Adjunct Faculty
Creative Writing
Jennifer Mayer is a screenwriter, a playwright and a native New Yorker. She has written several screenplays, including features for Summit Entertainment (Step Up: Revolution) and Arnold Kopelson’s Equus Media, the latter for which she adapted Eric Garcia’s novel, The Girls’ Guide to Revenge. Her latest screenplay,The Long View, was recently selected for the Writers Guild of America East Summer Reading Series. Jennifer has worked with director Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project; Kaufman directed readings of her play, The Wedding Guest. Jennifer is Black and Jewish, and her writing often explores race, gender, and social justice. In 2016, she cofounded Creatives In Action, a collective of artists, creative professionals, and activists who work to promote activism in the creative community. (Partner organizations include the National Writers Union, the Center for Popular Democracy and PEN America.) Jennifer has partnered with local and national nonprofits to write and produce educational web videos which explore topics including the United States Constitution, corporate monopolies and political corruption. Jennifer has served on the screenplay jury for Urbanworld Film Festival and as a member of the selection team for New York Women in Film & Television’s The Writers Lab. She is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America and of the Writers Guild of America East, where she serves on the Committee for Inclusion and Equity. Jennifer graduated from Yale. She lives and works in New York City.