Nathan Louis Jackson

{{Short description|American screenwriter and playwright (1978–2023)}} {{notability|date=April 2026}} '''Nathan Louis Jackson''' (December 4, 1978 – August 22, 2023) was an American screenwriter and playwright. He attended K-State University and majored in Theater, specializing in Playwriting. In 2006, The Last Black Play, by Nathan Jackson, was selected for presentation at the national festival at the Kennedy Center, where his play won the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award and the Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award. Nathan's play, Broke-Ology, was produced at the 2008 Williamstown Theatre Festival, Lincoln Center, Kansas City Rep, and other theaters nationally. He was a writer-producer on Netflix show ''Luke Cage''. Jackson twice received the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. .<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/theater/nathan-louis-jackson-dead.html|title=Nathan Louis Jackson, Writer for the Theater and TV, Dies at 44}}</ref> He died on August 22, 2023, at the age of 44. He is lived on by his wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson. <ref name="variety">{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/theater/obituaries-people-news/nathan-louis-jackson-dead-luke-cage-1235715027/|title=Nathan Louis Jackson, Award-Winning Playwright and ‘Luke Cage’ Writer-Producer, Dies at 44 }}</ref>

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