Adam Greenfield

Adam Greenfield assumed the role of Artistic Director in July 2020, having first joined the staff of Playwrights Horizons in 2007 as Literary Manager, and Director of New Play Development, and then as Associate Artistic Director. In addition to shepherding over 80 productions, Greenfield created the theater’s Almanac literary magazine, Lighthouse Program, New Works Lab, Resident Company Program, Perspectives on Playwriting, Guest Curator Program, and Soundstage fiction podcast. Prior to his tenure at Playwrights Horizons, he served as Associate Artistic Director at Empty Space Theatre (Seattle) from 1997 to 2006, and as Literary Manager at La Jolla Playhouse from 2006 to 2007. Directing credits include Courtney Baron’s Eat Your Heart Out (Humana Festival), Madeleine George’s Zero Hour (13P), Gregory Moss’s La Brea (Clubbed Thumb), and Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime (Playhouse Teater, Stockholm). He has also developed new works with ACT Theater, Alliance Theater, Berkeley Rep, Long Wharf Theater, New Dramatists, O’Neill Center, Playwrights’ Center, Playwrights’ Realm, Portland Center Stage, Printer’s Devil Theater, Seattle Rep, Soho Rep., Sundance Theater Lab, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is an alumnus of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and he received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.