Broke-ology Playwright Nathan Louis Jackson Dies at 44

Playwright Nathan Louis Jackson has died at the age of 44. No cause of death was provided.

A Juilliard alum, Jackson had two plays in New York produced under the auspices of Lincoln Center Theater: 2009’s Broke-ology at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and When I Come to Die in 2011 as part of the LCT3 program. Both dramas were directed by Thomas Kail.

In addition, Jackson’s work includes the plays Sticky Traps, The Mancherios, The Last Black Play, and Brother Toad. He won the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award twice, was the recipient of the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award, and was awarded the Kennedy Center’s Gold Medallion. Additionally, he spent six years as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

Jackson also served as a writer on Netflix’s Luke Cage and 13 Reasons Why, Showtime’s Shameless, and Southland on NBC. He is survived by his mother, Bessie Jackson, wife Megan, children Amaya and Savion, and siblings Ebony and Wardell.