Paul Adolphsen is a dramaturg, writer, and educator originally from Seattle, WA. He has an MFA in dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and B.A. degrees in Theatre and English Literature from Seattle Pacific University. As a dramaturg Paul has worked with Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle, WA), Hartford Stage Company (CT), Five College Opera (MA), Silverthorne Theatre Company (MA), and Vashon Opera (WA). From 2015-2016 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Paul's writing about theatre and performance has been published in Theatre Journal and on howlround.com, and he has written dramaturgical material for Penumbra Theatre Company (MN). He’s currently serving as the Allen Lee Hughes Literary Fellow at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
Paul Adolphsen
Illuminated Histories and Imagined Futures
Essay
Illuminated Histories and Imagined Futures
The 2016 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa
9 September 2016
A Flourishing Theatre
Essay
A Flourishing Theatre
Satire and Political Critique at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa
25 August 2015
Past, Present, and Future Collide
Essay
Past, Present, and Future Collide
The 40th Annual National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa
26 August 2014
South African Theatre Artists at National Arts Festival
Series
South African Theatre Artists at National Arts Festival
A nation characterized by its Apartheid legacy and struggle for liberation, we hear the story of a South Africa reborn, and the art at its center, through the voices of some of its most dynamic artists.