Jordan E. Cooper in off-Broadway's
Ain't No Mo'
(Photo: Joan Marcus)
Three talented scribes have earned the 2021 Whiting Award for Drama. Jordan E. Cooper, Donnetta Lavinia Grays and Sylvia Khoury will each receive a $50,000 prize.
Jordan E. Cooper (Photo: Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com)
Cooper wrote and starred in
Ain't No Mo', which had a twice-extended run at the Public Theater in 2019. He created a pandemic centered-short film called
Mama Got a Cough, starring Danielle Brooks and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. He will also be featured as Tyrone in the forthcoming final season of FX's
Pose and is currently filming
The Ms. Pat Show, an R-rated "old school" sitcom he created for BET+, which will debut later this year.