Stephen Brown-Fried is an American

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. He is primarily known for his work on New York and regional stages. He currently serves as the chair of the New School of Drama's Directing program. Additionally, he is a lecturer at the

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. He is the Associate Director at the Off-Broadway Non-Profit

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Background

Brown-Fried was born Stephen Ernest Fried to Wendy Fried and Peter Fried. Brown-Fried graduated from

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and went on to earn an MFA in directing from The Yale School of Drama.

Stage work

Brown-Fried has directed in regional theatres and New York's Off-Broadway Theatres. With the

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and the National Asian American Theatre Company, Brown-Fried directed a production of ''

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'', which received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for a

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for Best Revival. With the Trinity Shakespeare Festival, Brown Fried has directed multiple pieces, including ''

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'' which broke box office records for the festival. Brown-Fried's other work with the Trinity Shakespeare Festival includes ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Macbeth'', ''Julius Caesar'', and ''The Merchant of Venice'', which was named one of the top Regional Theatre productions by D Magazine, Theater Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Criticalrant.com. With Northern Stage, he directed Shakespeare's ''

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''. At

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, he directed ''Misalliance'', ''All’s Well That Ends Well'', and ''The Comedy of Errors''. There, he served as their Artistic Associate. Brown-Fried is currently the Associate Director at the Off-Broadway Non-Profit,

. Here, he oversees the two New Work Development Programs, ''Press Cuttings'' and ''Speakers' Corner'', along with Gingold Theatrical Group Artistic Director

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. He received the Drama League Director's Fellowship and the Jacob Javitz Fellowship.

Educating

As an educator, Brown-Fried currently serves as the head of the

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's Directing Program, in New York City. Additionally, he is a lecturer for the Yale School of Drama. At New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, he was a guest director.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown-Fried, Stephen Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American theatre directors Stanford University alumni David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni