David Bar Katz
David Bar Katz co-wrote and directed the Broadway production of FREAK, which was nominated for two Tony Awards (including Best Play), and earned Katz an Emmy nomination for the HBO presentation of the play (directed by Spike Lee), and star John Leguizamo an Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Special.
Katz co-created and was a head writer for the Emmy-nominated FOX TV series “House of Buggin’,” which was the first all-Latino comedy show in network history.
Other theater projects include: The History of Invulnerability (2011 ACTA/Steinberg New Play Award Finalist, CEA “Best Premiere of the Year” and Acclaim Award for “Outstanding Play”, World Premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 2010; LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2006); Oh The Power (LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2010, Philip Seymour Hoffman, director); Philip Roth in Khartoum (Developmental Production at the LAByrinth Theater Company, December 2008; Barn Series, 2007); Burning, Burning, Burning, Burning (Red Bull Theater’s Obie Award winning “Revelation Readings” series, 2010; LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2008); What A Way To Go (New York Playwrights Lab, 2009); and The Atmosphere of Memory (LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2009).
He is currently collaborating with Will Wright (Sim City/Spore) on a film, set in the world of online gaming; writing a musical theater version of the film, The Hebrew Hammer; and adapting a Graham Greene novel.
He is a member of New York’s LAByrinth Theater Company and was a member of the only undefeated crew team in Williams College history.