Jonathan Caren is an American playwright, producer, and TV writer.
He co-executive produced Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones and Netflix upcoming series Boots.
He was a member of the Primary Stages Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, a MacDowell Colony Fellow, a Dramatist Guild Fellow, a winner of New York Stage and Film Founder's Award, a fellowship recipient of SPACE at Ryder Farm, a two-time Lecomte du Nouy award winner, and a recipient of the Theater Publicus Prize for Dramatic Fiction. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Laurents/Hatcher Award and a nominee for the Otis Guerney New American Playwright's Award. He was also a member of Center Theatre Group's L.A. Writer's Workshop.
His play The Morning The Sun Fell Down was adapted into a feature by Choice Films, starring Danny Pudi.
He is a graduate of Juilliard's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and Vassar College, where he studied mythology and religion.