Program Bio

Andrew Grosso: is the Artistic Director & Ringleader of The Essentials, where he wrote and directed Perfect Harmony (Theatre Row, FringeNYC, FringeEncores). NYC credits include: Wrong Way Up! with the rock band, The Niagaras (The Belt Theatre), the NY Premier of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, (Ohio Theater/ Chashama) which he adapted for the stage, Billionaires for Bush, The Musical!, Roberto-Aguirre Sacasa's The Ten Minute Play about Rosemary's Baby (Soho Rep), David Weiner’s Purple Hearts (HB Playwright’s White House Plays), Love Song of the Apocalypse, La Arana (both at HERE), Jason Grote’s This Storm is What We Call Progress (Soho Rep Writer's Lab), and Waiting for Godot in 2001 FringeNYC. ASSISTANT DIRECTING: Judgment at Nuremberg on Broadway (SSDC and Shepherd Traube Fellowship), a season in residence at The Shakespeare Theater in DC, and The Almeida Theatre in London. TEACHING/GUEST DIRECTING: NYU Dramatic Writing Program, Fordham University, Falconworks's Off the Hook program, The Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice, and The Shakespeare Theater. Alum of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, & Duke University. Member of SSDC.

When not talking about myself in the third person, I live in Brooklyn with my wife. My hobbies include struggling with the crossword puzzle, struggling to qualify for the Boston Marathon, and struggling with technology usability and customer experience projects.

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