Seth Zvi Rosenfeld

Seth Zvi Rosenfeld is an American playwright, screenwriter and director. Early on in his career, Rosenfeld incorporated hip hop culture into his theatre works like Writing on the Wall (1985).He has taught Screenwriting and the History of Urban Film at Columbia University's MFA Film School. He is a member of the Dramatist's Guild. 2Early life Rosenfeld was born in New York City and was raised between the Bronx and Manhattan. His early interests included graffiti, poetry, and basketball, all of which figure prominently in Rosenfeld's work. He is married to Kerri-Ann McCalla a Jamaican born screen writer and film producer kerritree.com. 2Career 3Theatre Rosenfeld began his career as a playwright with the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the now defunct Double Image and Angel Theatre companies. His first project was the play entitled The Writing on the Wall (1985), produced by the Westbeth Theatre Center and for which New Line Cinema purchased the rights. Other plays include The Blackeyed Brothers, which won the Samuel French short play award and was produced by Double Image Theatre; A Brother's Kiss (1988) and After the Marching Stopped (1988), produced by Angel Theatre at Intar and retitled Brothers Mothers and Others; Servy-n-Bernice 4ever (1991), directed by Terry Kinney and produced commercially Off-Broadway at the Provincetown Playhouse; A Passover Story, commissioned by the late Joseph Papp for The Public Theater; The Flatted Fifth (1997) and Everything is Turning Into Beautiful (2006) produced by The New Group; and the tiny plays La Familia (1997), My Starship, and PS: I'm glad you sent your hair for Naked Angels and the Hip-Hop Theatre festival. Many of his plays have been published by Samuel Frenc