[2] Brown-Fried graduated from Stanford University and went on to earn an MFA in directing from The Yale School of Drama.
With the Public Theater and the National Asian American Theatre Company, Brown-Fried directed a production of Awake and Sing!, which received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for a Drama League Award for Best Revival.
Brown-Fried's other work with the Trinity Shakespeare Festival includes Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and The Merchant of Venice, which was named one of the top Regional Theatre productions by D Magazine, Theater Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Criticalrant.com.
Here, he oversees the two New Work Development Programs, Press Cuttings and Speakers' Corner, along with Gingold Theatrical Group Artistic Director David Staller.
[9] As an educator, Brown-Fried currently serves as the head of the New School's Directing Program, in New York City.