T.J. Young

TJ Young is a Texas-born playwright and dramaturg based in Pittsburgh, where he serves as co-representative for the Dramatists Guild – Pittsburgh region. His plays include No. 6 (2017 Harold and Mimi Steinberg Award Winner – KCACTF), Lyon's Den (2018 Harold and Mimi Steinberg Distinguished Play Winner), Dark Skinned Pavement (2020 Inkslinger Playwriting Award Winner), Ruby's Baby Blue (2016 John Cable Short Play Regional Selection – KCACTF), Hell Is Empty (2017 John Cable Short Play Regional Selection – KCACTF), Hallmark (TETA Playfest 10-minute winner), Cupid and The Frontlines. His 10-minute plays include Before the Fire (Fade to Black 2018 Festival Selection), Effie, Rock the Cradle, Lilies and Stuffed.

He is the recipient of the 2017 Ken Ludwig Playwriting Scholarship. He has had productions at Texas State University as part of their New Works Festival, Director/Designer Collaboration Project, and as part of their 2016-2017 Main Stage Season. He is the 2019 Spotlight Artist of Throughline Theatre Company in Pittsburgh, PA. He received his MFA in Dramatic Writing from Texas State University. He has been a Teaching Artist with City Theatre in Pittsburgh and worked with Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh. He is also the NPP Vice-Chair for Region 2 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. He is a Partner at subTEXT Solutions Dramaturgy Group and with the groundbreaking Entertainment Engineering Collective.