A native of Fairdealing, Kentucky, Jacob York has made Atlanta, Georgia his home for much of the last decade. His writing credits include HOMERS (World Premiere, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Roswell, GA), INITIATIVE (Winner, YES Festival at Northern Kentucky University - Workshop Production, Woven Theatre, Nashville, TN), TWITCH (Winner, Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award, Kentucky Theatre Association – Semi-Finalist, Burman New Play Award, Barrington Stage Company), ADULTERY FOR BEGINNERS (Semi-finalist, Humanitas New Voices Program), LAGERBORDELL (Staged Reading, Stage Door Players, Dunwoody, GA), and lead writer for MIDDLE SCHOOL THE MUSICAL and THE REAL TWEENAGERS OF ATLANTA (World Premiere - Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA).
In addition to writing, Jacob is an actor (Your Pretty Face...
A native of Fairdealing, Kentucky, Jacob York has made Atlanta, Georgia his home for much of the last decade. His writing credits include HOMERS (World Premiere, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Roswell, GA), INITIATIVE (Winner, YES Festival at Northern Kentucky University - Workshop Production, Woven Theatre, Nashville, TN), TWITCH (Winner, Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award, Kentucky Theatre Association – Semi-Finalist, Burman New Play Award, Barrington Stage Company), ADULTERY FOR BEGINNERS (Semi-finalist, Humanitas New Voices Program), LAGERBORDELL (Staged Reading, Stage Door Players, Dunwoody, GA), and lead writer for MIDDLE SCHOOL THE MUSICAL and THE REAL TWEENAGERS OF ATLANTA (World Premiere - Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA).
In addition to writing, Jacob is an actor (Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell on Adult Swim, TURN: Washington’s Spies on AMC) and audiobook narrator (Audie Nominated for Certain, Dark Things by MJ Pack). Previously he served as Artistic Associate at Stage Door Players, where he was responsible for spearheading the WORKS IN PROGRESS WEDNESDAYS initiative, which provided readings and development for new works by Atlanta playwrights including Topher Payne, Jon Carr, and Dani Herd.