Richard Maxwell

RICHARD MAXWELL is a playwright and director living in New York and the artistic director of New York City Players. He was awarded a 2012 OBIE for his direction of Early Plays by Eugene O’Neill, a collaboration with The Wooster Group. Maxwell was an invited artist in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. He has been selected for a Guggenheim Fellowship, two OBIE Awards, and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant. His work has been commissioned and presented nationally and internationally. Last seen at OtB in 2003 with the acclaimed Drummer Wanted, Maxwell was the recipient of the 2013 Spalding Gray Award.