Photo by Ella Pennington
Raz Golden is a director of theatre, film, and audio. He likes new plays about old things and old plays about new things. His work embraces narratives that explore shared cultural histories and myths and that center on people of color. His directorial work, no matter the medium, embraces collage and juxtaposition, speculative genres, and multiple modes of storytelling.
Raz is a 2023 NYTW 2050 Fellow, a 2019 Drama League Classical Directing Fellow, a member of the second Roundabout Director Group cohort, and a former Resident Director at The Flea. He has developed work with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Playwright’s Realm, Second Stage, Juilliard Drama, the Mercury Store, the Public Theatre, The National Black Theatre, and NYU Tisch. He is currently a commissioned artist under the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
As a filmmaker, he has directed music videos for indie music artists and collaborated on numerous projects with the creative agency Adventure We Can.
Directing: The Rose Tattoo (UNCSA), Julius Caesar (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), The Seven by Will Power (Juilliard Drama) Smote This (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), The Thanksgiving Play (Dorset Theatre Festival), What the Constitution Means to Me (Weston Theatre Company), Orestes (SUNY Purchase), How to Catch Creation (Juilliard), Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues (Shakes & Co.), Orestes, We Are Proud to Present… (Purchase), The Mountaintop (Weston), Queen of the Night, a new play by travis tate (Dorset), Macbeth, (HVSF),
Resident/Associate/Assistant Directing: KENREX (dir. Ed Stambollouian, The Picture of Dorian Gray (dir. Kip Williams) Romeo+Juliet, An Enemy of the People (dir. Sam Gold), Good Night, Oscar (dir. Lisa Peterson), Macbeth (dir. Sam Gold), Romeo y Julieta, Shipwreck, Richard II (dir. Saheem Ali)
Upcoming: Smote This, Oregon Shakespeare Festival