Anna Jordan

[2] Although both parents were actors, her journey after graduating from LAMDA drama school was not easy, so she began making and writing her own work.

"[4] Among her favorite writers are Jim Cartwright, Simon Stephens, David Eldridge and Sarah Kane.

[7] Her play Freak premiered at the Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh, from 31 July 2014 to 25 August 2014, produced by Theatre 503 and Polly Ingham Productions.

Directed by Trip Cullman, the cast features Justice Smith, Ari Graynor, and Lucas Hedges.

[11] In his review of the Off-Broadway production for The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote: " 'Yen' is a thoughtful play, for sure, but too often you’re aware of the wheels churning behind it.

And while everything clicks thematically (and symbolically), you may feel that the characters are being pushed into climactic positions by authorial hands...The production is most articulate at its least verbal, when the cast members give fractured physical life to their emotional confusion.