Jill Rafson

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

Jill Rafson is the Director of New Play Development for Roundabout Theatre Company, where she also serves as Associate Producer for Roundabout Underground. Plays developed with Roundabout include Stephen Karam’s Speech & Debate, Sons of the Prophet (Pulitzer Finalist), and The Humans;Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews and Significant Other; Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days; Kim Rosenstock’s Tigers Be Still; Jeff Augustin’s Little Children Dream of God; Lindsey Ferrentino’s Ugly Lies the Bone;and many more. Jill has worked with The Broadway League, New York City Center, Local Theater Company, and ART/NY, and has been a Dramaturg and member of the Artistic Council for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Jill has been a Dramaturg for CollaborationTown, The Playwrights’ Center, Fault Line Theatre, and for the Flea Theatre’s acclaimed 48-playwright epic reimagining of the Bible, The Mysteries. She has lectured for the Commercial Theatre Institute and Explore New York, was a nominator for Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Awards, was a member of NYFA’s Emerging Arts Leaders program, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.