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Alex Barron

Alex Barron is a dramaturg and literary manager based in New York City. He is a program associate with the Sundance Institute Theatre Program and consults with a number of companies, including SPACE on Ryder Farm and Scott Rudin Productions. He has been a member of the artistic staff at the Playwrights Realm, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, and the Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. As a dramaturg, he has developed plays by Dominique Morisseau, Matthew Lopez, Rachel Bonds, Lauren Yee, Sarah Burgess, Jen Silverman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Martyna Majok, and Elizabeth Irwin, among many others. Alex previously produced Naked Radio, a new play podcast, for Naked Angels and currently produces podcasts for The New Yorker. He is a graduate of Drew University.

Fear and the Representation Problem
Essay

Fear and the Representation Problem

20 September 2015

Dramaturg Alex Barron posits that homogenous seasons may have less to do with sexism and racism than with risk aversion.

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SPACE on Ryder Farm
Essay

SPACE on Ryder Farm

4 March 2013

Alex Barron reflects on the origins of SPACE on Ryder Farm, and the future of its program... and of artist residences.

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13P
Essay

13P

Easy to Revere, Tough to Recreate

24 January 2013

Alex Barron on the challenge of finding leadership to make collectives like 13P work.