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.
