Moisés Kaufman
Photos: Tony-Winner Natalie Venetia Belcon, Michael Urie, Uzo Aduba and More Step Out for A TECTONIC CABARET (Oct 21, 2025)
HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES Cast & Creative Team Announced At Berkeley Rep (Feb 19, 2025)
Photos: Colman Domingo, Jane Fonda, and More at Tectonic Theater Project's Gala (Oct 24, 2024)
BIO
Moisés Kaufman is the founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated director and playwright, and a 2015 recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Mr. Kaufman’s Broadway directing credits include the revival of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, the revival of The Heiress with Jessica Chastain, 33 Variations (which he also wrote) starring Jane Fonda (Five Tony nominations); Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with Robin Williams; and Doug Wright’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play I Am My Own Wife with Jefferson Mays. His play The Laramie Project (which he wrote with the Tectonic Theater Project company) is among the most performed plays in America. Kaufman also co-wrote and directed the HBO film adaptation of “The Laramie Project,” which received two Emmy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writer. He is an Obie Award winner and a Guggenheim Fellow in Playwriting.
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Moisés Kaufman, Paradise Square
Moises Kaufman, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
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Videos
Backstage Bite with Katie Lynch: Yiddish FIDDLER Stars Celebrate the Tradition of Baking!
by Nicole Rosky - 2019-05-10 13:01:00
STAGE TUBE: Orlando Theatre Community Blocks Westboro Protesters with Angel Wings
by Stage Tube - 2016-06-22 18:55:07
STAGE TUBE: Meet Michelle Ragusa and John O'Hurley from The Muny's SPAMALOT!
by Stage Tube - 2013-06-14 19:13:27
STAGE TUBE: Promo - Matt Sax and Eric Rosen's VENICE THE MUSICAL
by Stage Tube - 2012-12-13 17:01:04
TV EXCLUSIVE: The Cast of THE COMMON PURSUIT on Working with Moises Kaufman, Channeling Their Inner Brits, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - 2012-07-11 11:15:29
News
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2025
Tectonic Theater Project hosted its annual benefit gala, A Tectonic Cabaret, on October 20, 2025, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City. The event honored Tony-winning producer Barbara Whitman and Emmy Award-winning actress and activist Uzo Aduba, featuring performances by Hannah Gadsby, Beth Malone, Natalie Venetia Belcon, and more. Check out photos from the event.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 19, 2025
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Here There Are Blueberries, performing at Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre from Saturday, April 5 through Sunday, May 11, 2025.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2024
Hollywood lit up Tectonic Theater Project's star-studded gala, 'A Tectonic Cabaret,' at NYC's Current (Pier 59) Monday night. Check out photos here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 16, 2024
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has revealed the seven productions that will make up the organization’s 2024/25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2023
Miami New Drama, in collaboration with Tectonic Theater Project, is presenting the world premiere of Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard, written and directed by award-winning playwright Moisés Kaufman. See photos from opening night below!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 31, 2023
La Jolla Playhouse has unveiled its 2024/2025 season, featuring two world-premiere musicals. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2023
Get a glimpse into the star-studded performance of A TECTONIC CABARET, featuring Jane Krakowski, Cynthia Nixon, and more. Explore the captivating photos from this unforgettable night of entertainment.
by Robert Encila-Celdran - Sep 4, 2023
In this interview, we have the privilege of evoking Greg Pierotti's insights. He is a University of Arizona Theatre professor, a distinguished artist, and the co-author of THE LARAMIE PROJECT, which he now directs at the university. The script evolved from his work with Moisés Kaufman and the renowned Tectonic Theater Project in New York City. The company is best known for developing new plays using 'Moment Work,' a trademarked playwriting method that employs rigorous research and collaboration in a laboratory environment. The process is a significant part of Pierotti's work, which resides at the intersection of theater and anthropology.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2023
Miami New Drama, under the astute leadership of Artistic Director Michel Hausmann and Managing Director Nicholas Richberg, in a groundbreaking collaboration with Tectonic Theater Project, proudly presents the world premiere of Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard, a theatrical adaptation by award-winning playwright Moisés Kaufman, based on the bestselling novel by Jonathan Jakubowicz.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2022
Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winner Billy Porter hosted Tectonic Theater Project's annual benefit cabaret, A Tectonic Cabaret on Monday, October 3, 2022. See photos from inside the event.
