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Jessica Goldberg

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Jessica Goldberg (born 1975) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television writer. In 1999, she won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play, Refuge. Goldberg is the creator of the Hulu series The Path and served as the showrunner for the Netflix series Away.

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Early life and education

Goldberg is from Provincetown, Massachusetts. She was raised Jewish[1] and grew up in Woodstock, New York.[2] Goldberg is a graduate of the dramatic writing program at New York University, and of the Juilliard School.[3]

Career

She was a Tennessee Williams Fellow at the University of the South and a recipient of the Le Compte de Nouy stipend, the first annual Helen Merrill Award, and a 2000 Berrilla Kerr Foundation Award.[4] She was also a resident at New River Dramatists, a member of the PEN American Center.[citation needed]

Her play What You Need was commissioned by the Atlantic Theater Company.[3] Refuge premiered at Playwrights' Horizons and won the 1999 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.[5]

Goldberg's television and screen work includes "The Prince of Motor City" (2008) for ABC, starring Piper Perabo, Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Rutger Hauer, and Morris Chestnut.[citation needed] Goldberg created the television series The Path, which aired three seasons on Hulu before being cancelled in 2022.[6][7][8] Goldberg served as the showrunner for the 2020 Netflix series Away.[9][10][11] She received a Gracie Award in 2021 in the category, "Showrunner Fiction – Drama," for her work on Away.[12]

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Personal life

Goldberg married actor and playwright Hamish Linklater in 2002. They have one child, Lucinda Rose, but later divorced.[13][1]

Works

Plays

  • Babe (2022)[14]
  • Better (2014)[1]
  • Affair Play
  • Katzman and the Mayor[1]
  • The Schaubuhne[15]
  • Body Politic[15]
  • Sex Parasite[15]
  • Good Thing. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 2003. ISBN 978-0-8222-1869-2.
  • The Hologram Theory. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8222-1821-0.
  • Refuge. Dramatist's Play Service. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8222-1777-0.
  • Stuck. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8222-1778-7. Premiered at Theatre Off-Park, New York City in 1999[16]
  • The Hunger Education
  • What You Need[3]
  • Ward 57[17]

Screenplays

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Filmography

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