New York, NY
Dylan Erdelyi is a theater artist creating psychological, interactive, and world-driven experiences, dedicated to directing and producing great new plays. He aims to place audiences inside the architecture of the mind to explore challenging human dilemmas. He is interested in immersive and site-specific theater as a means to grow human connection within the work, and especially interested in lessening hierarchies of power between artist and audience. As part of this exploration, he presented his original research, "Effects of immersive theatre on audience agency and engagement," at the American Psychological Association's annual conference.
Dylan is also a creative producer and arts manager with five years of experience across live-performance leadership and executive arts administration. He is fluent across the full arc of theatrical production, from dramaturgical development and creative vision to contract management, budgeting, and stakeholder relations. Dylan's work is grounded in experience at nonprofit and commercial theatrical institutions from Disney to the Metropolitan Opera. After receiving his BFA in Musical Theatre at Rider University, he completed a Lead for America fellowship at Princeton University, where he worked with the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship to strengthen arts infrastructure as a community resource.
by Max Posner
Director
Site-specific production of Max Posner's short play in a Ridgewood loft. Explores early love, isolation in the modern age, and figuring out that you're just like your parents.
by Dylan Erdelyi, Mae Basi Raab & Sarah Ford
Stage Director
An immersive, site-specific experience about a group of artists reckoning with the meaning of their work in a time of crisis. Staged across indoor and outdoor locations in Trenton, NJ, the devised text was developed with the cast over a multi-year workshop. Audiences voted on the plot at fixed points, branching into one of sixteen unique performances. The work was part of a psychological study presented at the American Psychological Association's 2022 conference.
by Valen-Marie Santos
Director
The original production of a new play on guilt, innocence, and loss, staged inside a real classroom. The site-specific setting transported audiences back to their own childhood, asking them to face adult reckonings through a child's eyes.
Additional Credits
Company Performance Manager · Disney Cruise Line
Shipboard artistic leader responsible for creative integrity and company management for new and existing live entertainment offerings, including mainstage musicals, immersive shipwide events, and character-driven experiences.
Advisor, Organizational Development & Strategy
Consulting a community-based nonprofit theatre company on organizational growth, developing multi-year strategic plans for sustainable operations and creative success.
Manager, Board Relations & Strategic Projects
Project manager and special assistant to the executive team at the largest performing arts organization in the United States. Stewarded communications and records across 140+ board members and ~40 meetings per year. Managed strategic initiatives alongside senior leadership, contributing to critical organizational decision-making.
Artistic Associate · Education & Community Engagement
Member of the small artistic team at a regional, Equity-producing theater. Reported to the Artistic Director, contributed to season selection and casting, and built a long-range partnership with Princeton University while managing departmental budgets and programming.