Jeff Whitty is an American playwright who lives in New York City. He was born September 30, 1971, and was raised in Coos Bay, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1993, and received a Master's degree from New York University in 1997. He is openly gay. He won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a musical for Avenue Q, written with composers Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, which opened on Broadway in 2003. His plays include The Furthe...
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Jeff Whitty is an American playwright who lives in New York City. He was born September 30, 1971, and was raised in Coos Bay, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1993, and received a Master's degree from New York University in 1997. He is openly gay. He won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a musical for Avenue Q, written with composers Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, which opened on Broadway in 2003. His plays include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler which was commissioned by and received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in January, 2006; The Plank Project (a parody of documentary theater pieces like The Laramie Project); the multi-play cycle Balls; the romantic New York comedy The Hiding Place; and the dark comedy Suicide Weather.
Whitty is also an actor, having appeared in New York productions of plays by Amy Freed, including The Beard of Avon and Freedomland, as well as small roles in the films Garmento, Lisa Picard is Famous, and a cameo in...
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