Zak Berkman

Zak's plays include BEAUTY ON THE VINE, A BREATH SHORT OF BREATHING, and THE HARASSMENT OF IRIS MALLOY. Published by Dramatists Play Service, BEAUTY ON THE VINE was produced in New York and Chicago and has been optioned by Dirty Rice Pictures to be turned into a film. Zak was also a script writer for the NBC soap “Days of Our Lives.” Zak is currently the producing director at People's Light outside Philadelphia. Previously, he was the executive director of artistic programming with Epic Theatre Ensemble, an award-winning New York-based company with a distinguished reputation for innovative arts-education programs as well as developing and producing new work. Zak is married to Teri Lamm. They have two sons, Eliot and Theo.