Dan LeFranc

Playwrights Horizons: The Big Meal (Drama Desk and Lortel nominations). Other Off-Broadway: Sixty Miles to Silver Lake (Soho Rep./Page 73, New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award). Regional: Troublemaker, or the Freakin Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright (Berkeley Rep); Bruise Easy (American Theater Company); The Big Meal (American Theater Company, Joseph Jefferson Award, Time Out Chicago #1 Play of the Year). International: The Big Meal (UK, Stockholm, Shanghai). TV: “The Affair” (Showtime; Golden Globe, Best Drama; Writers Guild Award nom.), Steve McQueen’s “Codes of Conduct” (HBO). Residencies: Sundance Theatre Lab, MacDowell Colony, Djerassi, Jaw West, Mellon Foundation Playwright-In-Residence, Playwrights Horizons 2013-16. Alumnus: New Dramatists, SohoRep. Writer/Director Lab, MCC Writers’ Group, SPACE at Ryder Farm’s Working Farm. Board member: Page 73. Instructor: Yale School of Drama.

• “Critic's Pick. AN IMPECCABLY ACTED COMEDY! Dan LeFranc’s ‘Rancho Viejo’ is sweet, hypnotic, and very funny. ”

  — Ben Brantley, The New York Times | Read Full Article

• “★★★★ Critic's Pick. MAGNIFICENTLY STRANGE and WELCOMING. Daniel Aukin’s immaculate production shines with a smashing cast. ”

  — David Cote, Time Out New York

• “A very skilled writer who knows how to slash your jugular vein but — to his great credit — never forgets what his audience is feeling and constantly reaches to touch their hearts.” ”

  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune | Read Full Article