Biography
Jenny Connell Davis. Jenny's plays include Dragon Play, Goddess of Mercy, End of Shift, and Scientific Method. Her work has been developed with the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, the Playwrights Center, ACT, Asolo Rep, American Theater Company, Space at Ryder Farm, New York Stage and Film, Ars Nova, Scriptworks, Shrewd Productions, The Gift Theatre, Chance Theater, The Road Theatre, and Icicle Creek, among others. She has been a finalist for the O'Neill multiple times, was twice-nominated for the PONY, and has been a finalist or semi-finalist for Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor, Seven Devils, BAPF, PlayPenn and The Heideman. She has received funding from Scriptworks, UT Austin's Michener Center, and NET/PWC Ensemble/Playwright Collaboration Grant. Jenny is an Affiliated Artist at The Playwrights Center, an alumna of the Ars Nova Play Group, University of Texas at Austin's playwriting program, The School at Steppenwolf, and The University of Chicago, where she majored in sociocultural anthropology. A native of Maine, she currently lives in Texas.
