Knud Adams
Lauren Ambrose and Tom Riley to Star in THE UNBELIEVERS Off-Broadway (Jun 10, 2026)
Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, and Jeremy Shamos Will Lead AWAKE AND SING! Broadway Revival (Jun 1, 2026)
Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Mark Taper Forum (May 31, 2026)
BIO
KNUD ADAMS is a director of experimental and new plays. His recent productions include Celine Song’s Tom & Eliza (JACK), Max Posner’s Snore (Juilliard) and Gun Logistics (Drama League), Carl Holder’s An Intimate Evening with Typhoid Mary (New Ohio's ICE FACTORY), Eliza Bent’s Asleep at the Wheel (Brooklyn College), Sam Alper’s Loveplay/Playmoney (La MaMa), Torrey Townsend’s A Night Out (site specific), his own concept concert The Highwayman (Ars Nova's ANT FEST) and Nick Jones’ Salome of the Moon (Waterwell). After graduating from Kenyon College, he continued his training by assisting some of the nation's foremost theater artists, including André Gregory, Elizabeth LeCompte, Richard Foreman, Sam Gold, and Sarah Benson. He was a Drama League Directing Fellow, a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and a Playwrights Horizons Directing Resident. www.KnudAdams.com
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Productions
Awards and Nominations
Knud Adams, Cold War Choir Practice
Knud Adams, Cold War Choir Practice
Knud Adams, English
Knud Adams, English
Knud Adams, Primary Trust
winner
Knud Adams, English
Knud Adams, English
Knud Adams, English
winner
Knud Adams, English
Videos
Video: Watch Highlights of William Jackson Harper in Roundabout's PRIMARY TRUST
by Nicole Rosky - 2023-06-02 09:07:48
News
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2026
The initial cast has been revealed for the American premiere of Manhattan Theatre Club's The Unbelievers by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Nick Payne, directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2026
Manhattan Theatre Club will produce a new production of Clifford Odets’ landmark 1935 drama Awake and Sing!, led by Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, and Jeremy Shamos. Learn more here!
by Evan Henerson - May 31, 2026
Booth’s deeply sympathetic rendering of a good man navigating a life of crises is 95 minutes of sublimity. And in the role of Kenneth, actor Petey McGee delivers a performance that is as throat lump-inducing as it is uplifting.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2026
Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2026-27 season. 2026-27 kicks off with August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in October, and will be followed by world premieres and more.
by Andrew Child - May 26, 2026
Petey McGee is preparing to play Kenneth in Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust at CTG, and the process has invited him to reflect on how being an outsider affects each of us. McGee was in the middle of a film shoot in Philadelphia when he got the call to audition for the LA premiere of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
by Nicole Rosky - May 15, 2026
The best of Broadway and off-Broadway were on hand at the Ziegfeld Ballroom to celebrate 92nd Annual Drama League Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Frank DiLella. Check out a full list of winners here.
by Nicole Rosky - May 3, 2026
The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – will be presented at the annual ceremony tonight, May 3, 2026, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2026
The Drama League has announced the 2026 Drama League Awards Nominees, which include Chess, Heathers, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Titanique, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), and more. Check out the full list here!
by Evan Henerson - Apr 13, 2026
ENGLISH isn’t so much a play about the power of words as it is about the inextricable and very complicated bonds between language, culture and identity.
by Shari Barrett - Apr 10, 2026
I spoke with actor Babak Tafti who plays Omid, the only male student in the class of Iranian students learning to speak English.
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 1, 2026
Nominations for the 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – were announced by Amber Gray and Harvey Guillén. Check out the full list of nominees here!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2026
Primary Trust, written by Eboni Booth and directed by Knud Adams, will perform May 20 to June 28 at the Mark Taper Forum. Learn more about the production here!
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - Mar 25, 2026
Westport Country Playhouse will present Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Primary Trust. The production will be directed by Logan Vaughn and feature a cast led by Alphonso Walker Jr. The play explores themes of isolation, healing, and connection in a changing world.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 20, 2026
Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner Ro Reddick and directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams, will have a one-week extension at MCC Theater.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2026
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced two productions that will be a part of the company’s 2026-27 season, including the Broadway premiere of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play. Learn more here!
by - Mar 12, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 11, 2026
MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 are now presenting Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick and directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams. Check out photos from opening night here!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2026
Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick and directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams, officially opened on Tuesday, March 10. Read the reviews here!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2026
Straight off its critically acclaimed Broadway run, the Pulitzer Prize winning English by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Knud Adams, in the Atlantic Theater Company & Roundabout Theatre Company production, will come to the Wallis.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2026
Grace McLean will be joining the cast of MCC Theater's Cold War Choir Practice as a member of the Choir, reprising her role from the 2025 Summerworks production.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY (Drama League Awards) for Cold War Choir Practice, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for Cold War Choir Practice , OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY (Drama League Awards) for English, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for English, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Primary Trust, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for English, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for English, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Drama League Awards) for English and Special Citation (Obie Awards) for English.
Knud Adams has won the Special Citation at the Obie Awards for English.
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