Jane Prowse

Who is Jane Prowse?

Jane Prowse writes and directs theatre and television.

Her most recent play is A Round-Heeled Woman, the stage adaptation of Jane Juska's book A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance. The play starred multi-award winning actress Sharon Gless and opened in San Francisco in January 2010; a new production, with Prowse directing ran at the GableStage Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, starting 30 December 2010. The run was extended to 6 February 2011. A London production took place from 18 October - 20 November at Riverside Studios, also starring Gless and directed by Prowse and transferred to the Aldwych Theatre, where it closed on 14 January 2012.

Also for theatre, Prowse co-wrote and directed Up On The Roof, which received three Olivier Award nominations, including Best Musical. She also directed productions of the musical at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and the Long Wharf Theatre in Connecticut. Prowse wrote and directed an adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Pearl, which won her the Royal Shakespeare Company's Buzz Goodbody ‘Best Director’ Award. Other theatre includes Anthony Minghella's A Little Like Drowning, The Amazing Dancing Bear and Overboard.

Prowse co-wrote the screenplay for Up On The Roof, which was subsequently made into a movie.