Dramaturgy
Charles Haugland is Director of New Work at The Huntington, where he has worked since 2008.
He has dramaturged world premiere productions by Eleanor Burgess, Gina Gionfriddo, Kirsten Greenidge, Lila Rose Kaplan, Ryan Landry, Melinda Lopez, Craig Lucas, Kate Snodgrass, Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, among others. He has also dramaturged dozens of workshops across all stages of play development.
(scroll down for information about his latest project K-I-S-S-I-N-G)
Russell Harvard in The Huntington production of Craig Lucas’ I was most alive with you; photo by T. Charles Erickson
Regan Sims in The Huntington production of Lenelle Moïse’s K-I-S-S-I-N-G; photo by T. Charles Erickson
His most recent project for The Huntington was Lenelle Moïse’s K-I-S-S-I-N-G, directed by Dawn M. Simmons. He forged a relationship with Lenelle, proposed the play as the first co-production between The Huntington and the Front Porch Arts Collective, and dramaturged. The play was recognized with 8 Elliot Norton Awards, including Outstanding New Play for Lenelle.
“an act of dramaturgical daring”