Julia Jordan is a playwright and lyricist. Among other works, she is the book writer and lyricist of Murder Ballad which has been performed internationally and is slated to return to NYC in the coming year. She is a co-founder and the former executive director of The Lillys. She co-founded The Count with Marsha Norman, The Family Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm, 3Views on Theater with Sarah Ruhl and The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative with Lynn Nottage. She is the former Treasurer of the Dramatists Guild of America and currently sits on the Steering Council. She is currently working on a musical with the composer Emeli Sande.
At MacDowell, Jordan worked on a documentary theater piece based on the handling of Lorraine's Hansberry's estate. An earlier draft was recently presented at Harvard Law School to an audience of lawyers and researchers. She also worked on a rewrite of her musical Murder Ballad.
