Jo Harper (she/her) is a UK based playwright and screenwriter, also a theatre maker, script reader and dramaturg. Her focus is female driven stories featuring compelling protagonists 40+. She’s just finished shooting an anthology feature film with director Athena Mandis in London and she’s currently developing a feature film about a surprise 50th birthday party and a play about a climate protestor. Her screenwriting includes award winning short film ‘Daughter’ (stars Juliet Cowan) and was inspired by her own family’s experience of adoption. Last year her play The Beach House was produced at Park Theatre, London ‘An exquisitely crafted production’ (Broadway World), ‘Beautifully created characters’ (The Review Hub.)

Her spec drama script for TV – ‘Tiger Mum’ about a mum who will go to any lengths to save her family was semi finalist for Shore Scripts TV drama competition 2023 and Finalist for Willamette Writer’s Film Lab in Portland, Oregon, she was selected to be part of their virtual writer’s room in 2022. Jo’s other plays include Can You Hear Me Running? (Pleasance, London) and Whalesong (play for young people, produced at The Portsmouth Grammar School) and she’s been shortlisted for Liverpool Hope Playwriting Award and long listed for Theatre 503 award.