Program Bio

Andrew is the Artistic Director of The Essentials, where he wrote and directed Perfect Harmony (The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, Bleecker Street Theatre, Stoneham Theatre, The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row,  FringeNYC, FringeEncores, and NYU Grad Acting's Studio Tisch). Other Credits include: Mother, with Holland Taylor and Buck Henry (The Wild Project), Wrong Way Up! with the rock band, The Niagaras (The Belt Theatre), the NY Premier of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, (The Ohio Theater, Chashama) which he adapted for the stage, Taming of the Shrew, Billionaires for Bush, The Musical!, and Waiting for Godot (FringeNYC/East River Amphitheater). Work with new writers includes: Roberto-Aguirre Sacasa's The Ten Minute Play about Rosemary's Baby (Soho Rep), David Weiner’s Love Song of the Apocalypse, La Arana (both at HERE) and Purple Hearts (HB Playwrights), Jason Grote’s This Storm is What We Call Progress (Soho Rep Writer's Lab), new plays for the Harlem Arts Festival, and multiple plays for Ensemble Studio Theater. He has taught or guest directed for the NYU Dramatic Writing Program, Fordham University, Falconworks Off the Hook, The Urban Assembly School for Law & Justice, The Dalton School, and The Shakespeare Theater. He has produced over 40 Off or Off-Off Broadway shows and was the Artistic Producer of The Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab residency at HERE. An alum of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and Duke University, he is a me was a recipient of the SDC Traube Fellowship, and is a member of SDC and The Dramatist Guild.

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When not talking about myself in the third person, I live with my wife in Brooklyn, where my hobbies include struggling with my marathon time, struggling with the Sunday Times crossword puzzle, working for a living , and struggling not to eat every chocolate chip cookie in sight.

Resume

Here's a pdf copy of my resume.