Jacob G. Padrón is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Sol Project, a national theater initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices of Latinx playwrights in partnership with leading theaters in NYC and beyond. Prior to The Sol Project, Jacob was the Senior Line Producer at The Public Theater where he worked on new plays, new musicals, and Shakespeare in the Park. He was formerly the Producer at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. From 2008 – 2011 Jacob was an Associate Producer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he was instrumental in producing all mainstage productions. Jacob also produced Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays for Center Theatre Group, a collaboration that included over 50 Los Angeles theater companies to launch the 365 LA festival. He has collaborated with Chicago Dramatists, About Face, Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, Yale Rep, Baltimore Centerstage, and El Teatro Campesino. He’s a recipient of the inaugural TCG Spark Leadership Program and currently teaching artistic producing in the graduate theater management program at Yale School of Drama. In November 2018, Jacob was appointed the new Artistic Director of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.
