Manhattan Repertory Theatre

Ken Wolf - Artistic Director

Ken Wolf is the Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre. Over the past 18 years at Manhattan Rep, with his partner Jennifer Pierro, he has produced over 1000 Full-Length plays and over 6000 short plays. He has written 20 plays, all of which have been produced in New York City. As a Director, he has personally directed over 100 plays in his brief lifetime.

This past Fall, he directed the OFF-BROADWAY show Powerhouse by David Harms.

As an Actor, he played Ted Fox in The Match Game, Mark Ryan in The Eyes of Love, Biff in The Death of a Salesman, Vershinin in The Three Sisters, Mozart in Amadeus and many other roles.

His One Man play The People in my Hips was hailed by Martin Denton of nytheatre.com as being “unlike any theatre piece I have ever seen.” And Lise Avery of Anything Goes!! Internationally Syndicated Radio said “THE PEOPLE IN MY HIPS is one of the most extraordinary pieces of theatre I have seen on or Off-Broadway in years. Mr. Wolf’s one-man performance is exquisite, inspiring, courageous and beautifully constructed.”

Ken also received rave reviews with the amazing 8lb dog, Roma Pierro-Wolf, in his play Dad and The Dog, New York City’s first One Man One Dog show.

Ken hosts The Playwriting Podcast on Apple Podcasts, which was voted the #1 Playwriting Podcast in the World with close to 400 episodes. He is a Playwriting Coach, a Playwright Career Coach and a passionate teacher of all things about theatre.

He also hosts a podcast about how to transform your fear to live a happier life, called Release Your Fear and Get Clear. Ken is a Certified Hynotherapist and NLP Practitioner, and he uses these tools and more on this podcast as he discusses Fear Busting and more!

Ken is a passionate creator who believes in possibility. In any given moment in time, there is possibility for change, if you choose to think differently, look at things in new ways, feel about things in new ways and take action!

He lives with his partner in Life and Manhattan Rep, Jennifer Pierro, and Roma, the Wonder Dog in New York City!