David Adjmi’s plays have been produced around the world, in theatres such as Lincoln Center, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Steppenwolf, and Soho Rep, where he was the Mellon Foundation playwright-in-residence for three years. His play Stereophonic premiered at Playwrights Horizons, transferred to Golden Theatre on Broadway and became the most Tony-nominated play in history. It went on to win 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play, and received additional Best Play citations from the Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics’ Circle, Outer Critics’ Circle, and the Drama League. David has also been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Writers’ Award, the Kesselring Prize for Drama, the Steinberg Playwright Award (the “Mimi”), the Helen Merrill Award, and the McKnight and Jerome fellowships, among others.
David’s critically acclaimed memoir Lot Six was published by HarperCollins. His play The Stumble was excerpted in the winter 2020 issue of The Paris Review; his new play The Blind King was developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab and is currently in development at The Public/NYSF. Three collections of David’s plays are published by TCG, and his work is included in The Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays.
