David White is a Professor at Towson University whose work as a playwright, dramaturg, director, and scholar focuses on the intersection of writing and performing for the stage and film, nurturing new work; dramaturgy, research, and script analysis; empowering traditionally underserved voices; and folklore and oral tradition.

Since 2008, David has been the founding Artistic Director of the Towson Theatre Lab, reading, responding, and developing hundreds of works by students, faculty, and alumni.

David’s plays have been presented in the United States and abroad. His most recent work Dance on Bones: a jazz libretto for actors and musicians has been developed and performed at Chesapeake Arts Center, Boston Conservatory, Towson University, Charlestown Working Theatre, Summer Repertory Theatre, Southwest Baptist University, and the Ilkhom Theatre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

David’s directing work has been seen on the academic and professional levels in theaters from Baltimore to Carlsbad, California. David has presented workshops and research at national and international conferences and festivals.

David’s research has taken him on several fellowships to Slovakia, Poland, and Russia, including a Likhachev Cultural Fellowship in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2014.  David’s directing work has been seen on the academic (including Elephant’s Graveyard by George Brant; Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka; Hamlet by William Shakespeare) and professional levels (including Yury Klavdiev’s I Am the Machine Gunner translated by John Freedman).

David has presented workshops and research at national and international conferences and festivals including: New Russian Drama Conference in Austin, Texas; Bridges: Art, Architecture, Music, and Mathematics in Coimbra, Portugal; Lyubimovka Playwrights Festival in Moscow, Russia; and the Festival of American Culture in Tashkent Uzbekistan. He has developed new works at ATHE, KCACTF, and Towson Theatre Lab.

David was honored to serve WordBRIDGE Playwrights Lab as Artistic Director and the O’Neill as Literary Manager.

David’s plays have been presented in theaters in Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia; and ArtFaq in Moscow, Russia.  His most recent work Dance on Bones: a jazz libretto for actors and musicians has been developed and performed at Chesapeake Arts Center, Boston Conservatory, Towson University, Charlestown Working Theatre, Southwest Baptist University, and the Ilkhom Theatre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.