Jacob Perkins is a writer + performer from South Carolina. His plays include a triptych of texts titled HOME CHURCH PLAY (comprised of HOME CHURCH PLAY, WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, and DAD), THE DINOSAURS, THE INTERVIEW, THE GOLD ROOM, RESTAURANT IN D MAJOR, and THE THIRD RAIL. He’s presented and developed his work through Clubbed Thumb, Ars Nova, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Page 73 @ Yale, Soho Rep., Two Headed Rep, Studio Tisch @ NYU, Gibney Dance Center, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, and the NEWvember Festival, among others. He's the co-winner of Clubbed Thumb's 2020 Biennial Commission, recipient of the inaugural DVRF/O’Henry Productions Emerging Playwright Award, was shortlisted for multiple O'Neill Theater Center NPCs, received an Honorable Mention for the 2017 Relentless Award, and named a semifinalist for the 2018 Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship and Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Alumnus of Ars Nova Play Group, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and Project Y Playwrights Group.
As an actor, he most recently appeared in David Moragas' feature film, A STORMY NIGHT. He was also seen in Agnes Borinsky's play BRIEF CHRONICLE: BOOKS 6-8 (dir. Augustus Heagerty) at the Access Theater, Yehuda Hyman's THE MAR VISTA at the Signature, Boo Killebrew's MILLER, MISSISSIPPI (dir. Lee Sunday Evans) at the Long Wharf, Agnes Borinsky's DING DONG IT'S THE OCEAN (dir. Jeremy Bloom) at JACK, and Dan Giles’ BREEDERS (dir. Jaki Bradley), also at the Access.
Jacob is currently pursuing his Master's degree in Social Work from NYU.
As an actor, he most recently appeared in David Moragas' feature film, A STORMY NIGHT. He was also seen in Agnes Borinsky's play BRIEF CHRONICLE: BOOKS 6-8 (dir. Augustus Heagerty) at the Access Theater, Yehuda Hyman's THE MAR VISTA at the Signature, Boo Killebrew's MILLER, MISSISSIPPI (dir. Lee Sunday Evans) at the Long Wharf, Agnes Borinsky's DING DONG IT'S THE OCEAN (dir. Jeremy Bloom) at JACK, and Dan Giles’ BREEDERS (dir. Jaki Bradley), also at the Access.
Jacob is currently pursuing his Master's degree in Social Work from NYU.
