Paul Hufker

Professor
Playwright, Screenwriter and Actor

Highland Park, New Jersey

Member Since:
January 2022

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About Paul

Paul has been an AEA actor, playwright and director in the NYC area for over 15 years. He is a proud graduate of Brooklyn College’s MFA playwriting program, under MacWellman and Erin Courtney.

Paul has worked with The Bechdel Group (NYC), The American Vicarious
Theatre Company (Obie-Award Winning)12 Peers Theatre Company (a remarkable
podcast recording of Modern Houses available here Link:
podcast/episode-24-modern-houses-in-the-lush-green-savannah-that-liesin-
the-shadow-of-the-volcano) , The Tank Theatre Company, Variations Theatre
Company, AND Theatre Company, the 29th St Playwrights’ Collective (Member) and
many other NYC theatre companies.

Paul has worked with fashion designer and political activist Carla Fernandez,
writing her London fashion show/protest piece, which debuted in London in 2018.
Also in 2018, Paul worked with world-renowned visual artist Pedro Reyes, writing
his Noam Chomsky-Inspired puppet play Manufacturing Mischief, which premiered
in NYC and internationally, and was directed by Meghan Finn. In the fall of 2017,
Paul wrote the script for Pedro Reyes’ massive art installation in Brooklyn entitled
Doomocracy, also directed by Meghan Finn.

He is a 2018 Eugene O’Neill Prize Semi-Finalist, a 2016 Great Plains Theatre
Conference invited playwright, a 2015 and 2016 Himan Brown Award winner
(through Brooklyn College), a 2016 O’Neill Conference semi-finalist, a 2016
American Theatre in Higher Education Excellence in Playwriting Award finalist, a
2015 Jerome Fellowship finalist, a 2014 Princess Grace Award semi-finalist, and a
2011 O’Neill Conference semi-finalist. His plays have been produced in NYC,
throughout the US, and in Toronto, Canada, as well as at MIT, the Museo Jumex in
Mexico City and the Serpentine Gallery in London. He is currently a full-time
Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers University, in their Writing Program, and a proud graduate of Webster University where he received his BFA in theatrical
performance.

Unique traits: Piano, Guitar, singing

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 9"

Weight:
155

Body type:
Slim

Hair:
Short

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Reception Comedy COVID forces two twenty-something NYC actors who work at a reception desk to shake up their lives, as they are compelled to examine how “the other” is treated in public, private, economic, artistic, and educational spaces. This is "Empathetic TV."
Decorative Objects Drama Based on a true story, two rebellious, passionate young sisters reject societal expectations in order to found New York’s first free, open-to-all museum - the modern day Cooper Hewitt Design Museum.

Awards

Creative World Awards Semi-Finalist (Decorative Objects)
(2021)
Honorable Mention Mixing it Up Productions (Missouri)
(2021)
Fresh Voices Screen Writing Competition Semi-Finalist (Decorative Objects)
(2021)
Eugene O'Neill Prize Semi-Finalist (Birthday in the Bronx)
(2019)
Himan Brown Award Winner (through Brooklyn College)
(2016)
American Theatre in Higher Education Excellence in Playwriting Award Finalist
(2016)
Eugene O'Neill Prize Semi-Finalist
(2016)
Eugene O'Neill Prize Semi-Finalist
(2016)
Himan Brown Award Winner
(2015)
Princess Grace Award Semi-Finalist
(2014)
Jerome Fellowship Finalist
(2014)