Nathan Yungerberg – 2020 Cohort

Nathan Yungerberg is a Brooklyn-based playwright and Afrosurrealist whose work has been developed or featured by The Cherry Lane Theatre, JAG Productions, LAByrinth Theater, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, The National Black Theatre, The Fire This Time Festival, 48 Hours in Harlem, The Lark, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Playwrights’ Center, American Blues Theater, Crowded Fire Theater Climate Change Theatre Action, The Sheen Center, The August Wilson Red Door Project, Climate Change Theatre Action, The Bushwick Starr, and BBC Radio Afternoon Drama. He is one of seven Black playwrights commissioned by The New Black Fest for HANDS UP: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, which was published by Samuel French. Awards and honors: 2017 Mentor Project with Stephen Adly Guirgis, Blue Ink Playwriting Award (Finalist), 2019 Djerassi Resident Artist, The 2016 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference (Semifinalist), Ken Davenport 10-Minute Play Festival (Winner). www.nathanyungerberg.com