Adrian Centeno (he/him) is a dramaturg and arts educator based in Los Angeles. He’s helped develop and support new works at South Coast Repertory, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Ojai Playwrights Conference, New York Stage & Film, Teatro Bravo, Childsplay Theatre Company, foolsFURY Theater Company, and Playwrights’ Arena, among others.

A fierce advocate for new plays, Adrian has proudly served by invitation on new play development grant panels and festival selection committees for the National Endowment for the Arts, Page 73, Signature Theatre, The Public Theatre, The Playwrights’ Center, Athena Project, and the Latinx New Play Festival. He’s also a proud affiliate dramaturg with Beehive Dramaturgy Studio.

He holds a master’s degree from UC Santa Cruz and was recently honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts at Cal State Long Beach, the literary manager at Boston Court Pasadena, and the artistic director of Seven Devils New Play Foundry.

SELECTED WORK:
-The Care and Keeping of Schizophrenia (And Other Demons) by Gloria Oladipo; directed by Benny Sato Ambush; produced by Seven Devils Playwrights Conference (workshop)

-Louder by Caroline V. McGraw; directed by Deena Selenow; produced by South Coast Repertory (workshop)

-Get Your Pink Hands Off Me Sucka and Give Me Back by Daniella De Jesús; directed by Taylor Reynolds; produced by San Diego Repertory Theatre (workshop)