAY (2025 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, for Best Revival); THIS MUCH I KNOW (Edgerton Award); BIRTHRIGHT; BEST AVAILABLE (Elizabeth George Commission); and SIESTA KEY.
Spector’s plays have been produced at theaters including Manhattan Theater Club, The Old Vic/Sonia Friedman Productions, Aurora Theater, Hampstead Theater, Theater J, Miami New Drama, Asolo Rep, Syracuse Stage, InterAct, Shotgun Players, Mosaic Theater, Colt Coeur, Just Theater, the State Theater of South Australia and Burg Theater (The National Theater of Austria).
Honors include two Glickman Awards for Best Play to premiere in the San Francisco Bay Area, two Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Awards, Rella Lossy Award, Theater Bay Area Award, and a WhatsOnStage Award Nomination. He has been a Playwrights Center Core Writer, TheatreWorks Core Writer, MacDowell Fellow, SPACE at Ryder Farm Resident, Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright and is currently working on commissions from Roundabout Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse and Manhattan Theater Club, His work is published by Dramatists Play Service/Broadway Licensing.
Jonathan is a graduate of the much-besieged New College of Florida and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. In his misspent youth as an aspiring director, he was a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, a frequent collaborator with The Civilians, and a dealer at New York's largest underground poker club. He is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone entertainment.
Spector’s plays have been produced at theaters including Manhattan Theater Club, The Old Vic/Sonia Friedman Productions, Aurora Theater, Hampstead Theater, Theater J, Miami New Drama, Asolo Rep, Syracuse Stage, InterAct, Shotgun Players, Mosaic Theater, Colt Coeur, Just Theater, the State Theater of South Australia and Burg Theater (The National Theater of Austria).
Honors include two Glickman Awards for Best Play to premiere in the San Francisco Bay Area, two Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Awards, Rella Lossy Award, Theater Bay Area Award, and a WhatsOnStage Award Nomination. He has been a Playwrights Center Core Writer, TheatreWorks Core Writer, MacDowell Fellow, SPACE at Ryder Farm Resident, Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright and is currently working on commissions from Roundabout Theater Company, La Jolla Playhouse and Manhattan Theater Club, His work is published by Dramatists Play Service/Broadway Licensing.
Jonathan is a graduate of the much-besieged New College of Florida and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State. In his misspent youth as an aspiring director, he was a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, a frequent collaborator with The Civilians, and a dealer at New York's largest underground poker club. He is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone entertainment.