Hammaad Chaudry

Hammaad Chaudry is a New York City based playwright from Edinburgh, Scotland. His work has been staged in both the U.K. and U.S. including the The Royal Court Theatre in London, The New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater, The Pershing Square Signature Center and The Flea Theater. His plays include Salaam, Mr. Bush, Kismat, God Willing and his most recent play, An Ordinary Muslim, that will be produced by the New York Theatre Workshop as part of their 2017/18 season, directed by Jo Bonney.

He is currently a Van Lier Fellow at New Dramatists, a NYTW Usual Suspect, member of the Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group 2017 and recipient of the New Playwrights Award from Playwrights' Studio, Scotland. He is also a graduate of the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers Programme in London where his work was selected for the Young Writers Festival and Unheard Voices competition. He holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Politics from the University of Surrey.