David Adjmi

Resident Playwright

2008 -- 2015

David Adjmi is the author of Stunning (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), The Evildoers (Sundance, Yale Repertory Theatre), Caligula (Soho Rep Studio Series), and Strange Attractors (Empty Space). His play, 3C, will receive its world premiere at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in June 2012. Elective Affinities, which premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company, will receive a U.S. premiere this December at Soho Rep (co-production with Rising Phoenix Rep/Piece by Piece Productions.) Marie Antoinette, which was developed at Sundance and Goodman Theatre, will receive a world premiere in a co-production with A.R.T. and Yale Rep in 2012. Honors: Guggenheim Fellowship, Whiting Writers' Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Bush Fellowship, Kesselring Fellowship, McKnight Advancement Grant, Jerome Fellowship, Helen Merrill Award, Marian Seldes-Garson Kanin Award, Cherry Lane Mentor Project Fellowship, multiple MacDowell Colony fellowships, Sundance/Ucross residency and others. David has been awarded commissions from Lincoln Center Theater, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, and The Royal Court. He has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the McKnight Foundation and others. He is a member of New Dramatists, the Dramatists Guild, MCC Theater Playwrights’ Coalition, Soho Theatre’s “The Hub,” and Rising Phoenix Rep. A collection of David’s work, Stunning and Other Plays, is forthcoming from TCG, and his untitled memoir is forthcoming from HarperCollins.

ND Activity
  • Nocturnal Commissions

    Nocturnal Commissions

    Nocturnal Commissions is a marathon evening of instant theatre, New Dramatists style. First, the opportunity to commission new plays by New Dramatists resident and alumni playwrights is auctioned to the highest bidder; second, the writer and their winning bidder meet for a lightning-fast commission; third, each writer has about 20 minutes to create a new short theatre piece, monologue, or song; fourth, the plays are rehearsed upstairs while the audience has dinner downstairs; and last, all the evening's commissioned pieces are presented by a first-rate company of actors and directors.

  • Writers' Executive Committee

    Writers' Executive Committee

    The Writers' Executive Committee is a voluntary grouping of resident playwrights who meet throughout the year to discuss and make decisions concerning the work of New Dramatists and to help guide the organization.

Contact Info

c/o Olivier Sultan and Corinne Hayoun
Creative Artists Agency
162 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(212) 277-9099
osultan@caa.com
chayoun@caa.com

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Plays

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