Dan LeFranc is the playwright-in-residence of Playwrights Horizons. His latest play Troublemaker was commissioned by and produced at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The Big Meal premiered at American Theatre Company in Chicago, received an extended off-Broadway run at Playwrights Horizons, and has since been produced in theaters across the US – as well as in countries like England, Singapore, Sweden, and China. Other plays include Sixty Miles to Silver Lake (SoHo Rep, P73, NYC), Origin Story, In The Labyrinth,and Night Surf. Dan received the 2011 Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, and the John C. Russell Fellowship, among others. He recently wrote for the Showtime television drama “The Affair”, which won the 2015 Golden Globe for Best Drama, and is currently on staff for director Steve McQueen’s new limited series for HBO, “Codes of Conduct”. Dan also teaches at the Yale School of Drama.
Dan LeFranc