Jarrett King (he/him) is a playwright and educator based in Chicago, Illinois. His play A War of the Worlds—an afrofuturist reimagining of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast—was the inaugural production in Penfold Theatre Company’s new play commission series and received 12 B. Iden Payne Award nominations, including Best Original Script. Other works include The Possible, Box (“Best Theatrical Production” - DMagazine’s Best of Dallas 2025), Frog Splash (Definition Theatre Amplify New Play Commission) and St. Miles (2025 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, 2025 Blue Ink Award Finalist), which was developed as part of Goodman Theatre’s New Stages Residency. He is the 2023 recipient of Undermain Theatre’s Katherine Owens/Undermain Fund for New Work and is a two-time second rounder at the Austin Film Festival for his sitcom pilot Fluff and his web series Zaltana. As an actor, he has over two decades worth of credits performing in film, television, and professional theaters including Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Salvage Vanguard, Penfold Theatre, and the Mary Moody Northen Theatre. As an educator, he has worked as a Teaching Artist at Steppenwolf, Silk Road Rising, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Shakespeare Slam, and as an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University. He is the Director of Education at Court Theatre (2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Beverly Arts Center. iamjarrettking.com | @MrJarrettKing