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Writer.
Director. Dramaturg.

S. Dylan Zwickel, playwright, director, and dramaturg.

New York City

and London

My Practice

I create and develop ambitious new plays and musicals, collaborating with other artists to shape stories that surprise, delight, and challenge audiences. As a writer, director, and dramaturg, I am drawn to stories that combine emotional depth with theatrical imagination, and to rehearsal rooms where curiosity, rigor, and collaboration drive every stage of the creative process.

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Selected Highlights

  • Associate Director of Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse (under 5-time Tony Nominee Michael Greif)

  • Best Play at the SheNYC Festival

  • 5-time O'Neill Semifinalist

  • Directing in New York, London, and Edinburgh

  • Four years helping develop The Outsiders ahead of its Broadway run

  • Princess Grace Semifinalist

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Current Focus

  • Ushering my pieces The City of Ember, The Moss Maidens, and The Smuggler, or A New Jane into their next stages of development

  • Directing new plays and musicals in the UK and US

  • Expanding my dramaturgy practice and supporting writers through every stage of development

How I Work

Original plays and musicals about women choosing lives larger than the ones imagined for them, brought to life with richly theatrical imagination and emotional depth.
Leading joyfully rigorous, collaborative creative processes where writers, actors, and bold new work can thrive.
Helping writers discover the structure, characters, and worlds that best allow the hearts of their stories to shine.

Let's work together.

I'm always looking to collaborate on exciting new projects.

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