About

Zachary Elkind is a director, associate artistic director, and teaching artist based in New York,
interested in reimagined classics, new plays and musicals, and devised work.

I’m the Associate Artistic Director of Bedlam, an Off-Broadway theater company, led by artistic director Eric Tucker.
Recently: The Good John Proctor, The Crucible, Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet. Previous: Saint Joan & Hamlet, Sense & Sensibility, Pygmalion.

Most recent projects include Richard II for my company the Enemies, which premiered in NYC spring 2022 and later transferred to Luna Stage in NJ. The NJ Arts Maven raved “Taut, compelling, inventive […] a trail-blazing production”, and New Jersey Arts said it “hits you like a whirlwind […] With its speed, its energy and its unconventional staging, this is a consistently engaging production.”

In 2021, I directed Mary Stuart for Bedlam — with each act recorded in a single take, and four actors playing twelve roles, all in my actual Brooklyn apartment. The New York Times called it “audacious” and “bold”, noting in it “the same playful quality the scrappy and always inventive Bedlam is known for,” and commenting that “the four actors give generous performances, directed by Zachary Elkind with a snappiness that allows for each to contain multitudes.”

Other recent work includes directing a reading of Eleanor Burgess’s Sparks Fly Upward; curating Bedlam’s new works program, developing work with Pulitzer finalist Zora Howard, Julian Hornik, Emily Gardner Xu Hall, Stefani Kuo, Zuzanna Szadkowski, Talene Monahon, Eleanor Burgess, a.k. payne, Emily Breeze, and Zack Fine; directing Les Misérables and Jesus Christ Superstar at Ghostlight Theater Camp; and directing virtual adaptations of classic texts for Bedlam.

Upcoming projects include Bedlam’s 2023 festival of new work; an adaptation of Three Sisters; and a devised piece about the strange love affair between a conservationist and a whooping crane.

Contact me at zacharyelkind@gmail.com!