On 8 June 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with playwright and Artistic Director and Producer of the award winning New Georges Susan Bernfield.
Susan Bernfield is Artistic Director/Producer of New Georges, one of NYC’s premiere “downtown” theater companies, a pivotal home and launchpad for some of the most acclaimed theater artists working today. Since 1992, she has championed three generations of adventurous women+ theater artists and originated hundreds of ambitious new plays, with impact that reaches every corner of the culture. She is a playwright/solo performer whose work has been presented by EST/First Light Festival, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, People’s Light & Theatre, New Harmony Project, Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company, New Georges (naturally) and more. She serves as President of ART/New York, the service organization for NYC’s nonprofit theaters; Past President of National Theatre Conference; on the board of The Assembly; was a founding board member of Indie Theater Fund (now IndieSpace) and co-founder/original cohort member of The Pool, a pop-up theater company. She is the recipient of Obie and Lilly awards.
