Adam Kraar writes plays about cross-cultural clashes and connections, including works about American families in Asia, the Civil Rights Movement, and quixotic rebels who challenge societal boundaries.
His plays include Alternating Currents (The Working Theatre); Wild Terrain (EST Marathon of One-Act Plays), Empire of the Trees (New York Innovative Theatre Awards nominee, Outstanding New Script); New World Rhapsody (Manhattan Theatre Club Commission); Freedom High (Queens Theatre in the Park); and Dancing on the Edge (Southern Theatre in Minneapolis).
His plays have been produced and/or developed by Primary Stages, NY Stage & Film, Public Theatre, The New Group, Geva Theatre, Bloomington Playwrights Project, and many others. Plays published by Applause Books (including work in six editions of Best American Short Plays), Smith & Kraus and Dramatic Publishing. Kraar is an affiliated writer at the The Playwrights’ Center and a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. Kraar has an MFA from Columbia University. Adam grew up in India, Thailand, Singapore, and the United States.