Drama

Biography

Associate Teacher in Theatre Studies. Norman Frisch is an independent dramaturg, performance curator and producer.  During the 1970’s, he studied at The Yale School of Drama and worked with experimental theater laboratories in Poland, Denmark, and Wales. During the following decade, he began his longstanding collaboration with director Peter Sellars, and served for a number of years as a dramaturg and administrator for The Wooster Group at The Performing Garage in New York City.  In the 1990’s, he worked as a curator and producer for several important urban arts festivals, including The Los Angeles Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, The Arts Festival of Atlanta, and the London International Festival of Theatre. Mr. Frisch has lectured and taught at Trinity College, Yale University, and at DasArts (Amsterdam.)  He has recently served as a dramaturg for productions by The Builders Association (New York) and MotiRoti (London), and as curator for “Show People: Downtown Directors and the Play of Time,”  a multimedia exhibition at New York’s Exit Art