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 3, 2022
New York City. 1863. The Civil War raged on. An extraordinary thing occurred amid the dangerous streets and crumbling tenement houses of the Five Points, the notorious 19th-century Lower Manhattan slum. For many years, Irish immigrants escaping the devastation of the Great Famine settled alongside free-born Black Americans and those who escaped slavery, arriving by means of the Underground Railroad. The Irish, relegated at that time to the lowest rung of America's social status, received a sympathetic welcome from their Black neighbors (who enjoyed only slightly better treatment in the burgeoning industrial-era city). The two communities co-existed, intermarried, raised families, and shared their cultures in this unlikeliest of neighborhoods.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2021
The Tectonic Theater Project and Madison Wells Live production of Seven Deadly Sins, the sexy and adventurous outdoor theatrical experience set in New York City's Meatpacking District opened tonight, Tuesday, June 29.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2020
Miami New Drama has announced 7 Deadly Sins, an innovative, site-specific event which will be presented from November through December in seven vacant storefronts along Miami Beach's historic Lincoln Road.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 21, 2018
Promethean's critically-acclaimed production of Moises Kaufman's historical drama GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, which enjoyed a two-week run in December 2016, will be remounted from February 15 through March 24, 2019 at Strawdog Theatre, 1809 W. Berenice. GROSS INDECENCY, which Promethean Artistic Director Brian Pastor will again direct, will be performed with cross-gender casting in some roles, as it was in the company's earlier production. Promethean Ensemble Member Jamie Bragg will reprise her leading role as Oscar Wilde.
by Walter McBride - Nov 2, 2018
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song opened last night, Thursday, November 1 at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street). BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos from the red carpet below!
by Walter McBride - Nov 2, 2018
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song opened last night, Thursday, November 1 at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street). BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos from the opening night celebration below!
by Walter McBride - Nov 2, 2018
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song opened last night, Thursday, November 1 at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street). BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos of the cast taking their opening night bows below!
by Julie Musbach - Oct 2, 2018
The Skidmore College Department of Theater is pleased to announce its Fall 2018 Black Box production, 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman, directed by senior Theater department faculty member, Marie Glotzbach.
by Walter McBride - Sep 25, 2018
Tectonic Theater Project presented LARAMIE: A LEGACY, a reading of The Laramie Project honoring the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard for the 20th anniversary of his death, on Monday, September 24th at 7pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College.
by Walter McBride - Sep 21, 2018
Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song will begin previews Tuesday, October 9 ahead of a Thursday, November 1 opening night at Broadway's Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street). The cast met the press yesterday and BroadwayWorld was there! Check out the photos below!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Moisés Kaufman has written 5 shows including Gross Indecency:The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Playwright), The Laramie Project (Playwright), 33 Variations (Playwright), Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays (Playwright), Here There Are Blueberries (Co-Writer).
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Here There are Blueberries, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Paradise Square, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for 33 Variations, Best Play (Tony Awards) for 33 Variations, The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for 33 Variations , Best Direction of a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for I Am My Own Wife, Direction (Obie Awards) for I Am My Own Wife, Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for I Am My Own Wife , Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for I Am My Own Wife, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for I Am My Own Wife and Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for I Am My Own Wife.
Moisés Kaufman has won several prestigious awards for his work on I Am My Own Wife, including Best Direction of a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, the Direction award at the Obie Awards, and Outstanding Director – Play at the Drama Desk Awards.
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