David Lee White

David Lee White is a New Jersey-based playwright and educator who has worked with a number of theatres and educational programs in the NJ/NY/PA area. For 14 years, he was the Associate Artistic Director at Passage Theatre in Trenton. White specializes in creating shows based on interviews and collaborative ensemble work. He has created three musicals with Kate Brennan—AliEN8, Clean Slate and Illuminate. He was commissioned by NJPAC to write the play Fixed, based on interviews with mental health care professionals and people suffering from bipolar disorder. He also co-created, with Bill Fennelly and Drexel University students, the webseries Essential, based on interviews with essential workers during the pandemic. David worked with the Trenton Central High Drama Club and Passage Theatre on This Trenton Life, which was the subject of an Emmy-nominated broadcast on PCK Media's State of the Arts.