Annie Dorsen

Annie Dorsen is a director and writer whose works explore the intersection of algorithmic art and live performance. Projects including INFINITE SUN (2019), THE GREAT OUTDOORS (2017), YESTERDAY TOMORROW (2015), A PIECE OF WORK (2013), and HELLO HI THERE (2010) have been widely presented in the US and internationally. The script for A PIECE OF WORK was published by Ugly Duckling Presse, and she has contributed essays on algorithmic theatre for The Drama Review, Theatre Magazine, Etcetera, Frakcija, and Performing Arts Journal (PAJ).  She is the co-creator of the 2008 Broadway musical PASSING STRANGE which she also directed. Dorsen received a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship, a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2018 Spalding Gray Award, and the 2014 Herb Alpert Award for the Arts in Theatre.