(he/him)
OSF Director of Literary Development
Dramaturg, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Henry IV, Part One
Paul Adolphsen is a dramaturg, writer, and educator originally from Seattle, WA. He currently serves as Director of Literary Development at OSF and was previously the Literary Manager at the Festival from 2019-2022. Paul has also served as Literary Manager and Dramaturg at Seattle Rep and Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. As a dramaturg, Paul has worked with Arena Stage, Hartford Stage Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Five College Opera, among others. He was a founding producer of the UMass New Play Lab, and from 2015–2016 served as a Fulbright Student Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Paul’s writing about theatre and performance has been published in Theatre Journal, on HowlRound.com, and by Penumbra Theatre Company. He holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.