Harrison David Rivers

Harrison David Rivers is an award-winning playwright, librettist and screenwriter based in St. Paul, Minnesota. His plays include THE BANDAGED PLACE (Playwrights’ Center, Roundabout), WE ARE CONTINUOUS (Williamstown, Geva), THIS BITTER EARTH (Playwrights’ Center, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Penumbra, About Face, Theater Alliance, Richmond Triangle Players, The Road, InterAct, TheatreWorks Hartford), WHERE STORMS ARE BORN (Williamstown), WHEN LAST WE FLEW (NYFringe, Diversionary, TheatreLAB, Real Live Arts, Out Front) and the musicals FIVE POINTS with Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar and WE SHALL SOMEDAY with Ted Shen (Theater Latté Da). Harrison has received commissions from Roundabout, Yale Rep, Transport Group, Penumbra, Theater Latté Da, TheatreWorks Hartford, the Public Theater and La Jolla, among others. His television credits include ONE OF US IS LYING (Peacock), THE NEVERS (HBO), WYTCHES (Amazon) and THE PLOT (Hulu).

Harrison sits on the Board of Directors of The Movement Theatre Company and the Playwrights’ Center. He is a graduate of Kenyon College and the Columbia University School for the Arts. http://www.harrisondavidrivers.com/