Jordan Allen-Dutton (born April 16, 1977) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating the play, ''

The Bomb-itty of Errors ''The Bomb-itty of Errors'' is a hip hop theater retelling of Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors''. Written and performed by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, GQ, and Erik Weiner, the show has been performed in New York City, London ( We ...

,'' and for his writing on the

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television series, ''

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''.

Biography

Allen-Dutton was born on April 16, 1977, in

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. He graduated with a B.F.A. degree from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

(NYU),

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

at the Experimental Theatre Wing. In 1999, he co-created and starred in ''

'', a so-called "Add-Rap-Tation" of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, that mixed hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show debuted in New York (Off-Broadway) at 45 Bleecker St. and went on to run in London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and continues to play around the world. The Bomb-itty is published by

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. In 2002, Allen-Dutton co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy series, '' Scratch & Burn'' and attended the

Sundance Institute Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by actor Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and compo ...

's Screen Writing Lab with a film adaptation of ''The Bomb-itty of Errors''. In 2004, Allen-Dutton formed ''Famous Last Nerds'' with collaborator Erik Weiner their musical comedy Nerds, about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs' rise from garage inventors to titans of the digital age. Weeks before their Broadway debut, ''Famous Last Nerds'' was abruptly canceled before performances, due to financial troubles. Allen-Dutton and Weiner's video '' Shawshank In A Minute'' was directed by

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and won JibJab's Great Sketch Experiment in 2006. Allen-Dutton co-wrote many songs with Erik Weiner including, "I'm So Straight", "''One Line on the Sopranos'' " and "''I Google Myself"'' produced by Yung Mars. Allen-Dutton has also written for and produced television shows such as ''

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'', '' Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood'', NBC's ''

The Sing-Off ''The Sing-Off'' is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It debuted on NBC on December 14, 2009, and was produced by Sony Pictures Television and Outlaw Productions, with Mark Burnett's One Three Media (for a t ...

'', the

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, the HBO poetry show Brave New Voices and ''

Lip Sync Battle ''Lip Sync Battle'' is an American musical reality competition television series that premiered on April 2, 2015, on the American cable network Spike, later known as Paramount Network. The show is based on an idea by Stephen Merchant and John ...

.'' In addition to writing and producing Allen-Dutton founded a software company in 2004 called Talking Panda, that creates applications for mobile devices. Talking Panda's software iLingo a talking phrasebook was among the first products in the apple store and was featured in Time Magazine in the Nov 03, 2008, issue. Talking Panda iLingo was also included in the iPhone App store on the day it launched.

References

External links

Official website

Famous Last Nerds
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen-Dutton, Jordan American male television writers Television writers from California Television producers from California Tisch School of the Arts alumni Living people 1977 births Writers from Palo Alto, California