Jacqueline Goldfinger (she/they) is a playwright, poet, and librettist. Their plays have been produced by The Kennedy Center, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Court Theatre (New Zealand), École nationale de théâtre (Canada), Capital Stage, Urbanite Theatre, Vortex Rep, Perseverance Theatre, among others.
Their opera, choral and art song libretti have been performed at Sydney Opera House (Australia), Opera Columbus, Resonance Works, BBC Radio 3 (UK), Voces8 (UK), Oberlin Opera, Chor Leoni (Canada), Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, Chiesa di Ognissanti (Italy), San Diego Opera/Without Walls Festival, and others.
Their work has been developed at Maryland Opera Studio, The National Theater (UK), New Georges, La Mama, Disquiet (Portugal), Drama League, among others. Their work has been supported by organizations including Yaddo, National Endowment for the Arts, Millay Colony, and the National New Play Network.
Their plays have won the Yale Prize, Generations Award, Smith Prize, among others. Their opera Alice Tierney won the Opera America Discovery Award with Composer Melissa Dunphy. Their short opera film Letter to Our Children with Composer Justine F. Chen won Best Music Video at the Paris Short Film Awards.
They wrote the popular playwriting book, Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for Playwrights (Routledge) and co-authored Writing Adaptations and Translations for the Stage with Allison Horsley (Routledge).
Learn more at www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com