Australia, Singapore, Shanghai, Budapest, Ireland, New York City, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Playwrights Center, Center Stage Baltimore, and on Broadway. The EST Next Step Fellowship, the Walter Dakin Fellowship at the Sewanee Writers Conference, the Hamptons Film Festival's screenwriting conference, the Playwrights Center/Guthrie Theater's Two-Headed challenge, and the 25th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Awards, Outer Critics Circle's John Gassner New Play Award.
He's written the dramatic adaptation of the comic book writer Peter Bagge's The Bradleys, and co-authored the adaptation of John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's The Lifespan of a Fact.
"a terrifically engaging Broadway drama" "A New York Times Critics Choice." - Jesse Green, NYTimes
"Terrifically funny dialog." "The...
Australia, Singapore, Shanghai, Budapest, Ireland, New York City, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Playwrights Center, Center Stage Baltimore, and on Broadway. The EST Next Step Fellowship, the Walter Dakin Fellowship at the Sewanee Writers Conference, the Hamptons Film Festival's screenwriting conference, the Playwrights Center/Guthrie Theater's Two-Headed challenge, and the 25th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Awards, Outer Critics Circle's John Gassner New Play Award.
He's written the dramatic adaptation of the comic book writer Peter Bagge's The Bradleys, and co-authored the adaptation of John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's The Lifespan of a Fact.
"a terrifically engaging Broadway drama" "A New York Times Critics Choice." - Jesse Green, NYTimes
"Terrifically funny dialog." "The debate at the heart of this play transcends comedy and demands serious attention." - Marilyn Stasio, Variety
"constructed with elegance and precision on all fronts ....The Lifespan of a Fact gives you the satisfying rush of a good mystery or a crossword puzzle." "...the people around me cheered." - Sara Holdren, NY Magazine and Vulture
"Truly Scintillating," "invigoratingly taut, "The exchanges have the vigorous back-and-forth zing of a sweaty squash match, not to mention a stinging relevance to so much of what's been happening for years now in American social, cultural and political discourse. It's hard to imagine this pithy play ever being more timely or more ideally cast, and the dynamic of the three actors is thrilling to watch." "in the poignant closing moments of the play, all the arguments about journalistic integrity and what's permissible in literary nonfiction are suddenly eclipsed by the more powerful force of human tragedy — a truth that demands to be respected." David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
"Whatever happened to the smart, well-wrought stage comedies of yesteryear? They’re not dead yet—in fact, a new one just opened on Broadway." "admirably compact ...rib-bustingly funny... Messrs. Kareken, Murrell and Farrell skillfully modulate into a darker key as Jim and his colleagues grapple with what it means for journalists to make stuff up in a fact-challenged world." "Prediction: The three-person cast, short running time (90 minutes, no intermission) and simple scenic demands of “The Lifespan of a Fact” will make it the hottest regional-theater hit since 'Venus in Fur.'" - Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal