Jake Arky

Jake Arky is an actor, writer, and producer. In 2019, he became the Program Manager for The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company in Los Angeles after serving as the Associate Director of Education-Playwriting for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Theatrically trained at the University of Utah's Youtheatre Conservatory, Jake began writing and producing original plays before completing his Bachelor of Fine Arts in dramatic writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He is the author of the plays Brothers of Emery, The Green Flash, The Birthday Girl, Little Perfections, and Erasers. Short stories include Video Tape Sleepover, The Green Flash, and #deathies, all published by SSWA Press. Jake is a 2014 National Playwriting Conference finalist with The O'Neill Center, as well as a New American Voices Award recipient at Landing Theatre Company and the Great Plains Theatre Conference. Jake co-founded So Say We All: a non-profits arts production and education organization specializing in the literary and storytelling arts. He regularly performs stories on stage with The Moth and RISK!