David Levine's work encompasses theater, performance, video and photography. He is the recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship and 2013 OBIE award, in addition to fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute, MacDowell, and the Foundation for Contemporary Art. His essays and dramatic writing have been published in n+1 Theater, Cabinet, Parkett, and Triple Canopy.
His performance and exhibition work have been presented by the Museum of the Moving Image, the Jeu de Paume, the Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time, MoMA, REDCAT, PS122, and the Boston MFA. It has also been featured in Artforum, Frieze, Theater, BOMB, the New Yorker, and The New York Times. Levine has also directed operas and plays at BRIC House, the Atlantic Theater, Primary Stages and Soho Rep.
At MacDowell in 2014, he did preliminary research for his screenplay An Actor Prepares. He also began work on two series of photographic prints, and wrote a long essay for Parkett magazine. During his 2025 residency, Levine worked on holograms for his production of Richard Strauss' Salome, recent workshops of which were held at Arrow Street Arts in Boston and National Sawdust in New York. Salome will premiere in New York with the Crossing the Line Festival in 2026-2027.
