Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Project

Moisés Kaufman (born 1963) is a Venezuelan American playwright, theater director, and filmmaker who founded the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City in 1991. Best known for his plays The Laramie Project (2000), Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (1997), and 33 Variations (2009), he has earned the 2016 National Medal of Arts from President Obama (the first Venezuelan recipient), a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship, Tony and Emmy nominations, and a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist nomination for Here There Are Blueberries. HowlRound.