Andy Bragen

Andy Bragen, a lifelong resident of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a 2009-2010 Workspace Resident with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Other honors include the Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission, a Tennessee Williams Fellowship from Sewanee, and a Jerome Fellowship. His plays and translations have been produced and/or presented at numerous theatres across the country, including The Guthrie, The Goodman, PS122, The Playwrights Center, Queens Theatre in the Park, EST, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, Studio Roanoke, The University of Rochester, and Soho Rep. Andy collaborates frequently with the jazz saxophonist John Ellis. Their most recent piece, Mobro, a chamber opera for nine musicians and five singers was commissioned by and performed at New York’s Jazz Gallery in 2011, and featured on WNYC radio’s Soundcheck. He is a core member of the Playwrights Center, and a member of New Dramatists since 2012. More information is available at www.andybragen.com.

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