Ellen Fairey
Ellen Fairey’s SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN appeared at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre after being developed at Ojai Playwrights Conference. It was awarded the 2018 Jeff Award for Best New Work. She is the author... Read more
Ellen Fairey’s SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN appeared at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre after being developed at Ojai Playwrights Conference. It was awarded the 2018 Jeff Award for Best New Work. She is the author of GRACELAND, which held its New York premiere as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 series and previously enjoyed an extended six-month run at Chicago’s Profiles Theatre. Graceland was awarded the 2010 Jeff Award for Best New Work, and The New York Times named Ms. Fairey one of their “Faces to Watch” for spring 2010. Her first play, "Girl 20," was named one of the top 10 plays of 2006 by the Chicago Tribune and nominated for two LA Weekly Theater Awards. Ms. Fairey lives in Los Angeles where she is a television writer/producer. She is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.