Torrey Townsend is an American playwright and screenwriter known for bold experimentation with theatrical form and sharp critiques of power structures within American society and the arts.
His most recent play, JEWISH PLOT, was one of Vulture’s Top 10 Shows of 2025. His work has received multiple New York Times Critic’s Picks: OFF BROADWAY (2021), directed by Robert O’Hara and produced by Jeremy O. Harris; EXECUTIONERS (2020), directed by Celine Song; and THE WORKSHOP (2017), directed by Knud Adams. Townsend is currently adapting Jonathan Lethem’s THE ARREST and Colin Wilson’s THE MIND PARASITES for film. He is represented by WME.
“[Jewish Plot] meets the moment with a howl of pain and fury”
THE BEST PLAYS OF 2025 (Jackson McHenry)Press
"Thank God for Torrey Townsend’s searing and provocative (and funny!) Jewish Plot..."
NEW YORK MAGAZINE (Fran Hoepfner)
“Miss Weinstein, indefatigable and formidable, bears the Sisyphean task of navigating the play’s textual onslaught nearly alone”
THE BEST PLAYS OF 2025 (Jackson McHenry)
“Miss Weinstein, indefatigable and formidable, bears the Sisyphean task of navigating the play’s textual onslaught nearly alone”
THE BEST PLAYS OF 2025 (Jackson McHenry)
“It's the rare show where anything I say could undermine it; the tonal and structural switchbacks here are genuinely exhilarating.”
HELEN SHAW (Bluesky mini review)“It's the rare show where anything I say could undermine it; the tonal and structural switchbacks here are genuinely exhilarating.”
HELEN SHAW (Bluesky mini review)Featured Projects
Jewish Plot
Off Broadway
The Workshop