Mimi Kennedy as Pru Payne (w/Gordon Clapp) at ATC. Dir: Sean Daniels. Set: James Fenton.
About

A multi-award-winning playwright who has taught both nationally and internationally, an Associate Professor at New York University/Tisch School of the Arts, and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Village Voice, BOMB, Andy Warhol’s Interview, Artforum, as well as Contributing Editor for American Theatre Magazine and on-air critic for WNYC-FM.

Productions

Selected Plays.

A curated visual archive of productions, artists, and notable performers.

Austin Butler and David Clayton Rogers in Death of the Author at The Geffen Playhouse. Dir: Bart DeLorenzo.
Press

Press.

Selected notices for Steven Drukman’s plays.

Pru Payne
“Pru Payne is the best to come out of ATC’s lineup in recent years. It’s heartbreaking, funny, and fiercely intelligent. Twenty years after his Pulitzer Prize nomination for Another Fine Mess, Drukman stands an excellent chance to earn a second one for Pru Payne.”
Broadway World
Robert Encila-Celdran
Pru Payne
“Drukman’s wit is wicked and his storytelling strong…a fun and powerful night at the theater.”
Arizona Daily Star
Kathleen Allen
Pru Payne
“Beautifully written and insightful. Strikes a heavy chord tempered by humor.”
WBUR-FM
Jacquinn Sinclair
Pru Payne
“Shattering […] A strength of ‘Pru Payne’ is playwright Drukman’s understanding of the complex dynamic at play.”
The Boston Globe
Don Aucoin
Pru Payne
“Gut-wrenching and jarring […] it is also rip-roaringly funny and brimming with empathy. An important and riveting play about a timely and difficult subject.”
Theatre Mirror
Shelley A. Sackett
Death of the Author
“Steven Drukman’s Death of the Author is, hands down, one of the very best plays of the year. Completely gripping.”
Variety
Bob Verini
Death of the Author
“Steven Drukman, a playwright who teaches at New York University, has written what may be his best play. […] A performance not to be missed.”
Los Angeles Times
Charles McNulty
Death of the Author
“Smart, suspenseful, surprising, downright sensational writing. A play and production I could easily see again and again”
StageScene LA
Steven Stanley
Another Fine Mess
“A tour-de-force blending of the sheerly theatrical and the starkly political”
Oregon ArtsWatch
Bob Hicks
Another Fine Mess
“Retains Beckett’s reciprocal tone of tragedy and comedy.”
Portland Mercury
Toussaint Perrault
The Prince of Atlantis
“‘The Prince of Atlantis’ is an intoxicating brew of rough-and-tumble, working-class jargon and literary heft. Constantly entertaining and heartfelt. A rollicking good time.”
Orange County Register
Joel Beers
The Prince of Atlantis
“A witty and surprisingly poignant contemporary comedy. Funny when it needs to be and…quite touching when it really counts…plenty of heartwarming moments”
Broadway World
Michael L. Quintos
In This Corner
“‘In This Corner’ packs a punch.”
Los Angeles Times
Charles McNulty
In This Corner
“A thrilling, complex and well-made play…Do not miss it.”
La Jolla Village News
Charlene Baldridge
In This Corner
“A gritty, ambitious new play…fascinating.”
Orange County Register
Paul Hodgins
In This Corner
“A superb world premiere. The performances and the story itself are riveting.”
TheatreTimes.Org
Unknown Critic
Going to See the Kid
“A winning road trip. Surprisingly rich and emotionally complex.”
The Boston Globe
Jeremy D. Goodwin
Going to See the Kid
“It is hard not to be won over by the versatile charm and warm character of the world crafted by writer Steven Drukman.”
The Arts Fuse
Erik Nilander
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