What's new
April 2013: Here's the first look at the cover for my new book, coming out later this year.
September 2012: I was named a "Core Playwright" for InterAct Theater Company for 2012-13. Click here to read more about it.
May 15: I was just named the "new wave" of Jewish arts and culture in Philadelphia by the Jewish Exponent. Click here to read more.
About me
Warren currently serves as the Senior Director of Programming for the Gershman Y in Philadelphia. Prior to that he served as the literary manager and dramaturg for Philadelphia Theatre Company where he dramaturged world premieres by Bill Irwin, Chris Durang, and Terrence McNally. In New York, Warren was the Associate Artistic Director of Jewish Repertory Theatre where he produced and dramaturged a season of Jewish musicals in concert. Warren was also a writer and reviewer for TalkinBroadway.com where he covered the Off-Broadway and cabaret scene. In addition to working in the theater community, Warren holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of California-Santa Cruz and has taught at multiple universities. He earned rave reviews for his book The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture published by Syracuse University Press. Warren is also a core playwright with InterAct Theater Company in Philadelphia and his play The Last was named a recipient of the 2008 Foundation for Jewish Culture Theatre Projects Grant and was a finalist for the Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition. His first play New Words received a reading at Philadelphia Theatre Workshop and was a finalist for the Christopher Brian Wolk Playwriting Award in New York. Warren's latest project is a new book entitled The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical that will be published in 2013 by Rutgers University Press.
Want to contact me? Write me at warren@warrenhoffman.com
Want to contact me? Write me at warren@warrenhoffman.com