Ken Urban

Urban attended Bucknell University, and graduated magna cum laude in English in 1996. He earned a Master's and Ph.D. in English Literature from Rutgers University in 2006. After receiving his doctorate, Urban taught at Harvard University for 8 years, and has since held teaching positions at Princeton University and Tufts University, focusing on instruction related to playwriting, screenwriting, academic writing, and dramatic literature. Urban is currently a senior lecturer and Director of Dramatic Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been since 2017. There, he founded the annual Playwright's Lab, a play festival featuring student-written plays read by local professional actors. Urban has a portfolio that includes over ten plays, and has had plays both Off-Broadway and on London's West End. Further included in his portfolio are screenplays and albums and songs from the band Occurrence —which Urban is the lead member of. ==Plays==

Produced plays Source: • 2001: I (Heart) KANT (Moving Arts) • 2007: The Private Lives of Eskimos (The Committee) • 2009: The Happy Sad (The Public Theater) • 2013: The Awake (59E59 Theaters) • 2014: The Correspondent (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) • 2015: A Future Perfect (Speakeasy Stage Company) • 2015: Sense of an Ending (Theatre503) • 2017: Nibbler (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) • 2017: A Guide for the Homesick (Huntington Theatre Company) • 2018: The Remains (Studio Theatre) • 2022: Vapor Trail (Tribeca Festival) • 2025: Danger and Opportunity (East Village Basement) • 2026: The Moderate (Central Square Theater) == TV and film ==

Pilots • The Art of Listening (Optioned by ITV and Madison Wells Media) Feature films • 2013: The Happy Sad (Produced by IFC and Miasma Films and directed by Rodney Evans) Short films • 2013: I Am a Great Big Ball of Saddness (Produced by Manhattan Short Film Festival and directed by Chris Tyler) ==Music==

Urban is a co-founder of the band Occurrence, which also features vocalists Cat Hollyer and Johnny Hager. Occurrence (band) Albums Source: • 2016: The Past Will Last Forever • 2018: If He Were Here • 2018: Everyone Knows the Disaster is Coming • 2021: I Have So Much Love to Give • 2023: Slow Violence • 2025: Real Friend • 2025: REAL PERSON Singles / EPs Source: • 2017: "The Time of Year" • 2018: "All of Your Devils" • 2020: "All My Days" (2020 Version) • 2020: "All My Days" (Remix H1987) • 2020: "Dead Sleep Best" • 2020: "Privacy Invaders" • 2021: "I Have So Much Love to Give" • 2021: "The Happy Years" • 2021: "Boy Joy" • 2021: "My Eternal Autumn" • 2022: Music from Vapor Trail EP (with Daniel Kluger) • 2023: Dissolve EP • 2025: "Feeding Time" • 2025: "Opportunity Window" ==Awards and honors==

Awards • 2007: Playwriting Fellowship, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA • 2007: Nancy Quinn Grant, A.R.T./NY, NYC • 2008: L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award (for Sense of an Ending) • 2010: Dramatists Guild Fellowship, NYC • 2016: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Playwriting/Screenwriting • 2018: Independent Reviewers of New England Award for Best New Play (for A Guide for the Homesick) • 2023: A IS FOR Playwriting Contest (2nd Place Winner) (for Cath Carroll) • 2024: Winner of the Blue Ink Award for Playwriting (for The Conquered) • 2025: Drama Desk Winner of Special Award (for Danger and Opportunity) == Residencies ==

• 2003: Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, NY • 2008: MacDowell Fellow, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH • 2009: MacDowell Fellow, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH • 2014 Core Writer, Three-Year Residency, Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, MN • 2015 Selected Playwright, R&D Group, The Civilians, NYC • 2015 Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA • 2016 Member Playwright, Multi-Year Residency, New Dramatists, NY • 2019 Artist in Residence, Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY • 2020 Selected Playwright, Keen Playwrights Lab, Keen Company, New York, NY • 2020 Selected Playwright, R&D Group, The Civilians, NYC • 2020 EST/Alfred P. Sloan Science & Technology Project Commission == References ==