J. T. Rogers is a multiple-award-winning, internationally recognized American playwright who lives in New York. Rogers has written several plays including Oslo, Blood and Gifts, The Overwhelming, White People, and Madagascar. In 2017, Rogers' Oslo won the Tony Award for Best Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work, the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play, and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play,. Rogers' work has been staged at theaters including London's Royal National Theatre, New York's Lincoln Center Theater and Roundabout Theater, and Australia's Melbourne Theatre Company. Rogers is also writing for television, including the HBO Max television series Tokyo Vice, starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe and produced by Endeavor Content and HBO Max. The first season included eight episodes and aired in 2022. Tokyo Vice was renewed for a second season, scheduled to air in 2023. Rogers has also written for film, including a filmed version of his Tony Award-winning Oslo for HBO, directed by Bartlett Sher and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. From Wikipedia
