Danya Taymor

Danya Taymor is a Tony and Obie-award winning New York based director, writer and translator. She became the youngest woman to win the Tony Award for Direction for her work on The Outsiders, which won four Tony Awards including Best Musical and is currently running on Broadway and in the 1st National Tour. She received a second consecutive Tony nomination for Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor is the Villain, which starred Sadie Sink and was nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Play. She will direct the film adaptation of John Proctor is the Villain for Universal Studios. In 2021, she made her Broadway debut with Antoinette Nwandu's Pass Over, which was the first play back on Broadway after the 18 month covid shutdown. Danya's production of Pass Over was filmed in collaboration with Spike Lee, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is streaming on Amazon Prime. She directed the world premiere of Will Arbery's Pulitzer Finalist Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons), for which she won the Obie Award and the Callaway Award, and directed the New York premiere of Arbery's Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (The New Group). She directed the US Premier of Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana (MCC). Other world premiere productions include Jonah by Rachel Bonds (Roundabout), Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris (New Group/Vineyard), queens by Martyna Majok (LCT), Wyoming and My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer by Brian Watkins (The Flea), and The Sensuality Party by Justin Kuritzkes (New Group). International work includes Endgame by Samuel Becket at The Gate Theater in Dublin, “Daddy” at the Almeida in London, as well as the recent Royal Court production of John Proctor is the Villain, which will transfer to the West End in 2027. She received the Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity from Lincoln Center and received a BA from Duke University.

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Theater
Di Glazer @ CAA
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Film
Christina Chou @ CAA
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PR:
Guido Gotz @ Apex Public Relations
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