Jordan Ealey is a multidisciplinary Black feminist artist-scholar based in Rochester, NY. As a playwright, they create works that center intimacy, too much banter, secret feminist histories, big emotions, and lots of politics.
Their plays and musicals include: SILHOUETTES (book & additional lyrics; Finalist, 2025 New Works/New Voices Program); JEANNETTE (additional book; Loyola Marymount University); I DON’T (Barrington Stage Company); WOMEN WITHOUT VIRTUE (Single Carrot Theatre Company); and SELF PORTRAIT WITH DIRTY HAIR (The Keegan Theatre), among others. As a dramaturg specializing in new work development, they have worked with institutions such as WAM Theatre, True Colors Theatre Company, PlayPenn, Mosaic Theatre Company, Round House Theatre Company, Theatrical Outfit, and Hush Harbor Lab, among others. Jordan co-hosts and co-created Daughters of Lorraine, a Black feminist theatre podcast, which is supported by HowlRound Theatre Commons.
Proudly blending creativity and scholarship, Jordan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of Rochester and is currently at work on a manuscript on Black women-created music theatre.