(I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive) and a collection of short stories Restlessly creative across artistic disciplines, Earle has published both a novel TOWNES (2009), received consecutive Grammy Awards. It’s now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Guitar Town was released and shot to number one on the country charts. A protégé of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. They live in Brooklyn with their daughter. Both also act regularly in film and television. How to be a Rock Critic (based on their play), is currently in development.

Jessica and Erik also write for television and film their first featureĪlmost Home, based on Jessica’s novel of the same name (Hyperion, 2007), was released by Vertical Entertainment in 2019 and their second feature, The Line’s digital run, directed by Jessica, was produced by the Public and seen by nearly 100,000 people in 55 countries. The Line, based on interviews with NYC medical first responders, was created in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, immediately afterĬoal Country’s Public Theater run was interrupted. Their play* How to be a Rock Critic* (based on the writings of Lester Bangs) was produced at the Kirk Douglas, South Coast Rep, ArtsEmerson, Steppenwolf, and the Public Theater, with Erik starring and Jessica directing. New York Times Critics’ Pick, toured internationally for two years and was nominated for two Drama League Awards. Their documentary playĪftermath, based on interviews with Iraqi civilian refugees in Jordan, ran Off Broadway at NYTW, was a The Exonerated, was published by Simon and Schuster.

Living Justice, Jessica and Erik's book on the making of The Exonerated has been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Farsi, Mandarin, and Japanese and adapted by Jessica and Erik into an award-winning TV movie. The Exonerated, a play based on interviews they conducted with over 40 death row exonerees (Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Ovation, Fringe First, Herald Angel Awards).

Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen are a multihyphenate writing team who The New Yorker calls 'among the foremost practitioners of documentary theater in the U.S.' Together, they are authors of

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