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Jeff Augustin

Jeff Augustin’s play Little Children Dream of God will have its world premiere at the Roundabout Theatre Company, where he’s the Playwright-in-Residence. He’s a co-writer of That High Lonesome Sound premiering at 2015 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Jeff has been produced or developed at the Humana Festival (Cry Old Kingdom); Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference (Little Children Dream of God); The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (The Last Tiger in Haiti); American Conservatory Theater (in the crowding darkness); and Western Washington University (Corktown). Jeff is a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, a recipient of the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award and two-time recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry Award. He is currently under commission from Manhattan Theatre Club and Roundabout. Jeff recently received his MFA from the University of California, San Diego (under the tutelage of Naomi Iizuka) and holds a BA from Boston College.

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
Essay

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Jeff Augustin

5 December 2014

Jeff Augustin talks about the luxury of time, how he gets to learn and grow through his residency, how an artistic home shapes both artist and art, and his desire for an artist exchange with Haiti.