Oren Safdie is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. His plays include Jews & Jesus, Fiddler Sub-Terrain, Hyper-Allergenic, Broken Places, Laughing Dogs, La Compagnie, and Private Jokes, Public Places . His play The Last Word had its debut Off Broadway in 2007. La Compagnie was later turned into Fashion Avenue , a pilot for CBS. Safdie also wrote the 1998 film You Can Thank Me Later , based on his play Hyper-Allergenic . He co-wrote the 2007 Israeli film Fresh Wrinkle . Safdie's latest play is The Bilbao Effect. He is married to actress/playwright M.J. Kang.