Jim Gordon turned from acting to playwriting in 2000. His first full-length play won Colonial Players Theatre's Promising Playwright Award and was given a successful production at their theater in Annapolis, Md. Since then, his plays have won or been finalists in more than 60 national and international competitions and all have been produced. A number of his full-length and one-act plays have been published and his short plays appear in Smith and Kraus' Best Short Plays of 2005 and Best Short Plays of 2006. Gordon received the Alan Minieri Award for Playwriting Excellence from the American Globe Theatre in New York City. His university credits include a bachelor of science degree in theater arts from the State University of New York and a master of fine arts degree from Fairfield University. Gordon is a member of The Dramatists Guild.
