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Laura Jacqmin is a Los Angeles-based television writer, playwright, and video game writer from Shaker Heights, Ohio. She was the winner of the 2008 Wasserstein Prize, a $25,000 award given to recognize an emerging female playwright.[1]

Laura Jacqmin
Occupation	Television writer, Playwright, Video game writer

Biography

Jacqmin attended Shaker Heights High School in Cleveland, Ohio. After high school, Jacqmin attended Yale, then went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from Ohio University.[2]

Jacqmin is one of the founding members of The Kilroys, based in Los Angeles.[3] The group came to be in 2014 when they released a list of some of the top un-produced or underproduced plays by female, trans and NB playwrights in an effort to increase gender parity in the American theater.[4]

Awards

• 2008, Wasserstein Prize

Filmography

Television

• One Piece (Netflix)
• Get Shorty (EPIX)
• Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
• Lucky 7 (ABC)
• Joe vs. Carole (Peacock)

Film

• We Broke Up – Screenwriter with Jeff Rosenberg

Video games

• Minecraft: Story Mode: Telltale Games (2015) [5]

References

External links

• http://www.laurajacqmin.com/
• Adam Szymkowicz's "I Interview Playwrights Part 121: Laura Jacqmin"

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