ADAM KRAAR writes plays about cross-cultural clashes and connections, including works about American families in Asia, the Civil Rights Movement, and quixotic rebels who challenge societal boundaries.
Recent productions include ALTERNATING CURRENTS (The Working Theater); DANCING ON THE EDGE (Theatre Novi Most); EMPIRE OF THE TREES (NY Innovative Theatre Awards’ Outstanding Script Nominee); NEW WORLD RHAPSODY (Bloomington Plays Project); WILD TERRAIN (EST Marathon of One-Act Plays); FREEDOM HIGH (Queens Theatre in the Park); THE KARPOVSKY VARIATIONS (Boomerang Theatre Co.); and DON’T LOOK BACK (Voyage Theatre Company at HERE Arts Center, NYC).
Adam’s plays have been developed and/or produced at Primary Stages, The Public Theatre, Theater East, Theater for the New City, Theatreworks U.S.A., The New Group, N.Y. Theatre Workshop, Cherry Lane, LaMama, Stella Adler Studio, Geva Theatre, and many others.
Fellowships from: Manhattan Theatre Club, Bogliasco Foundation, Millay Colony, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Adam’s plays are published by Dramatic Publishing, Smith & Kraus (BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2022 and other collections), and Applause Books (including six BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS anthologies).
An Affiliated Writer of The Playwrights’ Center, Adam grew up in India, Thailand, Singapore and the U.S. He earned an M.F.A. at Columbia University, and teaches playwriting at Primary Stages and The New Group Acting Studio at Long Island University.