2026 Finalist
Regressions
Synopsis:. David can’t figure out why his life is falling apart… so he goes to see Nora, who gives past life regressions. When David discovers Nora in all his past lives – in increasingly dangerous ways – both must ask themselves whether they’re on a collision course to either escape the past, or re-live it. A play about belief, epigenetics, how we try to know ourselves, and what happens when our histories collide.
Cast Breakdown: 1M/1W
Agent: Rachel Viola, United Talent Agency
Instagram: @this_panda_is_sad
Bio: Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Recent productions include Creditors (Audible x TOGETHER/Sonia Friedman), the Broadway premiere of The Roommate (starring Mia Farrow & Patti LuPone) and Spain (Second Stage). Other plays include: Collective Rage: a play in 5 betties (MCC), Witch (Geffen Playhouse) and The Moors (Playwrights Realm). Jen’s work has been produced widely across the United States (Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Huntington, Writers Theatre, etc.), and internationally in Australia, the UK, the Czech Republic, Brazil, Spain, and elsewhere. Books include: We Play Ourselves, The Island Dwellers, and There’s Going to be Trouble (Random House). Their essays have been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Vogue, and elsewhere. Silverman has written on Tales of the City for Netflix and was a writer-producer on Tokyo Vice (HBO Max). They are a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a New Dramatists alum, and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim.