Glen Berger cut his teeth at Seattle’s Annex Theatre back in the ‘90s. His plays since then include Underneath the Lintel, which has been staged more than two hundred times worldwide, been translated into eight languages, and won several Best Play awards; and O Lovely Glowworm, a 2005 Portland Drammy Award for Best Script. He is a New Dramatists alumnus. In television, Glen has won two Emmys (out of twelve nominations) and has written more than 150 episodes for children’s television series, including Arthur (PBS), Peep (Discovery / The Learning Channel), Big and Small (BBC), and Fetch (PBS), for which he was the head writer for all five years of its run. Glen spent six years co-writing the script of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

On the show, Berger discussed his experience co-writing Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which was the most expensive, longest review period, most ridiculed pre-show, and had the greatest one-week ticket sales of any Broadway production. He talked about how difficult it is to foster and maintain important collaborations, while remaining both focused and completely flexible. His story of working through a six-year production process is one of a completely different kind of innovation.